Riz Lateef
Riz Lateef is the face of BBC London - presenting the flagship evening news programme at 6.30pm.
She's been named once again as one of London's 'One Thousand Most Influential People' by the Evening Standard .
She also won Media Professional of the Year 2009 at the prestigious Asian Women of Achievement Awards.
Riz has taken many major politicians to task including David Cameron, Nick Clegg, former Chancellor Alastair Darling, former prime minister Tony Blair and the current Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.
She led the coverage of the 2008 mayoral elections separating spin from reality in interviews with Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson.
She also presents the national 8pm bulletin on BBC One on Fridays, and at times, can be seen anchoring the weekend national news and appearing on the Andrew Marr Show.
Outside broadcasts
She enjoys live outside broadcasting just as much as being in the studio and has anchored many half hour programmes on location.
That includes for the general election, the G20 protests in central London, live from the Olympic Park to mark two years to go until the 2012 Games and a week long series about the Thames - broadcasting from a boat on the river at different locations from Windsor to the Thames Barrier.
Her TV appeal isn't limited to news - she was a reporter for the latest series of BBC Watchdog.
She also joined Clare Balding and the sports team to present BBC One's coverage of the 2010 Boat Race.
She co-hosted the BBC One show 'Road to Beijing: the Olympic Torch comes to London' with four-time gold medallist Matthew Pinsent.
Cheeky
In the past she's been a presenter on the Holiday programme, has appeared with Dawn French in the comedy Wild Wild West and has even popped up on EastEnders!
Riz became the main presenter for BBC London News in 2006 (taking over from Emily Maitlis). Before joining the station she presented and reported for the BBC in the north east and Cumbria. Prior to that she was a reporter for BBC Breakfast travelling up and down the country.
Before journalism, Riz began her media career behind the camera - working as a management consultant. In 1998 Broadcast magazine noted her as one of the television industry's young hotshots.
Riz also has an MBA from a leading business school - and a cheeky sense of humour!
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Thursday, 3 September 2015
Fabulous Riz Lateef is the face of BBC London - presenting the flagship evening news programme at 6.30pm.
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
BBC Weather girl caught on camera rolling her eyes after forecast on 10 O'Clock News
Frosty chill has come over the studio: BBC weathergirl caught on camera rolling her eyes after forecast on 10 O'Clock News
- Presenter Wendy Hurrell, 31, caught revealing face of thunder after report
- Smile quickly faded as she rolled eyes and flicked hair on BBC London
- Viewers took to Twitter to speculate as to where her anger was directed
- Ms Hurrell later claimed she has been annoyed at technical problems
By STEVE ROBSON
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The forecast was for blue skies and sunshine, but weathergirl Wendy Hurrell's reaction was a face of thunder.
The presenter was caught revealing her frustration shortly after her 10.30pm report on BBC London last night.
The 31-year-old had been all smiles as she predicted warm weather for London the rest of the week.
But when the camera remained on her, Ms Hurrell could be seen rolling her eyes and flicking her hair in an apparent display of contempt.
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Not amused: Weather presenter Wendy Hurrell makes her feelings known without realising the camera is still on her
Cold front: The forecast had been for warm, sunny weather but Ms Hurrell displayed a frosty stare
Gloomy: Viewers quickly took to Twitter to speculate as to what had upset weathergirl Wendy Hurrell
Ice cold glare: Some viewers thought the grimace may have been aimed at news anchor Riz Lateef
Viewers were quick to take to Twitter to speculate as to what had brought on the cold front as clips of the candid moment were posted on YouTube and Facebook.
Some thought that her anger was directed at news anchor Riz Lateef.
One wrote: 'OMG! Did anyone see the eye rolling from Wendy Hurrell at the end of the weather tonight. Tut tut! Me thinks you don't like Riz Lateef'
Another said: '@WendyHurrell you should wait till the camera is off you before you pull the 'I couldn't give a s***' face'
'@WendyHurrell providing much amusement on this sofa with a post-weather eye roll and 'what evs' face,' wrote another.
Plenty of viewers noticed the candid moment caught on camera and took to Twitter to make comments
Twitter user Dom Vizor was among those who found Ms Hurrell's unimpressed expression amusing
Reaction: Ms Hurrell quickly went onto Twitter herself to explain her 'roll of the eyes'
Sense of humour: The presenter was able to see the funny side of being caught venting her frustration on camera
Change of heart: Earlier Wendy Hurrell had seemed bright and breezy during the forecast
Hiding her feelings: Ms Hurrell said she had been frustrated at a series of technical problems during the broadcast
But Ms Hurrell soon took to Twitter herself claiming that she was simply frustrated at a series of technical faults which had hampered the broadcast.
She wrote: 'The roll of the eyes was because I had to do the whole forecast without being able to see any graphics - it wasn't at Riz Lateef! #techfail'
'And clearly I was kept cut up in frame while I took out my frustration on the nearest and inanimate object (green wall of the studio)!'
The presenter was able to see the funny side of the gaffe, even comparing it to the Will Ferrell film Anchorman.
'It's actually really funny, even I have to admit. Our world is just like Anchorman,' she later Tweeted.
Support: Wendy Hurrell, left, sparked a Twitter storm with her eyeroll but she was given support by her colleague and news anchor Riz Lateef, right, who said she had been frustrated by technical problems
And Ms Hurrell was backed up by her news anchor Riz Lateef who tweeted that her explanation was true.
She Tweeted: 'Thankfully it was not me phew! she was not impressed with the technical fail of having no weather graphics.'
'Ok so it was one of the more 'interesting' late bulletins shall we say. And your comments made @WendyHurrell and I chuckle.'
BBC spokesperson said: 'BBC London has recently moved very successfully into a new studio. Last night we had a couple of technical problems which meant that Wendy couldn’t see the weather graphics and the camera lingered on her too long at the end of the forecast.
'Wendy unfortunately didn’t realise she was still in shot.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2353454/BBC-weathergirl-Wendy-Hurrell-caught-camera-rolling-eyes-forecast-10-OClock-News.html#ixzz2XujBkUxd
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