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Mary Rhodes

Biography

Mary has been a journalist with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ for over 20 years. After graduating in Birmingham, she started her career at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hereford and Worcester, the county where she grew up.

Mary worked as a reporter in local radio for 4 years before moving to London to join Five Live. A love of sport led her to present and report for national ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ radio and television for over ten years, covering events including Olympics, Cricket World Cup and Wimbledon.

One of the first faces on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News 24 at its launch, Mary quickly moved on to present on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Breakfast, One, Six and Ten o’clock News. She also presented sport on Radio 4’s flagship Today programme. Alongside sport, Mary was a presenter on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 1’s live Sunday morning magazine programme Heaven and Earth.

After moving back to the Midlands, Mary returned to her news roots to present current affairs programme Inside Out alongside ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Midlands Today.

Mary is a keen cyclist and season ticket holder at West Brom.