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Moira Stuart

1949–

United Kingdom

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Moira Clare Ruby Stuart (born 2 September 1949) is a British TV presenter and broadcaster. She was the first female newsreader of Caribbean heritage to appear on British national television, having worked on BBC News since 1981. In a career spanning four decades, beginning in the 1970s, Stuart presented a variety of television news and radio programmes for the BBC and Classic FM. Stuart has received several awards during her career, including being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2001, for services to broadcasting, and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2022, for services to media.

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