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Lara Lewington @ Ultimate News Quiz

2012-04-10T10:37:00.002+01:00

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Lara Lewington BBC Click

2011-11-14T19:25:00.001Z

From satellite navigation to shooting HD video - there is not much that smartphones can't do.

So with everything you need in one small, light piece of tech, could there be a serious threat to the future of dedicated devices? Lara Lewington reports.

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Lara Lewington @ Cartier International Polo Day

2011-08-12T18:38:00.003+01:00

Lara Lewington at the Cartier International Polo Day at Guards Polo Club in Egham

Lara Lewington Twitter

2011-05-24T09:54:00.003+01:00

Follow Lara Lewington on Twitter at http://twitter.com/laralewington

Lara Lewington BBC Breakfast

2011-04-29T15:00:00.000+01:00

Lara Lewington on BBC Breakfast N. East & Central 29/4/11

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Lara Lewington @ News Of The World Childrens Champions

2011-04-02T13:36:00.002+01:00

Lara Lewington at the News Of The World Childrens Champions at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Also in attendance was Louisa Lytton and Zoe Salmon.

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Lara Lewington BBC Weather

2010-12-03T19:12:00.005Z

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Lara Lewington London Tonight

2010-08-21T00:39:00.001+01:00

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Lara Lewington BBC News Weather

2010-08-01T10:53:00.004+01:00

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Lara Lewington @ The Cartier International Polo Day

2010-07-26T20:49:00.002+01:00

Lara Lewington at The Cartier International Polo Day at Guards Polo Club in Windsor Great Park

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Lara Lewington Greenacre Communications Promo Video

2010-05-27T12:49:00.002+01:00

Lara Lewington welcomes you to Greenacre Communications, producing high quality, affordable video for the healthcare, corporate and public sector markets.

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Lara Lewington Book Launch

2010-03-24T08:33:00.004Z

Lara Lewington at book launch for Chris Rogers Undercover at the Mayfair Hotel in London.

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Lara @ Shouting Men Premiere Party

2010-03-06T00:49:00.008Z

Lara Lewington at The Shouting Men premiere after party at Sound in London

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Lara Lewington Sports Relief

2010-02-27T22:20:00.005Z

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Lara Lewington Sky News

2009-07-28T22:48:00.004+01:00

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Lara Lewington Cartier Polo Day

2009-07-26T22:41:00.004+01:00

Lara Lewington attends the Cartier International Polo Day at Guards Polo Club on the 26th July 2009 in Egham, England.

The 2009 Cartier International Polo Tournament was held this weekend, and you know Lipsy has made it to the big time when one of their dresses is front & center! Check out TV personality Lara Lewington her pretty blue Zip Edge Strapless Dress, she looks a treat! This dress is available online in a few colours, with some sizes still in stock. Considering the sale price is £35.00, I predict this won't last long!

Anna Friel looked very glamourous in an interesting black dress with elbow-length sleeves, quite the revealing decolletage (be careful Anna!). I love the sleek ponytail and retro round sunnies, it's a great look. Neve Campbell continued to mark her comeback in a printed gray, black & yellow tiered silk dress.

And Geri Halliwell went super short in a white crochet shift dress - while one could argue the dress is a tad short for the event, she's wearing the super popular Christian Louboutin Almeria wedge in tan, which is now on sale!

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Lara Lewington Sky News

2009-07-17T13:37:00.001+01:00

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Lara Lewington Sky News

2009-07-17T02:59:00.006+01:00

Lara Lewington has joined the Sky News Team.

Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock has said stripping off for her new film was "just like normal day" .

The actress stars alongside Ryan Reynolds aka Mr Scarlett Johansson in the film which is not, according to Bullock, a romantic comedy.

She spoke to Lara Lewington

The cast of the West End musical Thriller has paid its own tribute to Michael Jackson. Lara Lewington reports.

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Public Enemies Premiere

2009-06-29T00:33:00.002+01:00

Lara Lewington attends the European Premiere of Public Enemies at the Empire Leicester Square on June 29th 2009 in London.

Lara Lewington Five News

2009-03-02T11:00:00.002Z

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Celebrity Britians Best Dish

2009-02-25T10:14:00.004Z

Lara Lewington was on Britains Best Dish were she treated us to plum crumble. Indulge your sweet tooth and get the recipe here.

