Rachel Horne

Rachel Horne ( Gibson; born 29 May 1979) is a Northern Irish newsreader and journalist. She presented the BBC children's news programme Newsround from 2002 until 2006. She also presented BBC News' business bulletins on the BBC News Channel and travel news on weekday mornings on BBC Radio 2 in March to December 2018. She joined Virgin Radio UK as a breakfast show newsreader in January 2019. She has been married to comedian Alex Horne since 2005. Early life At the age of 18, Horne went travelling and taught English in Vietnam. After reading Law and Theology at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, she studied for a postgraduate degree in Broadcast Journalism at City, University of London. She married comedian Alex Horne in 2005. Career Horne has worked for BBC productions Breakfast with Frost, BBC Radio Five Live and Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1. She later worked for BBC Essex on their Breakfast programme as a reporter. Newsround Horne joined CBBC's flagship news programme, Newsround in December 2002. Alongside Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes, Thalia Pellegrini and Adam Fleming, Horne was part of the bulletin team and the main reporter. Initially, Horne also presented spin-off programme, Newsround Showbiz until its axe in 2005 due to poor ratings. Horne left Newsround in 2006.