16 Aug 2026

Laura Kuenssberg

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(121 votes, average: 4.93 out of 5)

 

Laura Kuenssberg is a Scottish journalist and television presenter. She was the political editor of BBC News from 2015 to 2022, and was the first woman to hold the position. She has since presented the BBC’s weekend political discussion programme Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

Laura Kuenssberg previously served as the BBC’s chief political correspondent and was the first business editor of ITV News. She was also the chief correspondent for Newsnight
between February 2014 and July 2015.

Laura Kuenssberg won the regional Royal Television Society “Most Promising Newcomer” award in 2001 while working as home affairs correspondent for BBC North East and Cumbria.

In 2009, she was appointed chief political correspondent for the BBC. Laura Kuenssberg reported for BBC One bulletins, Daily Politics and the BBC News channel. In May 2010, her presence on BBC Television was so ubiquitous in the period between the 2010 United Kingdom general election and the formation of the Cameron–Clegg coalition that journalist David Aaronovitch coined the term “Kuenssbergovision”.

Laura Kuenssberg took up the newly created role of business editor for ITV News. She also contributed towards business reporting on ITV’s current affairs strand, Tonight.

On 12 November 2013, it was announced that she would leave ITV to return to the BBC as chief correspondent and a presenter of Newsnight, replacing Gavin Esler in the latter role. She joined the Newsnight team in February 2014.

Between the 2017 United Kingdom general election and Brexit in 2020, Laura Kuenssberg also co-presented the BBC’s Brexitcast podcast alongside Katya Adler, Adam Fleming and Chris Mason, which was then retitled as the Newscast podcast.

In September 2023, Laura Kuenssberg presented Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos; a three-part political documentary series, which was broadcast on BBC2.

Laura Kuenssberg was the host of the BBC’s election-night coverage for the 2024 United Kingdom general election alongside Clive Myrie.

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14 Aug 2026

Polly Middlehurst

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(23 votes, average: 4.70 out of 5)

 

Polly Middlehurst is an experienced British TV/Radio Presenter, she is one of the leading faces of GB News fronting many of their major bulletins.

For 20 years, Polly Middlehurst was a familiar face on the leading rolling news channel Sky News, where she anchored live news from London for 20 years, covering major breaking news events from royal weddings and the deaths of Hollywood stars to political uprisings and the latest international business/market news.

Polly Middlehurst was an International TV News Anchor at CGTN and broadcast to Britain’s Armed Forces globally on Forces TV.

She has worked in films and appears as ‘CNN News Anchor’ in the all-woman spy movie ‘355’, directed by Simon Kinberg, featuring Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o and Penelope Cruz.

Polly Middlehurst divides her time between being an Event Moderator/Chair and Media Resilience Coach while still working as a TV Presenter.

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14 May 2025

Amanda Akass

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(2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)

 

Amanda Akass is a political correspondent for Sky News. She began covering politics on local radio during the 2008 London mayoral campaign and has since reported on general and local elections across the country, as well as the Brexit referendum.

Prior to joining Sky Amanda Akass spent ten years at the BBC, most recently as a reporter and presenter in the South East. During her time as regional political editor she interviewed the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer.

Amanda Akass also specialised in crime and court reporting. Her coverage of the Shoreham air crash trial at the Old Bailey won an RTS award and she has carried out several long-form investigations.

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5 May 2025

Sophy Ridge

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(276 votes, average: 4.93 out of 5)

 

Sophy Ridge is an English broadcast journalist who has worked for Sky News since 2011.

After graduation in 2006, Sophy Ridge was a trainee reporter at the tabloid newspaper News of the World. After completion of her training programmes she initially worked as a consumer affairs correspondent in 2009. She then gained a job as a political correspondent on Sky News in 2011.

During her time there she covered a broad range of political stories and travelled with the British Prime Minister to Afghanistan, New York and Brazil. She was based in Colorado for the channel’s coverage of the US elections and was known for her round the clock broadcasting at the annual party conferences.

