Sian Williams
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| Born |
Sian Mary Williams 28 November 1964 Paddington, London |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Occupation | Journalist, presenter |
| Employer | Channel 5 |
| Notable credit(s) |
BBC Breakfast Your Money Their Tricks Sunday Morning Live 5 News at 5 Save Money: Good Health |
| Spouse(s) | Neale Hunt (m. 1991–2001) Paul Woolwich (m. 2006) |
| Children | 4 |
Sian Mary Williams, ([ˈʃɑn]; born 28 November 1964) is a Welsh journalist and current affairs presenter, best known for her work with the BBC.
From 2001 until 2012, Williams regularly presented weekday editions of BBC Breakfast as well as all main news bulletins on BBC One. She presented two series of BBC One's discussion programme Sunday Morning Live from 2014 until 2015.
Since January 2016, she has been the main presenter of 5 News at 5.
Williams was born in Paddington, London, to Welsh parents and was raised in Eastbourne, East Sussex. Her mother, Katherine Rees, was from Llanelli and had moved to London to become a nurse. Williams' father was from Swansea, and his family had been farmers in Glamorgan, south Wales. He was a journalist, working first in print and later in radio. She gained a BA in English and History from Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes University) and went on to study critical journalistic writing at the University of Rhode Island in America.
Williams joined the BBC in 1985 and began working as a reporter and producer for BBC Local Radio stations in Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester. From 1990 to 1997, she was editor for BBC Radio 4's The World at One and PM programmes. Williams was also a programme editor for a number of news and election specials across Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live.
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