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ELLIE BRENNAN

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Hi, I'm Ellie - a presenter and events host. 

I present the travel news on BBC 5 Live's Breakfast and Drive show alongside freelance presenting across the BBC, including Radio 2 and BBC Local Radio. Previously I presented the ARIA-nominated, number one commercial breakfast show in Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire on Viking FM. 

 I'm also an experienced stage and events host, working across a variety of events from company awards to music stages with up to 60,000 people in attendance. 

I have worked on voice over projects including radio adverts, corporate videos and online ad campaigns and, sometimes, you'll catch me in front of the camera too!

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Orna is currently the voice of travel news on BBC Radio 5 live having been part of the on-air team for over 10 years, across all programmes. She is a regular voice on BBC Radio 2, can currently be heard on Sunday evenings and is their regular travel ‘cover’ presenter. Orna has worked in the radio industry for 20 years starting as a broadcast assistant at BBC Radio Manchester. After completing a graduate traineeship with EMAP Radio, she worked in commercial radio, including promotions and direct sales. As a radio presenter she presented her own show and co presented shows for the UTV Radio group, (now Wireless Group); add to that a taste of TV presenting for Channel M, based in Manchester. Orna regularly travels between Manchester and London for work and is keen to expand her portfolio. She can provide a warm but authoritative read and is suitable for narration, and corporate work. Her commercial radio experience has given her a good understanding of delivering a commercial message.

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Female presenters lose equal pay claim in legal challenge against BBC

M artine Croxall and three other senior BBC journalists have failed in their bid to include equal pay as part of wider legal action against the broadcaster.

However, separate claims for sex and age discrimination will go ahead, an employment tribunal ruled.

Croxall , Karin Giannone, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh launched the claim against the BBC, accusing the broadcaster of a “sham recruitment exercise”.

The presenters, all between the ages of 48 and 55, claim they were snubbed for chief presenter roles following the merger of the BBC’s News and World News channels.

Their claim says they failed to land top anchor roles due to a recruitment exercise “rigged” in favour of certain senior presenters before applications opened.

This is a claim that the broadcaster vehemently denies, and the BBC says it has conducted an internal review into the matter.

A spokesperson for the BBC said after the ruling: “We are pleased with the result and that the tribunal has accepted our position. We will not be commenting further at this stage.”

A two-day preliminary hearing in central London ended on Thursday, and a three-week tribunal to hear the claims in detail will be held in March 2025.

The BBC had opposed the cases being heard jointly, but Croxall, McVeigh, Giannone and Madera have been allowed to put their claims forward as a group.

The four presenters released a joint statement on being allowed to have their claims heard together, saying: “We are pleased the tribunal has agreed our four discrimination claims should be heard together, claims the BBC’s lawyers tried to split, which would have necessitated eight hearings at great additional expense to the licence fee payer.

“We remain committed to seeking equal pay despite the BBC’s lawyers relying on a novel argument to prevent our claims progressing.

“We await the judge’s written ruling, to which we will give further consideration.”

Judge Sarah Goodman ruled that the claim related to equal pay would not be included because the presenters had existing equal pay settlements with the BBC.

Croxall, who has been with the BBC since 1991 and has worked as a chief presenter with the BBC News channel and BBC World News since 2001, said that she would not have taken the settlement had she known it would prevent her from making future claims.

She told the tribunal on Wednesday : “The BBC grinds you down on pay, it breaks you. You don’t feel like you can continue with it in the moment and that’s why I’m here.”

The presenters allege that they have not been paid equally compared with their male counterparts since February 2020 and there was a gap of about £36,000 a year in pensionable salary as of February 2023.

In their witness statements, which appear to be similar, the women said: “I am one of five female chief presenters with BBC News, aged 48 to 54, at the time of the detriments, who have suffered (direct/indirect) discrimination on the grounds of age and sex, victimisation for union rep activities, victimisation for carrying out protected acts (bringing equal pay claims), harassment (violation of dignity, creation of a hostile, degrading, intimidating environment in the workplace, causing us to suffer ill-health and reputational damage).

