Anne Davies (British journalist)

Anne Davies
at the 2012 Olympic torch relay in Nottingham
Born	Anne Christina Davies (1958-03-15) 15 March 1958 (age 60) Sutton, Surrey, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Television presenter, newsreader and journalist
Years active	1981–present
Employer	BBC BBC East Midlands
Known for	East Midlands Today
Children	2

Anne Christina Davies (born 22 March 1958) is a British television presenter and newsreader, currently presenting BBC East Midlands Today, alongside Dominic Heale, produced in Nottingham every weekday night at 6:30 pm.

Anne was born in Sutton, Surrey. She attended St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls in Carshalton, then the Convent Notre Dame School in Cobham, followed by Guildford High School for Girls. Later, she moved to the Isle of Wight and attended Carisbrooke College. After A-Levels, Anne attended University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Davies began work for BBC Current Affairs, working behind the scenes on Question Time, Panorama and The Money Programme. She moved to BBC Radio Leicester and BBC Radio Derby. Then, after training for a year on the ITN News Trainee Scheme, Anne became the regular newsreader for Central News East based in Nottingham.

In 1993, she fronted the ITV Daytime Programme Look Good Feel Great with Diana Moran, the environmental series Earthdwellers Guide, and produced and presented fashion shows for the ITV network entitled Off The Peg. Anne then moved to GMTV, presenting the first breakfast programme with Eamonn Holmes. By April she was presenting Sunday Best with Mike Morris. She left this show by January 1994. Between 1994 and 1998 she read the news for the News Hour, presented her own Cookery strand and the GMTV House, provided cover for Lorraine Kelly, and fronted Sunday Review.