Rachel Horne is a Northern Irish newsreader and journalist.
22 Facts About Rachel Horne
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Rachel Horne presented the BBC children's news programme Newsround from 2002 until 2006.
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Rachel Horne presented BBC News' business bulletins on the BBC News Channel and travel news on weekday mornings on BBC Radio 2 in March to December 2018.
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Rachel Horne joined Virgin Radio UK as a breakfast show newsreader in January 2019.
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Rachel Horne has been married to comedian Alex Horne since 2005.
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At the age of 18, Rachel Horne went travelling and taught English in Vietnam.
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Rachel Horne has worked for BBC productions Breakfast with Frost, BBC Radio Five Live and Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1.
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Rachel Horne later worked for BBC Essex on their Breakfast programme as a reporter.
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Rachel Horne joined CBBC's flagship news programme, Newsround in December 2002.
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Alongside Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes, Thalia Pellegrini and Adam Fleming, Rachel Horne was part of the bulletin team and the main reporter.
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Rachel Horne was a member of the team as its business reporter from May 2006.
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Rachel Horne remained on the programme until its relaunch in 2008.
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Rachel Horne became a regular presenter, often presenting the afternoon and evening shift.
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Rachel Horne presented Monday to Thursday throughout the afternoon and evening after returning from maternity leave in 2012.
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Rachel Horne left the channel for a time after the move to New Broadcasting house.
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Rachel Horne reappeared presenting the business on the BBC News Channel during 2015 and presented regularly on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
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Rachel Horne joined BBC Radio 2 in March 2018, replacing Lynn Bowles as the new regular weekday mornings travel news reporter.
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When Chris Evans left the BBC for Virgin Radio UK in January 2019, Rachel Horne went with him, along with Vassos Alexander and a number of other former Radio 2 breakfast show colleagues.
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Rachel Horne has since on occasion returned to presenting the travel news on Radio 2.
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Rachel Horne took on an expanded role on the new Virgin Radio breakfast show including becoming the programme's newsreader.
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Rachel Horne announced she was leaving the show on 28 March 2024.
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Rachel Horne married British comedian Alex Rachel Horne in 2005, whom she met at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.