“This was because of a sham recruitment exercise where our jobs were closed even though the redundancies were not genuine as the work still exists.”

BBC director general Tim Davie said the broadcaster was attempting to work towards a “fair resolution” for the five women, who were asked to reapply for one of two new chief presenter jobs.

They were then told that if unsuccessful, the remaining three could be offered a new role as correspondents – an effective demotion from their previous positions as senior journalists.

Their witness statements add: “Four of us have been demoted, three are facing a sizeable pay cut, with a fourth having had her pay cut for half of her job.

“No men and no women younger than us suffered these detriments.”

They described themselves as having been “set up to fail in the jobs process” which saw them being denied work while less experienced freelancers and casuals have covered shifts they could have done.

Being kept off the air happened against their will and took place amid press and social media speculation about their futures, they added.

Since then, McVeigh has taken up two chief presenter roles, but the other three presenters affected remain off-air.

Croxall, still employed by the BBC but without a set role, has taken time out of work to travel while receiving her full pay package.

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BBC female presenters say recruitment process for jobs was ‘rigged’

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Martine Croxall and three other senior BBC journalists have begun legal action against the broadcaster claiming a job application process was “rigged”.

Ms Croxall, Karin Giannone, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh launched an employment tribunal against the BBC, alleging they were snubbed over chief presenter roles following the merger of the BBC’s News and World News channels.

They claim they failed to land a chief presenter role due to a “rigged” recruitment exercise in favour of certain senior presenters before applications opened.

This is a claim that the broadcaster vehemently denies, having stated that they conducted an internal review into the matter.

In their witness statements, which appear to be similar, the women said: “I am one of five female chief presenters with BBC News, aged 48 to 54, at the time of the detriments, who have suffered (direct/indirect) discrimination on the grounds of age and sex victimisation for union rep activities, victimisation for carrying out protected acts (bringing equal pay claims), harassment (violation of dignity, creation of a hostile, degrading, intimidating environment in the workplace, causing us to suffer ill-health and reputational damage).

“This was because of a sham recruitment exercise where our jobs were closed even though the redundancies were not genuine as the work still exists.”

The women alleged they have been left to suffer victimisation, harassment and reputational damage.

BBC director general Tim Davie said the broadcaster was attempting to work towards a “fair resolution” for the five women, who were asked to reapply for one of two new chief presenter jobs.

They were then told that if unsuccessful, the remaining three could be offered a new role as correspondents – an effective demotion from their previous positions as senior journalists.

Their witness statements add: “Four of us have been demoted, three are facing a sizeable pay cut, with a fourth having had her pay cut for half of her job.

“No men and no women younger than us suffered these detriments.”

They described themselves as having been “set up to fail in the jobs process” which saw them being denied work while less experienced freelancers and casuals have covered shifts they could have done.

Being kept off the air happened against their will and took place amid press and social media speculation about their futures, they added.

Since then, Ms McVeigh has taken up two chief presenter roles, but the other three presenters affected remain off-air.

Ms Croxall, though still employed by the BBC but without a set role, has taken time out of work to travel while receiving her full pay package.

The women believed they have not been paid equally compared with their male counterparts since February 2020 and there was a gap of about £36,000 a year in pensionable salary as of February 2023.

The tribunal comes in the wake of the high-profile gender pay dispute between the BBC and Newswatch presenter Samira Ahmed.

In 2020, a London employment tribunal found that Ms Ahmed should have been paid the same as fellow presenter Jeremy Vine for their work on Newswatch and Points Of View respectively.

The BBC had argued the pair were not doing similar work.

Broadcaster Sarah Montague also previously confirmed she had won a £400,000 settlement and an apology from the BBC over unequal treatment.

In 2021 the BBC disclosed it had spent more than £1m on legal fees fighting equal pay and race discrimination cases brought by staff.

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