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Current Buns has a gossip with our favourite Anglia forecaster (except for Jim Bacon..) Where are you from? “Very complicated answer - I was born in Yorkshire but grew up in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in the USA. I came back to England for A Levels and University, but as my parents still live in America I consider myself half/half.” Age? (very optional!!!) “I've never had qualms about answering age questions - I'm 28!” Earliest memory? “Going to a leisure centre with wave pool in Yorkshire when I was about 3 or 4.” Favourite place? “At home with my husband.” Favourite music? “I run the gamut from Kate Bush to Nirvana via Beethoven and Dmitri from Paris - very eclectic!” Any special qualifications/achievements that you're proud of? “My sister and I have "scholastic achievement certificates" signed by the then President of the United States Ronald Reagan! I can't remember why though...” First job? "In broadcasting - freelance reporter BBC Radio Cornwall. In life - Saturday girl at The Sweater Shop (when it was very popular I promise)” Best job? “The one I have now by a long, long way.” Dream job? “Reporter for Holiday (because no-one ever says that right?)” How did you get started in doing what you do? “I'm a journalist but I was becoming bored with news and had a genuine interest in weather so did some meteorology training and moved across to weather (many people said I was mad though).” How long ago? “Two years” Where would you have been seen or heard since you started broadcasting? “In no particular order - any BBC local radio station you care to mention just about, Trent FM, 5Live, BBC News 24, IRN, Channel 5 News, ITN News Channel, BBC Look East, Anglia TV, BBC Liquid News and who could forget Rotherham District General Hospital's Radio Nightingale!?” Best on-air moment? “Oh hundreds but managing to get Mission Impossible 2 actor Dougray Scott to talk to me live on Anglia after he'd turned absolutely everyone down - with only about 6 seconds to spare stands out - I was on a knife edge between disaster and success!” Worst on-air moment (embarrassing or otherwise)? “Reading a news bulletin once the gallery broke down and I had to fill for 6 minutes.” More on page 2. |
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