Gloria Hunniford is awarded the Freedom of the City of London

Broadcaster Gloria Hunniford has said she is "delighted and humbled" to receive the Freedom of the City of London. The 86-year-old's long and varied career has seen her host chat shows and current affairs, lifestyle and consumer rights programmes. She was awarded the Freedom of the City of London at the city's Guildhall earlier in recognition of her "outstanding contribution to entertainment and campaigning work as a breast cancer charity ambassador". As well as her TV work, she is known for setting up the Caron Keating Foundation in memory of her daughter, who died from breast cancer in 2004. Born in Portadown, Northern Ireland, in 1982 Hunniford became the first woman to have her own daily radio show on BBC Radio 2. She presented it continuously for 13 years, before going on to become one of the first female broadcasters to host her own TV chat show. Her many TV credits include Pebble Mill At One, Good Evening Ulster, The Travelling Picture Show, Rip-Off Britain, Loose Women, Strictly Come Dancing, This Morning, The One Show, Piers Morgan's Life Stories, This Is Your Life, and The Masked Singer. She was awarded an OBE for services to cancer charities through breast screening serv

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