Andrea Brymer (born ) is a Scottish television presenter who is one of the main anchors for the Northern Scotland edition of ''

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''.

Early life

Brymer hails from the Angus town of

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. After attending high school, Brymer graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Media Communications from Edinburgh's

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Career

Brymer's television career started at

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(STV Central) in 1994 where she worked as a news assistant before becoming a features reporter on the lunchtime edition of ''

Scotland Today ''Scotland Today'' was a Scottish regional news programme covering Central Scotland, produced by STV Central (formerly Scottish Television). Despite its name suggesting a national remit, the programme was actually limited to stories around STV's C ...

'', before moving onto presenting the main evening edition of the programme. Brymer moved to

Grampian Television Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and which, decades later, was merged with the Central Belt channel STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isle ...

(now ''STV North'') in Aberdeen in 2002, to become a reporter but soon began co-presenting ''

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''. Following a major revamp of the nightly news programme in 2006, she became the programme's chief solo anchor, a duty she shares with Norman Macleod. During her time at STV, Andrea been one of the two main presenters chosen to co-host live pan-Scottish programmes on major stories. These include two Scottish elections, the North Sea helicopter crash in 2009, which killed 16 men and the Pope's visit to Scotland in 2010. She has also fronted a variety of other programmes, including the cookery programme ''Desert Island Chefs'', and co-host of STV's Hogmanay programme, from the Fireballs at Stonehaven. In 2007 she hosted 'Harbour Live', a series of programmes live from Peterhead and Arbroath.

Personal life

Brymer has been married to Alan Ronald, an oil worker, since 1998. They live in

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with their three sons.

References

1972 births Living people Alumni of Queen Margaret University People from Brechin Scottish television presenters Scottish women television presenters Scottish women journalists STV News newsreaders and journalists {{Scotland-tv-bio-stub