British journalist and news presenter
Martine Croxall
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Born
| Martine Sarah Croxall
(
1969-02-23
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23 February 1969
(age 55)
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Education
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Occupation(s)
| Journalist,
news presenter
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Years active
| 1991?present
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Notable credits
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Children
| 2
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Martine Sarah Croxall
FRGS
(born 23 February 1969) is a British television journalist. She was one of the main
news presenters
on
BBC News
.
Education
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Martine Sarah Croxall was born on 23 February 1969 and grew up in
Stoke Golding
, a village in the
Hinckley and Bosworth
district of
Leicestershire
, England, where her father Ian ran Croxall Hosiery.
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She has one younger sister.
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She attended the independent
Bablake School
in
Coventry
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and studied Geography at the
University of Leeds
, gaining her BA in 1990.
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Career
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Croxall began with the
BBC
on work experience at
BBC Radio Leicester
in 1991. She followed this working at
East Midlands Today
, the BBC regional news programme for the region. She has also worked at
Newsroom South East
(1997) and
UK Today
.
She is a regular
news presenter
on
BBC News
between 18:30 and midnight, alternate Thursdays, Friday?Sunday. She occasionally hosts
Afternoon Live
on BBC News and has presented on both
BBC World News
and
World News Today
.
Croxall was the BBC's main presenter during the
November 2015 Paris attacks
. Her presentation was subsequently praised by
David Henderson
.
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She was presenting BBC News on 9 April 2021, when the news broke of the
death
of
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
. Her delivery was praised for its professionalism and tone.
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On 21 May 2021, Croxall presented
Dateline London
for the first time. Since 2017 Croxall has presented
BBC Weekend News
lunchtime edition. On 19 June 2021 Croxall presented
BBC Weekend News
evening and late bulletins for the first time. On 1 September 2021, Croxall presented
BBC News at One
for the first time.
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In March 2022, Croxall won an episode of
Celebrity Mastermind
; her specialist subject was American
investigative journalist
Nellie Bly
.
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Croxall was taken off air for 11 days and found to have breached impartiality rules for comments made introducing the BBC News channel's "The Papers" newspaper review on 23 October 2022. Following the sudden news that
Boris Johnson
had withdrawn from
contesting the Conservative Party leadership
, Croxall declared that it was "all very exciting" and asked if she was "allowed to be this gleeful", before remarking that their review of tomorrow's papers would be difficult as they were being hastily rewritten. The BBC concluded that Croxall's "remarks and reactions... caused a significant risk the audience could believe opinions were being expressed on the Conservative leadership contest."
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On 2 February 2023, it was confirmed that Croxall ? alongside many other presenters of the domestic BBC News Channel ? would lose their presenting roles as part of the BBC's relaunched news channel.
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Personal life
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Croxall has two children.
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She lives in
St Albans
,
Hertfordshire
.
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She is a
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
.
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References
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External links
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