Cheryl Paul is a Scottish broadcast journalist, currently working with

STV News ''STV News'' is a Scottish news service produced by STV. The news department produces two regional services covering STV's Channel 3 franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland. STV's news programmes are produced from studios in Glasgow ...

. Born in Staffordshire, she moved to

Invergordon Invergordon (; gd, Inbhir Ghòrdain or ) is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It lies in the parish of Rosskeen. History The town built up around the harbour which was established in 1828. The area beca ...

in the

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aged 9 where her parents ran a hotel. After attending Invergordon Academy she joined the family business. Aged 19, she married Nick, an offshore oil IT specialist, moved to

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), ...

Profile on Cheryl Paul
, Aberdeen Independent. Retrieved 3 June 2008 and worked as a secretary for oil-related companies. After joining BBC Radio Aberdeen (an opt-out of

BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland is a Scotland, Scottish radio station, radio network owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. It broadcasts a wide variety of programmes. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4 opt-out service of the same na ...

) as a newsroom assistant, she became a reporter and read the travel and weather. After Radio Aberdeen and a stint on Aberdeen Journals Ltd. and later, Aberdeen Independent, in 1997, she joined

Grampian Television Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and now named STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isles, Western Isles, Highlands (except Fort William a ...

(now ''STV North'') as a reporter. Currently, Paul is the station's business correspondent, working mainly for the Northern Scotland edition of the nightly regional news programme, ''

STV News at Six ''STV News'' is a Scottish news service produced by STV. The news department produces two regional services covering STV's Channel 3 franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland. STV's news programmes are produced from studios in Glasgow, ...

''. From time to time, she has also co-presented the main edition of the programme.

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