12 Facts About Maxine Mawhinney

Maxine Mawhinney was born on 18 September 1957 and is a former newsreader on BBC News, the BBC's 24-hour rolling news channel.

Maxine Mawhinney trained as a newspaper journalist in Northern Ireland, then joined BBC Television and Radio in Belfast, before moving to Ulster Television and then ITN in London.

Maxine Mawhinney returned to London in 1996, joining the BBC's international news channel BBC World.

Maxine Mawhinney was the duty presenter in the early hours of 31 August 1997, when news broke of the fatal car crash of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Maxine Mawhinney can be seen in this role in the 2006 feature film The Queen.

Maxine Mawhinney presented in various timeslots on the channel, including a period in the afternoon slot alongside Matthew Amroliwala and Chris Eakin, before being assigned to Sunday afternoons in April 2006.

Maxine Mawhinney took on the Saturday and Monday morning slots and the Friday afternoon slot, as well as regularly covering other shifts on the channel.

Maxine Mawhinney presented BBC Breakfast and the BBC One O'Clock News.

Maxine Mawhinney is married to John Clare and has two daughters from her first marriage.

Maxine Mawhinney had two younger sisters, Alexa and Lorraine, who died from skin cancer.

Maxine Mawhinney was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2013; she underwent surgery, drug therapy and radiotherapy, and was back in the studio in March 2014.

Maxine Mawhinney left the BBC in April 2017, presenting her last BBC News Channel shift on 10 April.