15 Facts About Tina Daheley

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Tina Daheley currently reads the news on The Radio 2 Breakfast Show with Zoe Ball, often contributing to discussions during the show.

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Tina Daheley is a relief presenter on the BBC News at Ten and BBC News at Six.

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Tina Daheley has presented television coverage of women's football and co-presented the BBC Three political discussion show Free Speech, alongside Rick Edwards.

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Tina Daheley is the former host of the 1Xtra news show, the flagship news programme for BBC Radio 1Xtra.

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Tina Daheley was the sports newsreader on BBC Radio 1's The Chris Moyles Show from February 2010 until the show ended in September 2012.

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Tina Daheley went on to host the news, sport, and weather bulletins for Radio 1 Breakfast with Nick Grimshaw from 24 September 2012, until she left Radio 1 on 10 August 2018.

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Since July 2016, Tina Daheley has been a relief presenter on BBC Breakfast and Victoria Derbyshire.

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In September 2016, Tina Daheley became one of the main presenters of Crimewatch, alongside Jeremy Vine.

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On Tuesday 29 May 2018, Tina Daheley made her debut on the BBC News at Six and on Sunday, 8 July 2018, Tina Daheley made her debut on the BBC Weekend News and the BBC News at Ten, anchoring the corporation's flagship evening news programme for the first time.

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In July 2018, the BBC published updated salaries of its best-paid presenters, and Tina Daheley was included in the list for the first time.

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In January 2019, Tina Daheley joined BBC Radio 2 to become the newsreader on The Radio 2 Breakfast Show when Zoe Ball took over as presenter from Chris Evans.

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Tina Daheley became part of the BBC Election Night team, reading the top of the hour five minute BBC News Summary.

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Tina Daheley comes from a Sikh family and was brought up in Perivale, West London.

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Tina Daheley was educated at The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls in Ealing.

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Tina Daheley studied computer science at Brunel University and went on to complete a Master's degree in journalism at the University of Leeds.