Sophy Ridge covered the 2015 general election as a senior political correspondent for Sky News, reporting on the Labour Party’s campaign and conducting interviews with party members. Her exclusives during this time included Ed Miliband’s resignation as leader of the Labour Party following the result of that general election and Jeremy Corbyn’s victory in the subsequent Labour Party leadership election.

In 2017 Sophy Ridge became the host of her own show, Sophy Ridge on Sunday. In the same year Ridge released her first book The Women Who Shaped Politics, a non-fiction book which discussed women’s contribution to British politics. She also started writing columns in the tabloid newspaper Metro.

In 2022, she launched The Take with Sophy Ridge, a 30-minute discussion show based on the interviews that had featured in that week’s edition.

Sophy Ridge continued to present both programmes until July 2023 when it was announced that, from September 2023, she would present a new weeknight political programme for Sky News called Politics Hub.

In March 2025, Sophy Ridge won the award for Network Presenter of the Year at the 2025 Royal Television Society Journalism Awards.

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23 Nov 2021

Belle Donati

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(41 votes, average: 4.05 out of 5)

Belle Donati is a well-known news anchor and interview host at Sky News. Her age seems to be in her 30s. However, her exact date of birth has not yet been disclosed. She is also a renowned responder for the NHS where she assisted disadvantaged young people in the United Kingdom.

Belle Donati is a news anchor and an interview host at Sky News. She joined Sky News on March 2021. She is also a freelance News Anchor and is an expert as a Cultural Presenter working all over in UK and Europe. Before beginning her journey in Sky News, she was involved with the NBC Euronews, France 24, Al Jazeera English, and BBC Radio. She hosted the early morning show named Good Morning Europe which focused mainly on Brexit Story. Belle is also involved as an NHS volunteer responder. Her job as the NHS responder is to provide support to the disadvantaged young people living in the United Kingdom.

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22 Nov 2021

Ali Fortescue

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(558 votes, average: 4.86 out of 5)

 

Ali Fortescue covers a range of national and international news stories for the news channel. She has broken exclusives, and was the first correspondent to witness a migrant boat crossing the channel.

Before joining Sky, Ali Fortescue was a reporter at the BBC in the north of England.

Ali Fortescue has won multiple awards, including an O2 award, and was commended at the Royal Television Society for her “astonishing journalism” uncovering abuse at a care home in Margate.

 

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21 Nov 2021

Kimberley Leonard

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(68 votes, average: 4.31 out of 5)

 

Kimberley Leonard is the World News anchor on Sky News. Based in London, she has over 15 years of international experience, working as an anchor, reporter and producer for some of the world’s leading news channels.

A native Kenyan, Kimberley spent nearly a decade working in the Gulf before moving to the UK in 2015. During her time in Dubai, Kimberley worked as a reporter and anchor on the Business Desk, where she cultivated an interest in the hotel sector.

Kimberley has been on air for numerous breaking news events, including the removal of Robert Mugabe from power in Zimbabwe, the historic summit between Moon Jae-In and Kim Jong Un, the Grenfell Tower disaster and the Manchester bombing.

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24 Feb 2021

Lucy Verasamy

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(1,636 votes, average: 4.87 out of 5)

 

After graduation Lucy Verasamy worked at the Press Association’s weather centre for four years as a forecaster, writing forecasts for newspapers and scripts for radio. Having previously completed a work experience placement at the Sky Weather Centre before becoming a weather forecaster, Lucy Verasamy joined Sky channel and became the regular weather presenter on the Sky News breakfast show Sunrise. In 2007 the Sky News website started a feature entitled Climate Clinic – Ask Lucy as part of their Green Britain campaign, where Verasamy answered questions put forward by members of the public regarding climate change. She also contributed to Sky News’ The Weather Girls blog.

On 6 September 2010, Lucy Verasamy joined the newly launched ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak, as a weather forecaster and environment correspondent, alongside Kirsty McCabe. On 7 February 2012, Kirsty McCabe left the programme, leaving Lucy Verasamy the sole weather forecaster. On 2 August 2012, she too left the programme. Since 2012, Lucy Verasamy has fronted the national weather forecasts for ITV.

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