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Riz Lateef

Riz is the face of BBC London - presenting the flagship 6.30pm nightly TV news programme. She's been named as one of London's '1,000 most influential people' by the Evening Standard and won Media Professional of the Year 2009 at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards.

Riz has taken many major politicians to task including Tony Blair and David Cameron. She led the coverage of the 2008 London mayoral elections separating spin from reality in interviews with Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson. She also presents the national 8pm bulletin on BBC One and hosted the BBC One show 'The Olympic Torch Comes To London' with Matthew Pinsent.

Louisa Preston

Louisa became one of the youngest national newsreaders when ITN took her on as a reporter and presenter on Five News. As a presenter of BBC London, she has interviewed some high profile personalities such as Richard Gere, Kevin Spacey, Sophie Okonedo, and Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev.

A keen swimmer and runner, from an early age Louisa always assumed she'd be a sports reporter. In fact, she's ended up as a mainstream news presenter.

Victoria Hollins

Victoria arrived in London after growing up in Belgium and the Netherlands. She "crossed the newsroom" to work in TV after five years as a reporter and newsreader at BBC London 94.9FM.

She says: "The best bit of the job is getting to report different stories every day, and interviewing everyone from people in the pub to leading politicians. It's a privilege to get access to parts of the capital that few people ever get to see - like the top of Big Ben or the red carpet in Leicester Square."

Asad Ahmad

Although born and raised in London, Asad's career at the BBC has taken him around the country, presenting Newsnight Scotland, BBC Breakfast, News 24, Breakfast With Frost and reporting as the BBC's Scotland Correspondent.

During this time he covered the foot and mouth outbreak and rioting in the North of England. He has also worked as a political reporter and presenter at BBC Midlands Today in Birmingham. Asad is a member of Mensa.

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