Maxine Mawhinney

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Maxine Mawhinney is a newsreader on the BBC's 24 hour rolling news channel BBC News 24.

She trained as a newspaper journalist in Northern Ireland, then joined BBC Television and Radio in Belfast, before moving to Ulster Television and then ITN in London.

She joined Sky News at its launch in 1998, as Ireland correspondent, remaining for two years before going to Tokyo as News Editor for Asia for Reuters Television.

After two years in Asia, she spent a year in Frankfurt, Germany, for Reuters Television before being appointed Washington Correspondent for GMTV at its launch in 1992.

In 1996 she returned to London joining the BBC's international news channel BBC World. She was the duty presenter in the early hours of 31 August 1997 when news broke of the car crash of Diana, Princess of Wales. Although she was soon replaced as anchor, by the channels senior presenter Nik Gowing, she continued to give updates on the story throughout the night. She can be seen in this role in the 2006 feature film The Queen (film).

In November 1997 she joined BBC News24 as one of the launch presenters. She has worked various shifts throughout the day, including a period in the afternoon slot alongside Matthew Amroliwala, before being shifted to Sunday afternoons in April 2006. She has also appeared on the BBC's network (BBC ONE) bulletins including presenting BBC Breakfast and the One O'Clock News.

Maxine is married with two daughters.