Faye Barker is a British

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 newsreader and journalist currently employed by ITN where she presents on ITV News

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 and ITV London

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Faye Barker is from Devon

Devon

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, England

England

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 and is married. Her wedding took place at Bickleigh Castle

Bickleigh Castle

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, Devon, in 2007. In February 2010, Barker went on maternity leave from ITN, later giving birth to her first child - as announced via her Twitter

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She began her career at London-based EBN (European Business News), an affiliate of CNBC

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, in October 1996.