Born in Greenwich, London, Charlene White, 45, started her broadcasting career on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra. In 2014 she became the first Black woman to present ITV News at Ten. She has co-presented ITV’s Loose Women since 2021. In 2022, she took part in the ITV reality TV show I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here! Her debut non-fiction book, No Place Like Home, was published last year. She lives in south London with her partner Andy, and their two children Alfie, eight, and Florence, six.
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