Amelia Reynolds is a British

United Kingdom

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 television journalist who works for the BBC

BBC

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's early evening regional programme Look East.

Brought up in Fressingfield

Fressingfield

Fressingfield is a small village in Suffolk, England, east of Diss, Norfolk. It has a population of over 900, with two shops a medical centre and three churches, with Anglican, Baptist and Methodist congregations. Fressingfield once had five public houses...

, Suffolk

Suffolk

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, Reynolds was educated locally in Suffolk at Stradbroke High School

Stradbroke Business and Enterprise College

Stradbroke Business and Enterprise College is a state-funded secondary school for 11-16 year-olds in Stradbroke, Suffolk, United Kingdom. With just 346 students on roll it is the smallest Business and Enterprise College...

 and Thomas Mills High School

Thomas Mills High School

Thomas Mills High School is a comprehensive school in Framlingham, Suffolk, England. The current Headteacher is Mr G Colin Hirst and the Deputy Headteachers are Miss Elizabeth Halley and Mr John Hibberd...

 before attending Exeter University where she studied English and drama. After university she worked for an independent production company in Suffolk and travelled in Africa and Asia reporting for both BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

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 and the BBC World Service

BBC World Service

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Reynolds' media career began at the now defunct Cambridge Red TV (which broadcast on the NTL Cable TV service from 1996–2004) in 1997 as a presenter on the Red Report.

She joined Look East in 2000 as a researcher, before moving on to presenting; in 2006 she took over as the female anchor whilst Susie Fowler-Watt was on maternity leave.

In 2001, Reynolds was nominated for "The RTS Best Newcomer to Television Journalism - The Mike Read Award".

On 16 August 2008 she married Inside Out

Inside Out (BBC TV series)

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presenter David Whiteley

David Whiteley

David Whiteley is the presenter of the BBC TV documentary programme Inside Out - East.Whiteley was born in Essex and started his career working for the commercial radio station Essex FM in 1995 as a broadcast journalist...

; they both ran in, and completed, the 2009 London Marathon

London Marathon

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