Sian Wyn Lloyd (born 7 August 1968) is a

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, currently working for

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as their Wales correspondent.

Early life

Sian Lloyd was born in Bangor,

Gwynedd Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...

. Her father's family were from

Criccieth Criccieth, also spelled Cricieth (), is a town and community (Wales), community in Gwynedd, Wales, on the boundary between the Llŷn Peninsula and Eifionydd. The town is west of Porthmadog, east of Pwllheli and south of Caernarfon. It had a ...

, where she spent most summers. Lloyd grew up in

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It lies between the Cambrian Mountains, Welsh mountains and the lower River Dee, Wales, Dee Valley, near the England–Wales border, borde ...

, and speaks

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and

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. She had a weekend job as a teenager at the National Trust's

Erddig Hall Erddig () is a country house and estate in the community of Marchwiel, approximately south of Wrexham, Wales. It is centred on a country house which dates principally from between 1684 and 1687, when the central block was built by Joshua Edisbu ...

. Lloyd gained an LLB in

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

at the

University of Leicester The University of Leicester ( ) is a public university, public research university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park, Leicester, Victoria Park. The university's predecessor, Univ ...

, before completing her Law Society Finals with Honours at The College of Law Chester.

Career

Lloyd trained as a

solicitor A solicitor is a lawyer who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have legally defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and enabled to p ...

with Lovell White Durrant in

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and

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. Lloyd began her career as a journalist in

North Wales North Wales ( ) is a Regions of Wales, region of Wales, encompassing its northernmost areas. It borders mid Wales to the south, England to the east, and the Irish Sea to the north and west. The area is highly mountainous and rural, with Snowdon ...

as a newsreader for Marcher Coast FM in Colwyn Bay before joining

BBC Wales BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcasting, public broadcaster in Wales. It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the BBC English Regions, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Scotland. Established in 1964, ...

as a reporter 1996, and then having moved to Cardiff went on to present ''Good Evening Wales'' for radio, and then ''

BBC Wales Today ''BBC Wales Today'' is the BBC's national television news programme for Wales, broadcast on BBC One Wales from the headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales in Central Square, Cardiff. According to the BBC, it is the world's longest-running television n ...

'' on television. Lloyd has taken part in many Welsh language TV programmes on S4C including: cookery challenge ''Dudley: Pryd o Sêr''; comedy chat show ''Sioe Tudur Owen''; magazine programme ''

Heno is a Welsh television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on S4C weeknights at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. Various reporters also assist with subject-specific presenting, both in the studio and on ...

''; and Welsh learners programme ''Hwb''. Lloyd was part of the BBC Wales team of presenters covering the National Eisteddfod of Wales 2011, and has been a judge for the Learner of the Year competition 2012. Lloyd is currently working for BBC News as their Midlands correspondent. As part of her correspondent role, Lloyd gives regular contributions to BBC's ''

Crimewatch ''Crimewatch'' (formerly ''Crimewatch UK'') is a British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. The programme was or ...

'' as a reporter. Since the move of various BBC programmes to

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in 2012, Lloyd has become a regular relief presenter for ''

BBC Breakfast ''BBC Breakfast'' is a British television breakfast news programme, produced by BBC News and broadcast on BBC One every morning from 6:00am. It is also broadcast on the UK feed of BBC News channel on weekends. The simulcast is presented live, ...

''.

Personal life

Sian lives in

Cardiff Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area officially known as the City and County of Ca ...

with her husband and son. Lloyd supports the

Prince's Trust The King's Trust (formerly the Prince's Trust) is a United Kingdom-based charity founded in 1976 by King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) to help vulnerable young people get their lives on track. It supports 11-to-30-year-olds who are unempl ...

and the

Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (commonly abbreviated DofE) is a youth awards programme founded in the United Kingdom in 1956 by the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, which has since expanded to 144 nations. The awards recognise adolescents and ...

, and is an ambassador for George Thomas Hospice Care. She has also acted as an ambassador for the

Seren Network The Seren Network is a set of eleven regional hubs in Wales to help Sixth form, sixth-formers in Secondary education in Wales, Welsh state schools to get into Russell Group universities. It was formed by the Welsh Labour, Labour Welsh government ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Sian 1968 births Living people People from Wrexham Welsh-language television presenters People from Bangor, Gwynedd Welsh solicitors Welsh journalists Welsh women journalists Welsh television presenters Welsh women television presenters BBC Cymru Wales newsreaders and journalists Alumni of the University of Leicester 20th-century Welsh women 21st-century Welsh women