Geeta Guru-Murthy is a British television journalist. Since 2013, she has presented mainly morning bulletins, including ''

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'', and bulletins on

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and

Early life

Guru-Murthy was born in

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, and grew up in

West Bradford, Lancashire West Bradford is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, 2.5 miles (4 km) north of Clitheroe. The population at the 2011 census was 788. It covers some 2000 acres of the Forest of Bowland. In Domesday, it is recorded as ' ...

close to where her father worked as a radiologist in the local hospitals at Burnley and Blackburn. She was involved with orchestras, theatres and choirs before going on to study biochemistry, and later changing careers.

Career

Guru-Murthy was a reporter for the BBC's regional news programme, ''

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'', before moving to ''

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''. In January 1998, Guru-Murthy covered the breaking of the

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from

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for 5 News. By 2002, Guru-Murthy was hosting ''Asia Today'', with regular work for

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, and

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, and by 2005 presenting the news on

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. In 2002, Guru-Murthy appeared in the television series '' Waking the Dead''. In 2017, Guru-Murthy was one of several female BBC employees campaigning against the

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. On 2 February 2023 it was confirmed that Guru-Murthy, along with many other presenters of the domestic BBC News Channel, would lose their presenting roles as part of the BBC's relaunched news channel. In January 2024, it was announced she would rejoin the channel as a chief presenter. In May 2024, she was accused of violating BBC impartiality rules by characterising Nigel Farage's remarks as "customary inflammatory language". She subsequently issued an apology for failing to meet BBC standards for impartiality.

Personal life

Guru-Murthy married speech-writer and journalist Philip Collins in June 2002, taking a honeymoon in India. Her younger brother,

Krishnan Guru-Murthy Krishnan Guru-Murthy (born 5 April 1970) is a British journalist. He is the lead presenter of ''Channel 4 News''. He also presents ''Unreported World'', a foreign-affairs documentary series. Early life Guru-Murthy's father, an Indian consulta ...

, is also a journalist and broadcaster for

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