Rachel Horne is a famous Northern Irish newsreader and journalist. From 2002 to 2006, Horne presented the BBC children’s news program called Newsround.
Also, She presented BBC News’ business bulletins on the BBC News Channel and travel news on weekday mornings on BBC Radio 2 from March to December 2018. In January 2019, She became part of Virgin Radio UK as a breakfast show newsreader.
Rachel Horne Age
Rachel Horne was born in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland on May 29, 1979. She is 43 years old.
Rachel Horne Height
Horne stands at a moderate height of 5 ft 4 inches ( Approx 1.6 m).
Rachel Horne Education
She attended and studied Law and Theology at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. From there, Horne went on to study for a postgraduate degree in Broadcast Journalism at the City, University of London. She went traveling and taught English in Vietnam at the age of 18.
Rachel Horne Family
Rachel was born and raised just outside Lisnaskea in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, on the shores of Lough Erne. Her loving dad called Terry Gibson is from Belfast and served as a magistrate. Her caring mom called Anne Daly is from Belleek. Her maternal uncle was Edward Daly who was born in 1933 and died in 2016. Edward served from 1974 until 1993 as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Derry.
Rachel Horne Husband
She married to his caring husband called Alex Horne (Alexander James Jeffery Horne) who was born on September 10, 1978, in Chichester, West Sussex, England. Her husband is the creator of the BAFTA award-winning TV series Taskmaster where he performs as the Taskmaster’s assistant. Alex married Rachel in 2005 and the duo has three adorable children.
Rachel Horne Salary
Rachel receives an annual salary of $69,992 per year as a BBC Radio 2 program’s newsreader.
Rachel Horne Net Worth
Horne has an approximate net worth of $5 million.
Rachel Horne Career
She has served for many BBC outputs including Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1, Breakfast with Frost, and BBC Radio Five Live. Rachel also served as a reporter 2 for BBC Essex on their Breakfast program.
She became part of CBBC’s flagship news program, Newsround in December 2002. Horne was part of the bulletin team and the main reporter alongside Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes, Thalia Pellegrini, and Adam Fleming.
Initially, Rachel presented a spin-off program called Newsround Showbiz until its axe in 2005 because of poor ratings. She left Newsround in 2006 and joined BBC Two’s flagship business program, Working Lunch.
Horne was a member of the team as its business reporter from May 2006. Rachel remained on the program until its relaunch in 2008. In the following year, Horne became part of BBC News Channel’s Business News team.
She went on maternity leave in 2012. After her return, she presented Monday to Thursday throughout the afternoon as well as evening. In 2012, it was announced that the BBC News Channel’s business bulletins would be axed as part of the Delivering Quality First scheme. As a result, Rachel left the channel for a time after the move to the New Broadcasting House. She reappeared on the BBC News Channel in 2015 presenting the business and presented regularly on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
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