Laura Trant Wikipedia, Age, BBC South Today, Married, Bio, Husband

Name Laura Trant

Birthday / How old is Laura Trant Age / Date of Birth / DOB No confirmed information is available on the year she was born.

Wiki Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

An effervescent presence on BBC, Laura Trant is a journalist & presenter, currently anchoring the programme ‘South Today.’
She is a natural blonde with short hair & sparkling hazel eyes!

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

Trant was born in Dorset, UK, but grew in Southampton and New Forest, Southern England.
She did her post-graduation from Falmouth University in Cornwall, England.

TV Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :

In her journalistic career, Laura has covered a range of news, starting from spending the day with a boy band to mastering the art of beach polo to reporting from the scene of armed robbery to various others. Always taking challenges head-on, she is a progressive icon for her women aspiring to do journalism.
Her first professional break was given by British Broadcast Channel (BBC) on its’ program ‘Radio Solent.’

After that, she worked on Radio 2 programmes – ‘Jeremy Vine Show’ and ‘Michael Parkinson’s programme’. In the show, host Jeremy Guy Vine hosted guests, interviewed them, presented his opinion on daily news & gave a platform for popular music plays.
Laura has also presented for the Press Association, a multimedia news agency operating in the Uk and Ireland. The content ranges from TV listings to archived images to Entertainment guides and International sports data. The agency is a private company with shareholders including The Daily Mail.
Then, she joined the BBC children’s news programme Newsround in London as a host and journalist. Newsround is one of the world’s first television news magazines aimed categorically for children. It was called John Craven’s Newsround till 1989. The final edition was broadcasted on 20th December 2012.

Finally, in 2012, Trant left Newsround to join BBC South Today, where she works as an anchor and journalist. The show generally deals with news of the Southern part of England. She is also involved with the team to decide upon the news that is to be broadcasted on the show.

Interesting Facts and Trivia :

She also loves to run, play tennis, paint and cook. Although she confesses herself to be a terrible tennis player.
In her teens, Trant even helped her cousin milk herd of cows in his farm in Ireland!
In 2002, she appeared in one of the episodes of TV mini-series ‘Queen & Country,’ where she gave a biographical description of eminent personalities such as Former PM Tony Blair, Former US President Bill Clinton and the Queen herself.

Visited Winol (Independent Journalism by Winchester Students) as a guest editor. There, she revealed that she had once sent her CV to Meridien but never got a response from them.
Laura is of white ethnicity and is quite tall.

Philanthropy :

On 31st December 2015, Laura was appointed as the Vice President of Wessex Cancer Trust in Hampshire, UK. The trust celebrated its 35th anniversary of supporting and helping cancer patients and their families across the southern region of England. She also became the brand ambassador of the Trust charity.

Body Figure / Physical Info

Measurements :

Pregnant? : Currently, she is not expecting a baby.
Weight Loss : A few Google queries regarding this, but we couldn’t find anything conclusive on any of her social media.

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3 thoughts on “Laura Trant Wikipedia, Age, BBC South Today, Married, Bio, Husband”

Randy Andy Jul 28, 2024 at 7:47 am


No way is she 5’2″. More like 5’8″.
Richard Hornby Jul 15, 2024 at 3:39 pm


Are you the daughter of Peter Trant Chartered Surveyor from Salisbury?
Chris Feb 20, 2022 at 12:12 am


Oooh! Charming and lovely Laura!