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CF
CatsFast101
Tom W posted:
Sarah-Jane Mee (freelance) covered Sunrise, which explains why Sophy was covering.


I think Sarah Jane Me was freelance but she's been regular cover for Sarah Hewson (on Maternity Leave) on Bolton & Co. and is now employed by Sky as opposed to been freelance I believe, even if only temporary.


Just because someone has been acting as regular cover, doesn't stop them from being freelance. Charlie Stayt, presenter of BBC Breakfast every weekend, is freelance.


I know that. My point is that is Its not unusal to get a contract as full-time staff as a maternity cover role.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Samantha Simmonds anchoring from Hyde after the tragic shooting of two police officers this morning.
MA
manclad
She's outside Hyde police station, round the corner from my house.
EM
EastMediaWatcher
Live at Five is Jeremy Thompson in the studio and Andrew Wilson in Manchester.
EM
EastMediaWatcher
Kay Burley in Manchester, getting the usual slagging on Twitter but I actually don't think she is doing badly at all.
RH
richard h
Karim Gohary on at 2am...Never seen him before, It was Phillipa from 12

Phillipa back on at 02:45
Last edited by richard h on 25 September 2012 3:11am - 2 times in total
ST
STV Today
Just wondering if there has been any mention of Anna Botting having her baby - seem to recall the press saying she was due in four months time and that was May. Perhaps she was only four months into her pregnancy??
WO
Worzel
Just wondering if there has been any mention of Anna Botting having her baby - seem to recall the press saying she was due in four months time and that was May. Perhaps she was only four months into her pregnancy??


I wonder if we'll get a big Breaking News strap up when it happens, Sky News camping outside the hospital and the BBC pipping Sky News to a first on screen interview? Very Happy
ST
STV Today
Never mind camping out - I would expect Kay in the Skycopter tracking her trip to hospital and Martin at the news wall with graphics about giving birth and a camera man in the delivery suite!!

In all seriousness, I do not expect a news special but some mention would be nice and be fitting for a rare positive story for one of their own - just my opinion Very Happy
JI
jimmyslash
I think Anna Botting has had her baby according to @skyjacquie on the 17th sept she posted on twitter saying she's hoping to see anna botting's new baby.
Not sure how to post link to tweet yet(1st post)
ST
STV Today
I think Anna Botting has had her baby according to @skyjacquie on the 17th sept she posted on twitter saying she's hoping to see anna botting's new baby.
Not sure how to post link to tweet yet(1st post)


Thanks Jimmyslash - am signed up to SkyJacquie on twitter and must have missed it - she had just been to Dunblane on 17th.

Very Happy
CF
CatsFast101
I know in the past people have been fans of Martin Stanford but personally I think he's a really poor newsreader, it just feels awkward when he's presenting- no wonder sky shove him on for just an hour! The likes of Jannet Jalil, Phillipa Tomson etc. are much better newsreaders and it just seems to flow much more naturally!

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