# Sarah Lockett

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**Sarah Lockett** (born in [Surrey](/source/Surrey)) is a TV news anchor and reporter.

## Professional

Lockett started out recording [0898 information telephone lines](/source/Premium-rate_telephone_number), before working for [Capital Radio](/source/Capital_Radio), [London](/source/London).[1] Lockett then became a TV news anchor and reporter, who has worked for [Sky News](/source/Sky_News), [Channel Four News](/source/Channel_Four), [BBC News 24](/source/BBC_News), [ITN](/source/ITN) and Forces TV. She has also written for newspapers including The Scotsman (for 18 months). Lockett has written articles for various magazines alongside her broadcast news career and she also has a food/cooking blog at Money Magpie

## Stalker

In January 2000 a 30-year-old man was jailed for 30 months for stalking Lockett. He wrote some 80 letters, stalked the Meridian studios, and tried to find out her home address. He told Lockett: "Every celebrity needs a stalker."[2] The court case preceded cases involving [Emily Maitlis](/source/Emily_Maitlis) and [Julia Somerville](/source/Julia_Somerville).[citation needed]

## Career history

- 1987 - 0898 telephone services + local radio.
- 1988 - Capital Radio, London
- 1991/2001 - BBC Newsroom Southeast
- 1994-96 - ITN/Channel4: inc 'House to House', 'The Big Breakfast', and 'Channel4 News'. 'ITN Morning News' (as Reporter and Producer). Channel 5 News
- 1995-96 - Reuters Business TV
- 1998-2000 - Meridian TV: anchor of the local evening news programme, "Meridian Tonight"
- 2000-2002 - Freelance, incl Sky News, Channel 4 News, BBC News24
- 2004 – Local Government Channel (presenter), corporate TV reporter/presenter, Conference facilitator
- 2010-2011 BBC London News (presenter cover), Websedge TV (media trainer)
- 2010 to date - ITN Productions (presenter/reporter), ITN Industry News (presenter/reporter), The Business Channel (presenter), Topline Communications (Presenter, media trainer)
- 2014 - Forces TV News (reporter), Media Training Associates (trainer), ITN Industry News, The Business Channel [\[1\]](http://thebusinesschannel.tv)

### Books

"The Dish [\[2\]](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1848761015)" by Penny Isaacs and Sarah Lockett (published by Troubador, February 2009, £9.95)

"Feed Your Family for Less" [\[3\]](http://www.moneymagpie.com/ebooks/feed-your-family-for-less) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140731101008/http://www.moneymagpie.com/ebooks/feed-your-family-for-less) 31 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine (published by Moneymagpie.com, 2010, £4.99)

### Newspapers & Magazines

Specialises in writing health, food & diet features and humour, and is a member of the Guild of Food Writers.

- London Evening Standard
- The Scotsman: wrote a daily cookery column for 18 months (2000–2001)
- The Sunday Post
- Healthy magazine
- Shape magazine

## See also

- [BBC News](/source/BBC_News)

## References

1. ["Sarah Lockett – Questions and Answers – TV Newsroom"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071031032143/http://www.tvnewsroom.co.uk/qanda/answers.php?page=sarahlockett). Archived from [the original](http://www.tvnewsroom.co.uk/qanda/answers.php?page=sarahlockett) on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2008.

1. [BBC NEWS | UK | Lonely fans who target celebrities](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1408843.stm)

## External links

- [MoneyMagpie.com, Food & Family - Lockett's personal blog on healthy eating](http://www.moneymagpie.com/blogs/food-and-family) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080219183130/http://www.moneymagpie.com/blogs/food-and-family) 19 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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