Anne Diamond

For the Canadian writer, see Ann Diamond.

Anne Diamond
OBE
Born
Anne Margaret Diamond

(1954-09-08) 8 September 1954 (age 70)
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Occupation(s)Broadcaster, journalist
Years active1979–present
Spouse
Mike Hollingsworth
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(m. 1989; div. 1999)​
Children5

Anne Margaret Diamond OBE (born 8 September 1954) is a British journalist, broadcaster, and children's health campaigner. She presently hosts the weekend breakfast show on GB News with Stephen Dixon as her co-presenter. She hosted Good Morning Britain for TV-am and Good Morning with Anne and Nick for BBC One, with Nick Owen. In 2023, she was made an OBE for her service to children's health and is the first non-medic to hold the Royal College of Paediatrics College Medal. [1]

In 1991, following the death of her third son Sebastian, Diamond successfully campaigned for research into cot death. The campaign, which she co-founded, is reported to have cut the UK's incidence of cot death from over 2,000 a year to approximately 300.[2][3]

She has also worked for LBC, Radio Oxford, BBC London, BBC Berkshire, and is a regular columnist for the various UK newspapers.[4] Since 2003, she has made regular appearances on Channel 5's topical discussion show The Wright Stuff and now its successor, Jeremy Vine.[5]

  1. ^ BBC News: Anne Diamond honoured for cot death campaign, Bbc.co.uk, 31 December 2022
  2. ^ Foundation for the Study of Infant Death Archived 20 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 20 February 2007
  3. ^ The Lullaby Trust celebrates 25th anniversary of Back to Sleep campaign, Lullabytrust.org.uk, 25 Nov 2016
  4. ^ Metro Newspaper: Anne Diamond was convinced OBE in New Year Honours list was a scam, Metro.co.uk, 31 December 2022
  5. ^ Peoplematter.tv Archived 25 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 18 June 2010