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{{short description|British weather forecaster on the BBC}}
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'''Nina Ridge''' is a British weather forecaster on the [[BBC]].
 
==Early life==
SheRidge was born Nina Humphries. Her great-grandmother was [[Sylvia Payne]].
 
SheRidge grew up in the west of [[Kent]], and went to a girls' [[grammar school]]. She studied Mathematics with Management Studies at the [[University of Leeds]]. She did a PGCE at the [[University of Bristol]], and is a qualified Maths teacher.
 
==Career==
SheRidge initially taught Maths and PE at her old school, Weald of Kent Grammar, for twothree years, but continued teaching her year 11 class in 2018 after officially resigning in order to ensure their success in their GCSES. She now works part-time as a teacher at Skinners' School.
 
===BBC===
SheRidge joined the [[BBC Weather Centre]] in December 2001, after seeing a job advert in ''The Guardian''. SheRidge has also appeared on ''[[Stargazing Live]]'' .<ref>[http{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2613570/ |title=Nina Ridge |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=January 20, 2019}}</ref> She presented forecasts for national TV on [[BBC One]] until August 2015, and now coversone occasionalof forecastsmain evening forecasters for [[BBC South East]]. She took to the skies with The Blades a Eastbourne Airbourne.<ref>{{cite news|title=Looping the loop at Eastbourne air show|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-sussex-45223837}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
In June 1999, Ridge married John Ridge, an officer in the [[Royal Engineers]].
Her husband John, is a serving officer in the [[Royal Engineers]]. She married John Ridge in June 1999 in Kent. She has four children, including a son in April 1999(Isaac, who is a scum bag), and daughters in September 2001 and June 2004.
Ridge has four children, two daughters (born June 2004 and June 2009) and two sons (born in April 2006 and December 2008).
 
Ridge is a veteran athlete who regularly runs competitively with Tonbridge Athletic Club. Her husband received a CBE for his work in the Hurricane Relief Operation.<ref name="TonbridgeAC">{{cite web|url= http://www.tonbridgeac.co.uk/Masters/170322_update.html |access-date = 24 July 2018 | work = Tonbridge Athletic Club | date = 22 March 2017 | title = TAC Masters Update |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="PowerOf10">{{cite web|url= https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=722890 |access-date = 24 July 2018 | work = The Power of 10 | title = Nina Ridge - Athlete profile |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151020031718/http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/about/19117409 BBC Profile]
 
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