Sally Nugent (born 5 August 1971) is an English journalist, newsreader and television presenter. Since October 2021, she has presented ''

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'' along with Dan Walker,

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, Charlie Stayt and

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Early life and education

Nugent was born on 5 August 1971 on the

Wirral Peninsula Wirral (; ), known locally as The Wirral, is a peninsula in North West England. The roughly rectangular peninsula is about long and wide and is bounded by the River Dee to the west (forming the boundary with Wales), the River Mersey to th ...

and was educated at

Upton Hall School FCJ Upton Hall School FCJ is a catholic girls' grammar school with academy status located in Merseyside, England. It was founded in 1849 by the Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ). Admissions It is one of four Catholic schools in the Metr ...

. She graduated with a

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...

in Communication Arts and French from the

University of Huddersfield , mottoeng = Thus not for you alone , established = 1825 – Huddersfield Science and Mechanics' Institute1992 – university status , type = Public , endowment = £2.47 million (2015) , chancellor = George W. Buckley , vice_chancell ...

Career

Her first media role was at

BBC Radio Merseyside BBC Radio Merseyside is the BBC's local radio station serving Merseyside. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds, from studios on Hanover Street in Liverpool. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 203,000 ...

before moving on to report on and read the sports news on ''

BBC North West Tonight ''BBC North West Tonight'' is the BBC's regional television news programme covering North West England and the Isle of Man. Produced by BBC North West, the programme airs at 1.30pm (as ''North West Today''), 6.30pm and 10.30pm, with shorte ...

''. In 2003 she became a sports reporter for

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, appearing on national bulletins, before becoming a sports news presenter on the

BBC News Channel BBC News (also known as the BBC News Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel for BBC News. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 5:30 pm as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic telev ...

(known at the time as

BBC News 24 BBC News (also known as the BBC News Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel for BBC News. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 5:30 pm as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic telev ...

). There she travelled to Germany for the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host th ...

, anchoring ''Sportsday'' from there. Nugent then spent a period as a news correspondent on TV and radio, and as a relief presenter on the BBC News Channel. In November 2011, Nugent began co-presenting ''

'' on a freelance basis, filling in when regular hosts were unavailable. From April 2012 she presented sports bulletins alongside Mike Bushell on ''Breakfast'' following the programme's move to its new location at Media City in Salford. She established herself as one of the regular co-presenters of the ''Breakfast'' team after appearing on the Christmas Eve 2012 edition with Bill Turnbull, through to September 2021 reporting on Emma Raducanu's historic victory in the US Open tennis championship. On 27 October 2021, it was announced that Nugent would become a permanent presenter of ''BBC Breakfast'' alongside Dan Walker, Charlie Stayt, and

; she replaced Louise Minchin following Minchin's departure after 20 years on the programme.

Personal life

Nugent is married with one child.

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* 1971 births Living people People from the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Alumni of the University of Huddersfield BBC newsreaders and journalists BBC North West newsreaders and journalists {{BBC-tv-bio-stub