Isabel Webster is a British television presenter and newsreader, who currently co-hosts

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Breakfast alongside

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. Until December 2017, Webster co-hosted ''Sunrise'' on Sky News, alongside Stephen Dixon.

Early life and education

Webster attended

St George's College, Weybridge St George's Weybridge is an independent mixed Roman Catholic co-educational Josephite day school in Surrey, taking pupils from 3 to 18. St George's Weybridge is made up of St George's Junior School (3–11) and St George's College (11–18). ...

in Surrey before studying Politics and Theology at the

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, and gained a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism from City University.

Career

Webster presented and reported on the radio, for local, regional and national

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, before joining Sky News in 2011. Webster joined Sky News as their West of England correspondent in 2011, covering stories including the floods, the trials of Ian Watkins and

Vincent Tabak Joanna Clare Yeates (19 April 1985 – 17 December 2010) was a landscape architect from Hampshire, England, who went missing from the flat she shared with her partner, in a large house in Bristol, on 17 December 2010 after an evening out ...

as well as the

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. Webster began working with the national Sky News team in 2012. In early 2014, Webster joined Sky News' breakfast programme ''

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'', replacing

Charlotte Hawkins Charlotte Mary Hawkins (born 16 May 1975) is an English television and radio presenter, newsreader and journalist. Hawkins joined ITV's ''Meridian Tonight'' in 2003, hosting its main news programme, leaving in 2006 to become co-presenter of ...

. Her first episode was broadcast on 10 March 2014. She presented primarily on weekdays then transitioned to presenting Friday to Sunday until she left the programme in December 2017. She continued to work for Sky News, generally presenting Friday 2 pm till 5 pm plus Saturday and Sunday 5 pm till 8 pm, and various other shifts including ''

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'' and ''

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'' during holidays and absence. On 24 May 2021, Webster announced on her Instagram she had left Sky News. She joined

to co-host a weekly news review programme. Webster now presents the Breakfast Show on

'Breakfast with

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and Isabel Webster'.

Personal life

Webster is married to Liam Pearce. The couple have two children.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Webster, Isabel Living people People educated at St George's College, Weybridge Alumni of the University of Bristol Alumni of City, University of London British television presenters Sky News newsreaders and journalists GB News newsreaders and journalists Year of birth missing (living people)