Rebecca John (born 15 April 1970) is a presenter and

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for '' Wales Today'',

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. John was born in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. She read for a degree in French and German at Robinson College, Cambridge, between 1989 and 1993, before completing a postgraduate course in journalism at Trinity & All Saints College. Her first job was a news reporter and presenter at

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. She moved to work for BBC Wales in 1994 working in radio news for three years before becoming a TV reporter and news presenter. Rebecca has also started to learn Welsh and has appeared on the S4C Welsh learners programme, ''Welsh in a Week''. She lives in

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, Cardiff.

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1970 births Living people Welsh television presenters Welsh women television presenters Welsh journalists Welsh women journalists Alumni of Robinson College, Cambridge BBC newsreaders and journalists Alumni of Leeds Trinity University {{BBC-tv-bio-stub