Sally Taylor (TV presenter)
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Born | Reading, Berkshire, England |
24 February 1957
Ethnicity | English |
Occupation | Journalist, Presenter |
Notable credit(s) | BBC South Today |
Sally Taylor MBE (born 24 February 1957 Reading) is an English journalist and presenter, best known for presenting BBC South Today.[1][2][3]
She attended The Abbey School, Reading, an independent school.[4]
Before beginning her career as a presenter and journalist, Sally was an English Teacher at Winstanley Community College, Leicester.
She has presented South Today, the flagship news programme of BBC South, since 1987.[2] Sally also writes a weekly column in the Southern Daily Echo. Sally had a Saturday morning show on Radio Solent for many years until February 2011.[1]
In 2003, Sally successfully filled in when weather presenter Dorcas Henry collapsed live on air.
Sally hosted The Spending Review, The South Today Debate on BBC One with Naga Munchetty on 9 September 2010.
She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Regional Broadcasting.[1] In October 2015, Sally was awarded Honorary Doctorate of Letters in recognition of her work in broadcasting and with local charities by the University of Winchester. She is described as a "top notch journalist and someone you can trust to tell you the news without fear or favour" [5]
Sally appeared in The Vagina Monologues during its UK run at Southampton's Mayflower Theatre in 2010, for which she received considerable critical acclaim.[6]
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