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Nicola Heywood-Thomas

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Nicola Heywood-Thomas
Born
Nicola Anne Heywood-Thomas

(1955-05-17)17 May 1955
Died6 April 2023(2023-04-06) (aged 67)
Cardiff, Wales
OccupationNewsreader
Years active1984–2023
Notable credit(s)HTV Wales News
BBC Wales Today
Spouse
Grahame Lloyd
(m. 1986)
Children3

Nicola Anne Heywood-Thomas (17 May 1955 – 6 April 2023) was a Welsh broadcaster and television news journalist, who worked both for BBC Radio Wales and HTV, where she spent 18 years as a news presenter.

She was born in Cardigan but grew up in Manchester and Durham, County Durham, England.[1]

Heywood-Thomas joined BBC Radio Wales straight from university, and later presented the station's arts programme, Radio Wales Arts Show, for 25 years. She was also a sub-editor, presenter and reporter for BBC Wales Today, although she is better remembered for her time with HTV. She was the recipient of a BAFTA Cymru Award. She made her final radio appearance in February 2023, and was undergoing chemotherapy at the time of her death. Heywood-Thomas died on 6 April 2023, at the age of 67. She was survived by her three children.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Meet Nicola Heywood Thomas husband, Grahame Lloyd". 7 April 2023.
  2. ^ "BBC and HTV broadcaster Nicola Heywood-Thomas dies at 67". BBC News. BBC. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. ^ Elliott-Gibbs, Sam; Fitzgerald, Todd (7 April 2023). "ITV newsreader and BBC presenter Nicola Heywood-Thomas dies". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  4. ^ Martin, Roy (7 April 2023). "Tributes paid to BBC Radio Wales presenter Nicola Heywood-Thomas". Radio Today. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
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