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{{Short description|British journalist}}
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'''Victoria Hollins''' is a British [[journalist]], who works for [[BBC London News]] as a reporter and [[News presenter|newsreader]], mostly working the early morning bulletins on ''[[BBC Breakfast]]''. On the 8 June 2023, Hollins participated in industrial action in support of the fight against cuts in [[BBC Local Radio]].<ref>{{Cite tweet |title=Sad not to be presenting today as planned. But I'm involved in industrial action. @BBCRadioLondon & @BBCLondonNews are striking over plans to replace many local radio shows with national ones The BBC says: to divert money into digital @NUJofficial: it'll diminish Local Radio |user=vichollins |number=1666704029441826818 |access-date=2023-06-16 |via=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Hollins studied at [[the British School in the Netherlands]] and the [[British School of Brussels]], before studying at the [[University of Birmingham]] from 1995.<ref>[http://www.bsnosa.com/list2.html#636 Contact List of OSA Members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627180221/http://www.bsnosa.com/list2.html#636 |date=27 June 2006 }} British School in the Netherlands: Old Students Association</ref> She then did a post graduate diploma in Journalism at [[Cardiff University]].<ref name=BBCLProf>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2008/06/05/victoria_hollins_feature.shtml Victoria Hollins] BBC London, 5 September 2008</ref>

==Journalism career==
Hollins joined the [[BBC]] in 1999 on their journalistic training scheme, working on local BBC radio stations, then as a news presenter on [[BBC Radio Five Live]].<ref name=BBCLProf/> She spent five years at [[BBC London 94.9]], before joining the BBC London News on TV.<ref name=BBCLProf/>

==Other activities==
In 2011, Hollins appeared as a television presenter in the BBC [[sitcom]] ''[[Life's Too Short (TV series)|Life's Too Short]]''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017t8bs Life's Too Short - Episode 3] BBC Two, 29 November 2011</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mj67 BBC London News - Presenter profiles] BBC One

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