    sian mary williams, (; born 28 november 1964) is a welsh journalist and current affairs presenter, best known for her work with the bbc.who's who 2009 from 2001 until 2012, sian co-presented bbc breakfast from mondays to thursdays alongside darren jordon, and later bill turnbull. williams regularly presented the news at six and occasionally presented the news at one and the news at ten. in 2014, williams replaced samira ahmed on the factual bbc one programme sunday morning live. ==early life== williams was born in paddington, london, to welsh parents, and raised in eastbourne, east sussex. her mother, katherine rees from llanelli, had moved to london to become a nurse. williams' father was from swansea, and his family had been farmers in glamorgan, south wales. he was a journalist, working first in print and later in radio. she gained a ba in english and history from oxford polytechnic (now oxford brookes university) and went on to study critical journalistic writing at the university of rhode island in america. ==radio career== prior to her career in television journalism, williams spent over a decade with bbc radio after joining the corporation in 1985. she worked on [[bbc local radi
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