Riz Lateef
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Rizwana Lateef is a newsreader
News presenter
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 and main presenter of the BBC
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's regional television news service for London
London
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, BBC London
BBC London
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.

Early life

After secondary school, Riz undertook a journalism course at the Polytechnic of Central London
University of Westminster
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 and then attended the Cranfield School of Management
Cranfield School of Management
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, in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
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, from which she obtained an MBA.

Career

She presents the flagship BBC London News
BBC London News
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 6:30pm bulletin and some editions of the 10:30 programme. Until October 2008 she presented the 8pm news summary on BBC One in place of Ellie Crisell
Ellie Crisell
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 while she was on maternity leave. She continues to present the bulletin in place of Ellie Crisell on Fridays.

She joined the programme in 2004 as a reporter and occasional newsreader. Following the departure of Emily Maitlis
Emily Maitlis
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 in March 2006 to present on BBC News 24, Riz has been promoted to present the flagship 6.30pm BBC London News
BBC London News
For other uses of the BBC London brand, see BBC London .BBC London News is the BBC's regional television news programme for the English region encompassing London and surrounding suburbs...

programme on BBC One
BBC One
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. She was also the main anchor for the BBC London News Podcast
Podcast
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, presented by BBC as a trial. This was available on iTunes
ITunes
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 and the BBC London
BBC London
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 website between the summers of 2006 and 2007.

Previously, she has reported for BBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast
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and presented regional news for the BBC in the North East & Cumbria
BBC North East and Cumbria
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. Riz was also a guest presenter on BBC One
BBC One
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's Holiday
Holiday (TV series)
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programme in 2003 and 2004. She also presented relief shifts on BBC News 24 in 2006. She is a main relief presenter for the BBC Weekend News
BBC Weekend News
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on BBC One
BBC One
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 and the BBC News Channel.

Recognition

  • Winner of the Asian Women of Achievement Awards 2009: Riz Lateef won the award for Media Professional for her work on BBC London News being one of the key figures in the coverage of the 2008 mayoral elections.
  • She's been named as one of London's '1,000 most Influential People' by the Evening Standard.

Personal life

Riz's parents are originally from Pakistan
Pakistan
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. She has two elder sisters and one younger brother.

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