DISH: Plum crumble

RECIPE

TITLE: Plum Crumble
SERVES: 4

INGREDIENTS

Crumble mix:
60g/2oz unsalted butter (kept at room temperature)
120g/4oz plain flour
60g/2oz castor sugar
(A little extra flour on standby is useful as sometimes a little more seems to need to be added to get the consistency just right)

Fruit for crumble:
1 packet of plums approx 10
8 tablespoons of amaretto
30g/1 oz ground almonds

For custard:
2 egg yolks
500ml double cream
1 vanilla pod
30g/1 oz castor sugar

Method:

OVEN: 180C – 190C

• Dice the plums leaving the skin on and de-stone. Boil in water and simmer for a few minutes.
• Add the ground almonds and amaretto reduce.
• For the crumble topping: mix the butter and flour in a bowl with hands, and gradually add the sugar to make breadcrumbs.
• TO ASSEMBLE: pour the stewed plums into a dish and top with the crumble, cook in the oven for 40 minutes
• For the custard: Separate the eggs and add 2 yolks to the cream, whisk together then place in a bowl over a bain marie. Slice the vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds. Bring the egg and cream to a simmer and add the sugar and vanilla. Keep heating until thick but do not boil.

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Lara Lewington and Jonnie Irwin

2009-02-18T10:19:00.004Z

What with winter properly upon us and no sign of any change in the grim financial climate, is it any wonder millions of us dream of owning a holiday bolt-hole in warmer climes?

So who better to share a chinwag with than two small-screen stars forever discussing such topics – Lara Lewington, Five’s ever-cheerful weather presenter, and Jonnie Irwin, who presents A Place In The Sun: Home Or Away? with Jasmine Harman.

Jonnie’s job might sound glamorous, but he doesn’t actually get to visit any of the exotic hotspots featured on the show. ‘I’m more likely to be spending my time in a dodgy British hotel, but that’s okay – I get back to my own bed every weekend,’ says 35-year-old Jonnie, who also runs his own property and business transfer consultancy.

Lara, meanwhile, can get financial advice from her fiancé, GMTV’s money-saving expert Martin Lewis. ‘I’ve always been pretty good with money but Martin has taught me a few tips, like buying more supermarket own brands,’ says 29-year-old Lara.

With their hectic schedules, we had our work cut out pinning down Jonnie and Lara, but we did it with the promise of a delicious Spanish meal at La Rueda near the Tower Of London, and in conjunction with Lidl stores, where you can buy all the ingredients to try out the lip-smacking recipes yourselves…

Lara, we Brits are obsessed with the weather – do people always ask you about it? And do you get bored talking about it?

No, I love it. People either blame you or thank you! If the weather’s bad, it’s: ‘You’ve got a lot to answer for,’ but I know they’re usually joking. And when the weather’s good, they’ll say: ‘Thank you for the sunshine,’ so at least it works both ways!

What has been your worst on-air live moment?

Years ago, when I started working on telly, I was working so hard, I was doing five shifts a week on shopping channel Bid Up, and five shifts a week on Liquid News. So a few days a week I was double shifting, working 18 hours a day, and I was completely exhausted. There was one night on Bid Up when I was so tired I just went completely blank. The topic was football, which didn’t help. It was my worst ‘I can’t remember’ moment, and you just have to say: ‘I’ve gone blank!’ It’s part of the fun of live TV, I guess!

Jonnie, you originally had different career plans before becoming the presenter of A Place In The Sun: Home Or Away?…

I was working full-time as a property consultant, as I still do, but I’ve always liked performing. I was a bit of a show-off as a youngster and I did a lot of amateur dramatics, and I suppose I decided I didn’t want to be a skint out-of-work actor who’s actually a full-time waiter! So I took a job in property. It was that or be a rugby player! I broke my back playing rugby, and I realised I was never going to be that big.

So how did your career in front of the cameras come about?

I heard that A Place In The Sun were looking for a new property presenter, so I gave them a call, but it was too late – they’d already had their casting and screen-testing and they were down to their last ten. It was over the Christmas period, so I went out with a mate and my mum’s camcorder and interviewed loads of people in a shopping centre, asking them why they were taking presents back.

