Anna Foster
Anna Foster (born 1979) is an English radio news reporter and presenter, she presented the drivetime programme on 5 Live Monday to Friday. The daughter of a surveyor father (who also served as a magistrate) and a mother who worked as a nurse, she and her brother were born in South Shields. Educated in South Shields, while attending South Tyneside College doing her A-Levels, she worked as a Saturday girl on Metro Radio. She went on to study English at Collingwood College at Durham University, where she worked on student radio. She then undertook a postgraduate certificate  in journalism at City University London. On graduation she joined the BBC's trainee reporters scheme. She then joined BBC Radio Cleveland as a reporter for three years, before becoming a news presenter, and then co-presenting the drive-time show. She then joined BBC Radio 5 Live as a regional North East reporter, before relocating to London as a weekend news presenter, and also presenting on "Newsbeat". Foster joined the BBC Radio 5 Live "Weekend Breakfast" show on 23 April 2011, replacing Rachel Burden who moved to the weekday "5 Live Breakfast" team alongside Nicky Campbell on 3 May . On 14 November 2012, Foster became the Wednesday-to-Friday co-presenter of "5 Live Drive" (4–7 pm) alongside Peter Allen; Louise Minchin was the Monday and Tuesday co-host. Foster subsequently became the permanent co-host, alongside Tony Livesey who replaced Allen in October 2014. Foster left "Drive" on 12 August 2021 to take up a new role as BBC Middle East correspondent in Beirut. She married fellow radio presenter John Foster in October 2009 at Crathorne Hall near Yarm, North Yorkshire.