Christa Ackroyd
| Christa Ackroyd | |
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Christa (left) with Harry Gration receiving an honorary degree from the University of Bradford in 2008
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| Born |
4 May 1957 Eccleshill, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Television presenter |
| Spouse(s) | Chris Sutcliffe |
| Children | 3 |
Christa Marion Ackroyd (born 4 May 1957, Eccleshill, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) was a British journalist and broadcaster, best known as a former presenter for the regional TV news programmes Calendar and Look North.
She attended Hanson Girls' Grammar School (now Hanson Academy) from 1968 (which had moved to its new site in Five Lane Ends in 1967), which became the co-educational comprehensive Hanson School in 1972.
After leaving print media, Ackroyd switched to broadcasting and joined the news team of local radio station Pennine Radio in Bradford (now The Pulse of West Yorkshire). She later moved to neighbouring Radio Aire in Leeds, becoming the UK's first female radio news editor in 1981. She later became the station's programme controller, often presenting some weekend shows herself, until her departure in 1990.
Ackroyd switched to television and became a co-anchor for Yorkshire Television's regional news programme Calendar in 1990, alongside Richard Whiteley, and later, Mike Morris. In September 2001, she switched to the BBC to present the Leeds-based edition of Look North with Harry Gration.
Ackroyd last presented Look North on 1 March 2013. Several weeks later, a Yorkshire Post article questioned her absence from the programme and whether her salary, reported to be around £150,000 per year, was justified. The BBC declined to explain her prolonged absence, citing unspecified "editorial reasons".Shipley MP Philip Davies called for the Corporation to explain whether Ackroyd was still being paid despite her ongoing absence.
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