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Lucy began her journalism career in 1994 working for the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) radio and TV based in Germany.
In that time she broadcast from across the world reporting from the front line on the work of the Armed Forces, most notably in Kosovo and Bosnia and also in Poland, Canada and Kuwait.
On moving back to the UK in 1997 she presented BFBS's main TV news programme Scene Here and other defence programmes.
Lucy joined the BBC in 2000, working as a TV presenter and reporter in Southampton at BBC South. As well as presenting live news, and the flagship South Today evening programme, she also produced and presented a variety of special features including Children in Need.
Lucy is a versatile TV presenter and reporter capable of adapting to all kinds of environments - be it a fast paced newsroom and live studio, embedding assignments with the military, interviewing ministers, or, in one case, learning dance routines with the Cheeky Girls on live TV.
Lucy is a versatile TV presenter and reporter
In the corporate world, Lucy has produced and presented promotional and training videos. Clients have included Xerox, P&O Nedloyd, Zurich Insurance, British American Tobacco, Nortel, the National Radiological Protection Board, the Army Families Federation and the Civil Aviation Authority. Lucy is also an experienced media trainer having trained various authors and publishers from HarperCollins and Chambers Harrap.
In her spare time Lucy volunteers for Talking News for the Blind.
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In any successful communication...
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While the views expressed in his...
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1989 the East German government struggles to resist reform. The politburo decided on a complex and restricting new policy for limited travel to the West.
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At 9am the civil servant in charge of tax, Dave Hartnett told BBC radio: "I'm not sure I see a need to apologise...
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