1. Lynda Bryans was born on May 1962 and is a Belfast-born television presenter and journalist from Northern Ireland.
10 Facts About Lynda Bryans
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Lynda Bryans went on to become a newsreader and reporter on BBC's Inside Ulster, as well as reading daytime news bulletins and briefly covering continuity shifts for BBC NI.
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Lynda Bryans was a presenter and reporter for the BBC News and Current Affairs series Here and Now, and co-presented with Rolf Harris on Animal Hospital in 1994 and reported for the Holiday programme until its axe in 2007.
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Lynda Bryans was suspended from duty by UTV for a period from February 2010 due to Nesbitt's decision to stand as a candidate in the 2010 general election.
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In June 2010, it was announced Lynda Bryans was leaving UTV after her contract with the station was not renewed.
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Lynda Bryans hosted her final edition of UTV Live on 30 June 2010.
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Lynda Bryans is married to former broadcaster and now politician Mike Nesbitt.
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Lynda Bryans is a director of the Northern Irish mental health charity Aware Defeat Depression.
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Lynda Bryans is a patron of the charity Action Cancer, a patron of the Girls' Brigade Northern Ireland, and, along with her husband, is a board member of Youth Lyric.
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In 2006, Lynda Bryans received an award from Belfast Metropolitan College for her contribution to the life of Belfast.