Nina Hossain

Nina Hossain
Born	Nina Hossain May 1, 1975 (1975-05-01) (age 36) Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Education	University of Durham
Occupation	Journalist, Presenter, Newscaster
Family	Dr Tabarek Hossain (father) Pamela Hossain (mother) Rezina Hossain (sister)
Ethnicity	Bengali-English
Nationality	British
Years active	1988–present
Notable credit(s)	ITV News London Tonight

Nina Hossain (born 1 May 1975) is a British journalist, presenter and newscaster.

Hossain is currently employed on a freelance basis by ITN where she is the main presenter of ITV London's regional news programme London Tonight. Nina also acts as a relief newscaster for ITV News.

Background

Hossain was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. She is of mixed Bangladeshi and English parentage. Her father was, Dr Tabarek Hossain (1935–2002), originally from Bangladesh, who migrated to Britain in the 1960s, was a psychiatrist who specialised in alcoholism, he set up the Kirklees Alcohol Advisory Service in 1973 at the town centre, and was the founder and president of Concern For Mental Health in West Yorkshire.^[1] Her father married an English nurse, Pamela from Nottingham. Of her Bangladeshi parentage, she states that she has never visited Bangladesh, does not speak Bengali and does not cook curry, and that while her father never discussed religion, Hossain and her younger sister Rezina "were nominally Muslim".^[2]

TV career

Hossain's ambitions to be a journalist began at an early age. She has a degree from the University of Durham, (St Cuthbert's Society). She then gained a Post-graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism at the department of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire, Preston.

She had previously worked as a presenter for BBC London News and for ITV Border on both sides of the camera. Hossain was the word pronouncer for Series 1 of Hard Spell, a BBC One spelling competition for children. She reprised this role in the one-off episode of spin-off Star Spell (similar to Hard Spell, but with celebrities instead of chldren), but when Star Spell became a full series, she had joined ITV and so was replaced by BBC newsreader Mishal Husain, who continued this role through the second series of Hard Spell.

In November 2004 she joined ITN as a freelance newscaster for ITV London's London Tonight and ITV News.

During April 2010, she was also a guest presenter for GMTV, standing in for Lorraine Kelly on GMTV with Lorraine.^[3]

From 1 November 2010, Nina is the sole presenter of London Tonight, as part of format change on the programme. She continues to relief present ITV News bulletins.

Other work

In 2004, Nina appeared in the film Trauma which starred Colin Firth.

Nina reads a fake news story at the end of the Duran Duran song "The Man Who Stole a Leopard" and performs the voice of the satellite navigation on "Blame the Machines", both from the band's 2010 album All You Need Is Now.

Personal life

Nina now lives between London and the Midlands. Hossain is divorced from her former husband of eight years, Sky News editor Craig O'Hara.^[2] Hossain has been in a relationship with her current partner, and former editor of ITV's London Tonight regional news programme, Stuart Thomas since the spring of 2005, and together they have two children.^[4] The couple are expecting their third child in November 2011.^[5]

Hossain drew attention from the media in 2005 when she was mugged on London's South Bank, and for going to work the same day, saying that she did not consider it "a big deal".^[6] In January 2007, it was revealed that sex offender David Decoteau from London, 45, had an unhealthy interest in Hossain and that he had also sent letters to BBC newsreader Emily Maitlis.^[7]

See also

• List of British Bangladeshis

References

1. ^ Andrew Hirst (15 May 2008) Nina’s new arrival Huddersfield Daily Examiner, Retrieved 6 May 2009
2. ^ ^{a b} "'You only survive if you're up to it' Interview with Nina Hossain", The Telegraph URL last accessed 7 February 2008
3. ^ ITV to merge This Morning, GMTV and ITN to make 'super show' Daily Mirror, 26 March 2010
4. ^ "'Hossain has got kid news'", The Sun URL last accessed 7 February 2008
5. ^ "'ITN newsreader Nina Hossain to become a mum for the third time'", The Examiner URL last accessed 9 June 2011
6. ^ "'Mugger's threat to kill Nina'", The Mirror, URL last accessed 7 February 2008
7. ^ "'Rape accused wrote to newsreader'", BBC News URL last accessed 7 February 2008

External links

• Nina Hossain at Knight Ayton Management
• Nina Hossain at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Katie Derham

Female co-host of London Tonight (ITV1) June 2010 –

Succeeded by Incumbent

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Name	Hossain, Nina
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Date of birth	1973
Place of birth	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
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