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Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije is a Britishnewsreader. Since January 2018, she has been one of the main presenters on5 News,[1] alongside hosting theWeekend Breakfast Show onTalk.[2] She has also worked forSky News and hosted the BBC programme60 Secondsand the Cambridge opt out of Look East.
Vanderpuije grew up inWest Kensington and attendedQueen Mary University College.
She is of Ghanaian and Dutch descent.
Vanderpuije worked atTime FM inRomford, then as an assistant to the news editor atITN News and at thePress Association; her first presenting job was at Vox Africa. Before hosting60 Seconds she worked for BBC Look East.[3] She has also presented60 Seconds onBBC Three[4][5] and on BBC News interactive.[4]
At its launch in 2014, she worked for theLondon Live television channel,[6] where she hostedHeadline London at lunchtime.[7]
Since January 2018, Vanderpuije has presented5 News Tonight (Monday–Friday),5 News at 5 (Fridays) and from June to August 2018, guest hosted a few editions ofThe Wright Stuff betweenMatthew Wright's departure andJeremy Vine's arrival. She also covers for Vine during the holidays. In June 2021, she became a weekend presenter onTalkRADIO having previously hosted some shows as a stand-in.[8]
Claudia-Liza attended a Star 100 event in 2017,[9] an event that promotes Ghanaian interests in the UK. She came to talk about her path to becoming a broadcaster. She told the audience that she has Ghanaian heritage, shared a career strategy she used to net her first job after becoming a mother at age 24.[10]