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Geeta Guru-Murthy is a news presenter at the BBC.

Guru-Murthy was a reporter for the BBC’s regional news programme, BBC Look North (Yorkshire and North Midlands), before moving to 5 News.

By 2002, Guru-Murthy was hosting Asia Today, with regular work for BBC World, BBC News 24, and BBC Breakfast, and by 2005 presenting the news on BBC Radio 4.

On February 2 2023, it was confirmed that Guru-Murthy – along with many other presenters of the domestic BBC News Channel – would lose their presenting roles as part of the BBC’s relaunched news channel.

In January 2024, it was announced she would rejoin the channel as a chief presenter.

Her younger brother, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, is also a journalist and broadcaster for Channel 4 News.

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