Cheryl Paul is a Scottish broadcast journalist, currently working with

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

. Born in

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, she moved to

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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

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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

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) 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 which, decades later, was merged with the Central Belt channel STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isle ...

(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 division produced by STV. The news department produces two regional services covering STV's Channel 3 franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland. STV News programmes are produced from studios in Glasgo ...

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

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* Living people Mass media people from Staffordshire People from Ross and Cromarty STV News newsreaders and journalists Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-journalist-stub