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Early life

Barnes was born in Norwich and attended St Martin-In-The-Fields High School for Girls, Tulse Hill, London. She did not like school and left at the age of 16, doing a number of jobs for a year before leaving to study for A levels at a local polytechnic. She then gained a BA in English, French and Spanish at the University of Sheffield^[1][2] followed by a postgraduate teaching diploma (PGCE) at Birmingham University. For other places with the same name, see Norwich (disambiguation). ... St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls is one of the oldest schools for girls in the country having been established in 1699 as a charitable enterprise by the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields in London. ... Tulse Hill is a district and hill in the London Borough of Lambeth in London, England. ... The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, usually taken by students during the optional final two years of secondary school (Years 12 & 13*, commonly called the Sixth Form except for Scotland), or at a separate sixth form... The University of Sheffield is a research university, located in Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. ... The Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) is a one-year course in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for undergraduate degree holders that allows them to train to be a teacher. ... Website http://www. ...

Career

Carol Barnes started her working life as a supply teacher but decided to switch to a career in media and held various posts including public relations officer for the Royal Court Theatre in London and sub-editor on the magazine Time Out before moving into broadcasting working for Independent Radio News. She was one of the original news team members at the launch of radio station LBC in 1973, then worked as a reporter for BBC Radio 4 for a year before joining ITN in 1975.^[3] During her time as an ITN reporter, she covered the troubles in Northern Ireland, the return of the Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979 and the Brixton riots in 1981. She was a newscaster from 1982 to March 1989 and between January 1991 and 1998. During the intervening period she was the launch presenter of the 'Channel 4 Daily' breakfast programme. She regularly fronted the ITN flagship News At Ten programme as well as other current affairs programmes and in 1994 was voted Newscaster of the Year at the TV and Radio Industries Club Awards. Barnes left ITN in 1999 and then returned in 2003 to work on their short-lived 24-hour ITV News Channel until she left in 2004.^[4] The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre in Sloane Square, in the Chelsea area of London noted for its contributions to modern theatre. ... Time-out can mean: sport time-out, a break in play that may be called by a side to formulate strategy or respond to an players injury. ... Independent Radio News provides a service of news bulletins, audio and copy to commercial radio stations in the UK and beyond. ... LBC Radio (originally the London Broadcasting Company) operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. ... old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... ITN may refer to: Independent Television News In the news, a section on the Main Page of English Wikipedia This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... Ayatollah Khomeini founded the first modern Islamic republic Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini (آیت‌الله روح‌الله خمینی in Persian) (May 17, 1900 – June 3, 1989) was an Iranian Shia cleric and the political and spiritual leader of the 1979 revolution that overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the then Shah of Iran. ... There have been three riots in Brixton: Brixton riot (1981) - April 11, 1981 Brixton riot (1985) - September 28, 1985 Brixton riot (1995) - December 13, 1995 This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Sir Trevor McDonald presenting the original final broadcast of News at Ten, from 5 March 1999. ... The ITV News Channel was a 24 hour television news channel in the United Kingdom which broadcast from 2000 to 2005. ...

Personal life

In March 2004, Barnes' 24 year-old daughter, Clare Barnes, from her 6-year relationship with former Labour Foreign Office minister Denis MacShane, died after her parachute malfunctioned while skydiving near Melbourne, Australia.^[5]. After her separation from MacShane, Barnes married ITN cameraman Nigel Thomson in July 1981. The couple had a son, James, but divorced in 1999.^[4] A keen golfer and one-time qualified private pilot, Barnes resided in Brighton and was a local magistrate until forced to stand down after being convicted of a drunk-driving offense in 2004.^[6] Denis MacShane (born May 21, 1948, Glasgow) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre (also known as The CBD). ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... For other places with the same name, see Brighton (disambiguation). ...

Later life and death

On 18 January 2008, Barnes presented Saving Ed Mitchell on ITV1, a programme about her former colleague's descent into alcoholism. is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... Edgar Mitchell (right) poses with Stuart Roosa (left) and Alan Shepard (center) Edgar D. Mitchell (born September 17, 1930) was the sixth man to walk on the moon. ...

On 4 March 2008, The Daily Mirror newspaper reported that she had suffered a life-threatening stroke that had left her in a coma. Her doctors did not expect her to recover and friends spoke of their fears that she did not have long left.^[7][8][9] Barnes never regained consciousness and died, aged 63, on March 8, 2008 in the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.^[6] is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... Alternate newspaper: The Daily Mirror (Australia) The Daily Mirror is a British tabloid daily newspaper. ... For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). ... is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... The Royal Sussex County Hospital is a hospital in Brighton, England. ...

References

• Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 8 March 2008
• Obituary, The Times, 9 March 2008
• Obituary, The Guardian, 10 March 2008
• Obituary, The Independent, 10 March 2008

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External links

• Carol Barnes at the Internet Movie Database