Afternoon Live with Kay Burley, formerly Lunchtime Live, is a three hour weekday news programme in the United Kingdom

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 on Sky News

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, presented by Kay Burley

Kay Burley

Kay Burley is an English television newsreader, presenter and journalist. She currently anchors the Afternoon Live programme on the Sky News station.-Early life:...

. It combines rolling-news coverage with reports on various "human interest" stories. Additionally, regular updates are given on headline stories as well as business and sports news.

The show currently airs between 2pm and 5pm. Until October 2007, the programme ran for two hours, and aired between 12pm and 2pm, under the name of Lunchtime Live. Thereafter the programme ran for 4 hours (1300 - 1700) until the launch of The Live Desk in September 2008.

Mark Longhurst

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, Anna Jones

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, Lorna Dunkley

Lorna Dunkley

Lorna Dunkley is a British television news presenter, currently with Sky News. She presents the two-hour Weekend Lunchtime strand on Saturdays and Sundays at 12pm - 2pm, as well as presenting Afternoon Live every Monday from 2pm - 5pm & she now presents News, Sport & Weather on a Tuesday evening...

, Martin Stanford

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, Steve Dixon

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, Martin Popplewell

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, Chris Roberts

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, Emma Crosby

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, Anna Botting

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 and Allan King

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 have all presented the show when Burley has been absent. Burley does not present on Mondays and the programme is just called Afternoon Live. On Mondays, Andrew Wilson or Lorna Dunkley

Lorna Dunkley

Lorna Dunkley is a British television news presenter, currently with Sky News. She presents the two-hour Weekend Lunchtime strand on Saturdays and Sundays at 12pm - 2pm, as well as presenting Afternoon Live every Monday from 2pm - 5pm & she now presents News, Sport & Weather on a Tuesday evening...

 normally presents.

Since April 11th 2011, Afternoon Live, along with other programming (except Jeff Randall Live and Boulton and Co), are now announced on air as just 'Sky News' with the presenter now sitting at the desk. Afternoon Live now has the presenter at the news desk inside of standing up.

Until January 2011 the programme included regular headline summaries presented by:

Day	Presenter
Monday	Gillian Joseph Gillian Joseph Gillian Joseph is a British newscaster currently working for Sky News.-Journalism career:Joseph originally worked for the BBC in Manchester, as well as working as a radio reporter for Radio Merseyside. In 1998, she moved to London and presented Newsroom South East until it ended in 2001...
Tuesday - Friday	Samantha Simmonds Samantha Simmonds -Early life:Samantha is originally from Leeds, and studied for a BA at Liverpool University. Whilst a student in Liverpool, she appeared as a contestant on the ITV television show Blind Date.-Journalism career:...