Tom Symonds Biography
Tom Symonds is a media personality serving as BBC News Home Affairs correspondent. Previously, he was Education and Family correspondent for BBC News.
Tom Symonds Age
He is 48 years old. However he hasn’t revealed when and where he was born.
Tom Symonds Height
He is tall in stature however his height is undisclosed.
Tom Symonds Education
Symonds attended the Judd School. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Cardiff Centre for Journalism Studies and a degree in Politics from the University of Leeds. While at the University of Leeds he was the News Editor of Leeds Student newspaper.
Tom Symonds Family
He is from Kent. However there is no information about his family. He hasn’t also revealed whether he has siblings or not. Additionally, he has managed to keep his parents out of the limelight.
Tom Symonds Wife
Despite being a media personality Tom has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight. He hasn’t disclosed whether he is married, single or in a relationship.
He hasn’t also mentioned in public whether he has children or not.
Tom Symonds BBC
Symonds is the BBC News Home Affairs correspondent since December 2010. He covers crime and justice for TV, Radio and Web. He also appears regularly on BBC News television bulletins, the BBC News Channel, Radio Four and Radio Five Live.
Symonds has done several stints as a political correspondent, including during the 2019 general election. During his tenure at the BBC he has also covered many major stories including: the privatisation of the UK rail industry; rail and aviation accidents including the Ladbroke Grove disaster; the Concorde crash and BA38 at Heathrow; the collapse of Railtrack; the 9/11 terrorist attacks; the phone-hacking scandal; the Stephen Lawrence murder trial; the child abuse inquiry; the terror attacks in Woolwich, Westminster, London Bridge and Manchester; the Grenfell Tower disaster; the Salisbury poisonings.
Previously, he was education and family correspondent based in London. He was also a transport correspondent between June 2000 and January 2009.
Prior to joining BBC News, Symonds worked as a transport correspondent for BBC London, as a reporter and producer for BBC Greater London Radio GLR and as a regional news trainee for BBC Regional News Trainee.
Tom Symonds Mugged
In March 2012, Tom was mugged at knifepoint in London. The perpetrator was arrested and served a four-year sentence.
Eighteen months later, he went to meet him as part of a restorative justice programme, which aims to cut reoffending by confronting criminals with the consequences of their actions.
Tom Symonds Salary and Net Worth
His salary and net worth is under review.
Tom Symonds Instagram
He does not have an Instagram account.
Tom Symonds Twitter
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