I sent the tape in, a week later I got a screen test and got the job. That was five years ago – and I’ve just come to the end of filming another 55 shows – so if we keep our the current slot, I’ll be on the telly until 2010!

What does the show entail for you?
Someone comes to us with a dilemma, usually to do with relocating and buying a holiday home in the UK, or sometimes being a bit more daring and going further afield. I’ll show them the very best properties for their budget in the UK, then hopefully they’ll find a favourite and compare that with somewhere in France or Florida or anywhere in the world, and then they can choose. My job is to give them the best that the UK has, and if they can find somewhere better, that’s helped make their mind up.

Lara, do weather girls get a bad press, with people sometimes labelling you a bimbo?
I think it goes both ways. I’m not a meteorologist, but some people think all weather forecasters are, and when they think that, then they assume you’re really clever. Other times, people think you’re stupid and you’re just standing there reading something – which I’m absolutely not, I’m doing it off the top of my head and I’ve learnt it!

Lara, you’ve met a few famous movie stars while doing your showbiz reporting – who was the most memorable?
I have to say that Jude Law was an absolutely brilliant interviewee. I didn’t know what to expect from him, because I’d think he was probably someone who feels like he’s had a hard time from the press. I was meant to have four minutes with him, but he stayed with me for 12 minutes, and he gave me such a brilliant interview, going into detail about when he was caught over the affair with the nanny. It was the sort of interview gold you dream about!

Jonnie, you go out on the UK location shoots for A Place In The Sun… but don’t you ever go to the exotic overseas ones?
No, I don’t! I was in Scotland the other week, it was autumn and beautiful, stunning colours everywhere, all the crew were there with their North Face ski jackets on and there I was in a jumper, and I thought, yeah, it’s beautiful, but I bet Jasmine Harman’s wearing a short-sleeved blouse, baking herself in the sun somewhere!

You’ve done some crazy stunts on the show, haven’t you?
It’s not just a property programme, it’s about how your life might change in the new environment, and in the early days they used to find out about the silliest local tradition and I’d get roped into doing it – so I’ve done it all, from dressing up in a Victorian swimming costume and swimming off Brighton Pier in the middle of winter to toilet-seat racing.

Toilet-seat racing?!
The Lake District is one of my favourite places, and I’m a very keen mountain biker, so I thought they’d get me mountain biking down one of the beautiful fells. But no, they had me sitting on a toilet with a motor on it, racing against the house-hunters around a track. You can’t take yourself too seriously on this job, and if you did, you really wouldn’t enjoy it.

We’ve heard you also had to re-enact a battle with an 18-stone Saxon warrior…
That was quite scary. We’d got this guy up a bit early and they’d been camping out all weekend, so they asked: ‘Could Jonnie take part in the battle?’ He wasn’t too happy about that, but he got me kitted out and I could hardly walk because I was wearing all this chain mail! He came at me, and I thought he was going to kill me. He was swiping his sword and I got a bit carried away too and I ended up taking a chunk out of his lip!

We gather you’re a runner on the quiet…
I’ve just been accepted for the London marathon in April. I’ll be running for the Spinal Injuries Association – as I once broke my back, I have a strong affiliation with them and I have a couple of rugby mates who’ve broken their backs too.

What’s your ideal place in the sun?
Lara: I love Miami. I absolutely love London and I feel so lucky to live here, but when it comes to holidays, Miami’s got it all – great food, sun, the lot.

Jonnie: If I were to buy anywhere, I’d love to buy a ski chalet, go over for weekends and just snowboard day in day out. I’ve just been over to Canada to look at some places, but I’m not so crazy about flying that far.

Lara, you’re competing in a new celebrity version of Britain’s Best Dish on ITV1…
Yes, that’s going out in January for three weeks, every evening at 5pm. I’m one of 32 celebrities competing in the show, including another weather lady Siân Lloyd, Ingrid Tarrant, Vanessa Feltz, Anneka Rice, Rowland Rivron, Chris Bisson and Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards. We’ve already filmed it so I know how well I’ve done, but I won’t be giving that away! All I can say is that I made a dessert – my finest, plum and amaretto crumble with home-made custard – and there is a battle of the crumbles!

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Lara Lewington Five Weather

2009-02-16T07:43:00.001Z

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2009-02-10T12:00:00.001Z

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2009-02-02T13:10:00.001Z

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