| Alexandra Hill | |
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| Born | Alexandra Hyndman 25 April 1978 Grantham, Lincolnshire, England |
| Occupation | Journalist, Presenter |
| Spouse(s) | Geoff Hill |
| Children | Olivia Catherine Hill |
| Nationality | British |
| Agent | Gordon Poole Agency |
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Alexandra ("Alex") Hill (née Hyndman) is a British broadcast journalist working on a freelance basis with UK news organisation ITN.
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Hill was born in Grantham but grew up in Australia where she was educated at St Aloysius College, Adelaide. She moved back to the UK and attended King Edward VII School (Melton Mowbray), before reading English Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London and Journalism at De Montfort University.
Hill began her broadcasting career in 2001 with the Lincs FM Group working as a broadcast journalist, before joining GCap Media and IRN as a newsreader, editor and journalist.[1]
She joined Sky News Radio in 2004 as a newsreader and journalist before becoming a presenter for Sky Sports News and Sky News[2] Three years later, Hill began presenting for the now-defunct sports news channel Setanta Sports News.
In November 2008, she became an anchor for ITV London regional news programme London Tonight, where she presented the show in place of main presenter Katie Derham, who primarily appeared on ITV News. She also covered Derham on the ITV News at 1:30 on ITV. Since September 2009, Alexandra can be seen on the ITV News at 5:30 on ITV as well as London Today bulletins which air during Daybreak on ITV.
Hill ran the London Marathon on 13 April 2008 to raise money for the charity H.E.A.R.T UK.[3]
She is married to 5 News Editor Geoff Hill,[4] and is now known as Alexandra Hill. Prior to June 2010 she had used her maiden name and abbreviated her first name, professionally going by Alex Hyndman. Alexandra gave birth to her first child, Olivia Catherine Hill on 8 February 2011, as confirmed by the baby girl's father, Geoff Hill.[5][6]
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