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| name = Nina Hossain

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| birthname = Nina Hossain

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1975|05|01}}

| birth_place = [[Huddersfield]], [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]]

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| death_place =

| education = [[University of Durham]]

| occupation = [[Journalist]], [[Presenter]], [[Newscaster]]

| ethnicity = [[Bengali people|Bengali]]-[[English people|English]]

| nationality = [[British people|British]]

| years_active = 1988–present

| family = Dr Tabarek Hossain (father)<br/>Pamela Hossain (mother)<br/>Rezina Hossain (sister)

| credits = ''[[ITV News]]''<br>''[[London Tonight]]''

'''Nina Hossain''' (born 1 May 1975) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[journalist]], [[presenter]] and [[newscaster]].

Hossain was born in [[Huddersfield]], [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]]. She is of mixed [[Bangladesh]]i and [[English people|English]] parentage. Her father was, Dr Tabarek Hossain (1935–2002), originally from [[Bangladesh]], who migrated to Britain in the [[1960s]], was a [[psychiatry|psychiatrist]] who specialised in alcoholism, he set up the [[Kirklees]] Alcohol Advisory Service in 1973 at the town centre, and was the founder and president of Concern For Mental Health in West Yorkshire.<ref>Andrew Hirst (15 May 2008) [http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2008/03/15/nina-s-new-arrival-86081-20626528/ Nina’s new arrival] Huddersfield Daily Examiner, Retrieved 6 May 2009</ref> Her father married an [[English people|English]] nurse, Pamela from [[Nottingham]]. Of her Bangladeshi parentage, she states that she has never visited Bangladesh, does not speak [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and does not cook curry, and that while her father never discussed religion, Hossain and her younger sister Rezina "were nominally [[Muslim]]".<ref name="the telegraph">"[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/11/11/bvhoss10.xml 'You only survive if you're up to it' Interview with Nina Hossain]", ''The Telegraph'' URL last accessed 7 February 2008</ref>

Hossain's ambitions to be a journalist began at an early age. She has a degree from the [[University of Durham]], ([[St Cuthbert's Society]]). She then gained a Post-graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism at the department of [[Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire]], Preston.

She had previously worked as a presenter for [[BBC London News]] and for [[Border Television|ITV Border]] on both sides of the camera. Hossain was the word pronouncer for Series 1 of ''[[Hard Spell]]'', a [[BBC One]] spelling competition for children. She reprised this role in the one-off episode of spin-off ''[[Star Spell]]'' (similar to Hard Spell, but with celebrities instead of chldren), but when Star Spell became a full series, she had joined ITV and so was replaced by BBC newsreader [[Mishal Husain]], who continued this role through the second series of ''Hard Spell''.

In November 2004 she joined [[ITN]] as a [[freelance]] newscaster for [[ITV London]]'s ''[[London Tonight]]'' and [[ITV News]].

During April 2010, she was also a guest presenter for [[GMTV]], standing in for [[Lorraine Kelly]] on ''[[LK_Today#GMTV_with_Lorraine|GMTV with Lorraine]]''.<ref>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/03/26/itv-to-merge-this-morning-gmtv-and-itn-to-make-super-show-115875-22139157/ ITV to merge This Morning, GMTV and ITN to make 'super show'] Daily Mirror, 26 March 2010</ref>

From 1 November 2010, Nina is the sole presenter of ''London Tonight'', as part of format change on the programme. She continues to relief present ITV News bulletins.

In 2004, Nina appeared in the film ''[[Trauma (2004 film)|Trauma]]'' which starred [[Colin Firth]].

Nina reads a fake news story at the end of the [[Duran Duran]] song "The Man Who Stole a Leopard" and performs the voice of the satellite navigation on "[[Blame the Machines]]", both from the band's 2010 album ''[[All You Need Is Now]]''.

Nina now lives between London and the Midlands. Hossain is divorced from her former husband of eight years, [[Sky News]] editor Craig O'Hara.<ref name="the telegraph" /> Hossain has been in a relationship with her current partner, and former editor of ITV's ''[[London Tonight]]'' regional news programme, Stuart Thomas since the spring of 2005, and together they have three children.<ref name="the sun">"[http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001320029-2006570537,00.html 'Hossain has got kid news']", ''The Sun'' URL last accessed 7 February 2008</ref><ref name="the examiner">"[http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2011/06/09/itn-newsreader-nina-hossain-to-become-a-mum-for-the-third-time-86081-28846988/ 'ITN newsreader Nina Hossain to become a mum for the third time']", ''The Examiner'' URL last accessed 9 June 2011</ref>

Hossain drew attention from the media in 2005 when she was mugged on London's [[South Bank]], and for going to work the same day, saying that she did not consider it "a big deal".<ref name="the mirror">"[http://www.mirror.co.uk/archive/2005/09/03/mugger-s-threat-to-kill-nina-89520-15926368/ 'Mugger's threat to kill Nina']", ''The Mirror'', URL last accessed 7 February 2008</ref> In January 2007, it was revealed that sex offender David Decoteau from London, 45, had an unhealthy interest in Hossain and that he had also sent letters to BBC newsreader [[Emily Maitlis]].<ref name="bbc">"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6295591.stm 'Rape accused wrote to newsreader']", ''BBC News'' URL last accessed 7 February 2008</ref>

| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Huddersfield]], [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]]

[[Category:Alumni of Durham University]]

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[[Category:People from Huddersfield]]