David Gregory-Kumar (born David Gregory) is a news correspondent for

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, covering the English midlands. He is the

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and

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correspondent. After graduating from university, Gregory worked on his

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in both Berlin and Milan, but largely just outside the city of Liverpool. Gregory went on to work on the now defunct Science Line, Science Information Telephone Service. Gregory had an interest in journalism, produced a regular newsletter while at university and went on to do freelance work for

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. He then became 5 Live's science specialist for his first full-time role for the

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. He later joined

team as the regional science and environment correspondent, which he continues to do today. David Gregory also writes for

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and works on

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with his reports usually on the local BBC radio stations in the West Midlands. On occasions, he has also co-presented the main edition of Midlands Today, the regional news programme Inside Out, and Radio 4's

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. In 2012, David Gregory entered into a Civil Partnership with his partner Suraj Kumar. This was converted into a marriage in March 2016, followed by a ceremony in New York in June 2016. The couple have hyphenated their surnames to both become Gregory-Kumar. They have a daughter Marnie.

External links

Gregory's First Law
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