Lesbian News Reader Jane Hill To Marry

Popular BBC Newsreader Jane Hill has confirmed  on Twitter that she will enter into a civil partnership with her partner, Sara.

Hill, 42, who came out publicly in 2009, has worked as a newsreader on the BBC’s 24-hour channel for 14 years and also continues to present broadcasts on BBC One

She wrote on Twitter: “Yes, Sara & I are getting hitched.”

She added: “Still a bit shocked I think! (and hungover).”

The Telegraph drew consternation from some quarters by including quotation marks in its headline “BBC newsreader Jane Hill is to ‘marry’ a woman cameraman”.

The paper’s celebrity news section said: “Having “outed” herself as homosexual in the BBC’s staff magazine, Jane Hill has now accepted a “marriage” proposal.

BBC bosses clear Sandi Toksvig over C-word joke

 

The BBC have come under more and fresh criticism this week after bosses cleared Sandi Toksvig of wrongfully using the c-word during a live broadcast.

BBC Newsnight worker 'sacked over gay harassment'

 

A senior BBC editor who worked on News at Ten and Newsnight subjected a colleague to a campaign of homosexual harassment, a tribunal has heard.

Fears over third gay killing in Edinburgh

 

Police are trying to allay fears among Edinburgh's gay community following three deaths in the past month.

BBC World asks ‘Is homosexuality un-African?’

 

A BBC World News Debate will be screened next week on the topic ‘Is homosexuality un-African?’

The debate, which will not be broadcast in the UK but will be available to view online, features notorious Ugandan anti-gay MP David Bahati as a panellist.