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Christa Ackroyd (born 4 May 1957) is a British television and radio presenter. She is one of the main presenters for the BBC Yorkshire regional magazine programme Look North. The daughter of police inspector, Maurice, Ackroyd was born 4 May 1957 in Eccleshill, Bradford. After leaving the Hanson School on Sutton Avenue (up to 1972, known as the Hanson Girls' Grammar School on Barkerend Road in Bradford Moor) in Eccleshill, Bradford at the age of 18, she worked with the Evening Courier in Halifax for four years. After leaving print media, Ackroyd worked at Pennine Radio in Bradford (now The... MORE

Christa Ackroyd (born 4 May 1957) is a British television and radio presenter. She is one of the main presenters for the BBC Yorkshire regional magazine programme Look North. The daughter of police inspector, Maurice, Ackroyd was born 4 May 1957 in Eccleshill, Bradford. After leaving the Hanson School on Sutton Avenue (up to 1972, known as the Hanson Girls' Grammar School on Barkerend Road in Bradford Moor) in Eccleshill, Bradford at the age of 18, she worked with the Evening Courier in Halifax for four years. After leaving print media, Ackroyd worked at Pennine Radio in Bradford (now The Pulse of West Yorkshire). After there she went to Radio Aire on Kirkstall Road in Leeds, becoming the UK's first female radio news editor in 1981. She later became Radio Aire's programme controller, often presenting some weekend shows herself, until she left the station in 1990. She became co-presenter on Yorkshire Television's regional news programme Calendar in 1990, with Richard Whiteley and later Mike Morris. In September 2001, she joined the BBC and began to host Look North with Harry Gration from Leeds. She has also written a column for the Sunday Express. She lives near Ogden Water, Halifax LESS