Nina Hossain is a British journalist and presenter employed by ITN as the lead presenter of the ITV Lunchtime News.
24 Facts About Nina Hossain
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Nina Hossain's father, Tabarek Hossain, was born in India and migrated to Britain in the 1960s.
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Nina Hossain was a psychiatrist with a specialism in alcoholism, who set up the Kirklees Alcohol Advisory Service in 1973 at the town centre, and was the founder and president of Concern For Mental Health in West Yorkshire.
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Nina Hossain's father married an English nurse, Pamela from Nottingham.
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Nina Hossain has a degree from the University of Durham,.
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Nina Hossain then gained a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism at the department of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire, Preston.
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Nina Hossain was the word pronouncer for Series 1 of Hard Spell, a BBC One spelling competition for children.
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Nina Hossain reprised this role in the one-off episode of spin-off Star Spell, but when Star Spell became a full series, she had joined ITV and so was replaced by BBC newsreader Mishal Husain, who continued this role through the second series of Hard Spell.
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In November 2004, Nina Hossain joined ITN as the main co-presenter for the ITV Evening News on ITV, whilst Mary Nightingale took maternity leave.
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Nina Hossain presented the ITV Lunchtime News in a shared role with Alastair Stewart.
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Nina Hossain has been part of ITV's Election Live coverage for the 2015,2017 and 2019 elections.
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On 24 May 2019 it was announced Nina Hossain would leave ITV News London and become the lead presenter of the ITV Lunchtime News.
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Nina Hossain presented her final ITV News London 6pm bulletin on 19 June 2019.
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Nina Hossain continues to occasionally relief present ITV News at Ten.
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Nina Hossain has reported for ITV series Exposure and On Assignment.
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In November 2022, Nina Hossain appeared in an episode of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip alongside fellow news presenter Lucrezia Millarini.
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In March 2024 Nina Hossain gained considerable attention on social media after referring to Jeremy Hunt live on ITV News as "Mr Cunt".
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Nina Hossain apologised shortly after claiming it was "A slip of the tongue".
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In 2004, Nina Hossain appeared in the film Trauma, which starred Colin Firth.
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Nina Hossain reads a fake news story at the end of the Duran Duran song "The Man Who Stole a Leopard" and performs the voice of the satellite navigation on "Blame the Machines", both from the band's 2010 album All You Need Is Now.
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Nina Hossain is the charity ambassador for Whizz Kidz, doing the 2017 Virgin London Marathon to raise funds for them.
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Nina Hossain is divorced from her former husband of four years, Sky News studio director Craig O'Hara.
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Nina Hossain has been in a relationship with her current partner, former editor of ITV's London Tonight regional news programme, Stuart Thomas, since the spring of 2005 and together they have three children.
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In 2005, Nina Hossain drew attention from the media when she was mugged on London's South Bank, and for going to work the same day, saying that she did not consider it "a big deal".