Friday, December 17–Sunday, December 19 Pre-examination study period. Monday, December 20–Wednesday, December 22 Final examinations (note compressed exam period; self-scheduled exams extend into evening) Wednesday, December 23, 2021–Sunday, January 2, 2022 Winter recess (houses close at 10 a.m. On December 23 and open at 1 p.m. Images of Canelo Alvarez training in San Diego, California ahead of his December 19th bout against Callum Smith. Surname meaning for Smith English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smitan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were.
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| Born | 22 November 1968 (age 52) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Occupation | News presenter |
| Employer | BBC |
| Spouse(s) | (m.2007) |
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Sarah Elizabeth Smith (born 22 November 1968)[1] is a Scottish radio and television news reporter with the BBC. She holds the post of Scotland Editor, having joined the BBC in Spring 2014 for the run-up to the Scottish Independence Referendum on 18 September 2014.[2] She also presents the BBC Radio 4 Today programme. Smith has covered stories ranging from the United States presidential elections and the Madrid train bombings (for which Channel 4 News won an International Emmy in 2004), to the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith and an exclusive interview with Saddam Hussein's defence lawyer.
Early life[edit]
Smith was born in Edinburgh in 1968, where she attended Boroughmuir High School.[3][4][5][6] She then graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1989 with a Master of Arts.[7]
Career[edit]
Smith began her journalistic career as a graduate trainee with BBC Scotland. She spent a year living and working in Belfast for BBC Northern Ireland, during which time she was held at gunpoint by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) in its West Belfast headquarters.
In 1991, Smith moved to London as an assistant producer with BBC Youth Programmes, working on Rough Guide, Rapido and Reportage. Two years later she moved to news and current affairs, first as assistant producer with the Public Eye and Here & Now programmes. She then worked as a producer for the BBC on programmes as diverse as Newsnight, Public Eye and Rough Guides.
On 5 News she was a reporter for two years. Smith was then the first newsreader on More4 News on Channel 4's digital television sister channel More4. She was Channel 4 News's Washington correspondent before moving to the post of Business correspondent in the summer of 2011.[8]
Smith presented BBC Two's Scottish current affairs programme, Scotland 2014, alongside sports presenter Jonathan Sutherland. The programme first aired on 27 May 2014.[9] She was appointed the BBC's first Scotland Editor in November 2015, to cover Scottish news for a UK audience.[10]
In August 2017, it was announced that Smith was to succeed Andrew Neil as the presenter of the Sunday Politics programme on BBC One from mid-September that year.[11][12]
In May 2020, Smith apologized to Nicola Sturgeon for saying that the Scottish First Minister had 'enjoyed' the opportunity to make her own different lockdown rules during the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]
Family[edit]
She is the eldest daughter of the former leader of the Labour PartyJohn Smith, and of Elizabeth Smith, Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill. She has two younger sisters: Jane and Catherine Smith. The John Smith Memorial Trust, on whose Advisory Council she sits, lists her as The Hon. Sarah Smith; her mother's status as a Baroness allows her the right to use 'the Honourable' before her forename. Smith married Simon Conway, an author, former British Army officer and co-chair of the Cluster Munition Coalition, on the island of Iona, where her father is buried, on 22 September 2007. The service was led by Rev. Douglas Alexander, father of former Scottish Labour Party leader Wendy Alexander.[14][15] In 2014, she returned to live in Edinburgh.[9]
References[edit]
- ^'Hon. Sarah Elizabeth Smith'. The Peerage. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^'Sarah Smith joins BBC News' (Press release). BBC. 5 February 2014. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^'In the line of fire: Sarah Smith on stepping into the hot seat'. The Herald. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^'Sarah SMITH'. Personal Appointments. Companies House. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018.
- ^McSmith, Andy (1994). John Smith: a life 1938–1994. Mandarin.
- ^'Boroughmuir High School has some notable former pupils'. The Edinburgh Reporter. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^'Our alumni: Life after Glasgow: Notable alumni: Arts and Media'. University of Glasgow. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^'News: Sarah Smith'. Channel 4. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ abBlack, Claire (24 May 2014). 'Sarah Smith on fronting the BBC's Scotland 2014 show'. The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^Miller, Phil (19 November 2015). 'Sarah Smith appointed BBC's first Scotland Editor'. The Herald. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^Rawlinson, Kevin (23 August 2017). 'Andrew Neil steps down as Sunday Politics host'. The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^'Sarah Smith the new presenter of BBC One Sunday Politics' (Press release). BBC. 23 August 2017. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^'Contact the BBC' (Press release). BBC. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^'Sarah Smith: Eight things you need to know about the 'pushy' new BBC Sunday Politics presenter'. The Daily Telegraph. 18 September 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^'Smith's daughter married on Iona'. BBC News. 22 September 2007. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
External links[edit]
- Sarah Smith on IMDb
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Canelo Alvarez's fight against Callum Smith to unify the WBA super middleweight titles will take place Saturday, Dec. 19.
Alvarez and Smith agreed to the fight last Wednesday but were still looking for a date. The bout will be televised on DAZN.
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The fight will take place at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas with limited seating. A source told ESPN on Friday the fight's organizers expect the seating area to be capped at 40% capacity to allow for social distancing.
Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs) will face 'Mundo' Smith (27-0, 19 KOs) after announcing last week that he was a free agent. His first business partner will be Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing.
'We are a disciplined team that is ready to fight,' Alvarez said via IG Live during Tuesday's announcement. 'The only thing we want is to continue my career and continue growing. We have a fight scheduled for December 19 against Callum Smith, who is regarded as the best at 168.
'It makes me very happy to share that we will be fighting against one of the best and I feel very happy because in the end, that's what we want, to continue advancing my career and to be the best.'
Alvarez started negotiating with Premier Boxing Champions for a battle with undefeated IBF super middleweight titleholder Caleb Plant, but a source said they received a counterproposal for Canelo to first face Anthony Dirrell or Chris Eubank and then Plant on pay-per-view. Alvarez didn't want to make a deal with anyone for more than one fight.
Then came the option to face one of Hearn's fighters: Smith, Billy Joe Saunders, Gennadiy Golovkin or John Ryder.
With Golovkin scheduled to face his IBF mandatory challenger Kamil Szeremeta next and Alvarez's intention to stage a world title fight for his first bout as a free agent, an agreement was reached for a matchup with Smith.
Smith, who will try to avenge his brother Liam Smith, who lost to Alvarez by knockout at AT&T Stadium in 2016, is a solid and credible opponent who will satisfy Alvarez's intentions to face the best fighters available.
Smith, 30, who is 7 inches taller than Alvarez and has about an 8-inch reach advantage, won the title with a seventh-round knockout of George Groves in the World Boxing Super Series final in 2016. He has defended the belt twice, a third-round TKO of Hassan N'Dam in June 2019 and a contested unanimous decision victory over Ryder in November 2019.
Alvarez, 30, won his WBA 'regular' title with a third-round TKO of Rocky Fielding in December 2018. Alvarez went back to the middleweight division for his next fight and defended his WBC, WBA and IBF belts with a unanimous decision win over Daniel Jacobs in May 2019. He then went up a division to light heavyweight to win the WBA belt in an 11th-round TKO victory over Sergey Kovalev.
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On the undercard, Julio Cesar Martinez will defend his WBC flyweight title against an opponent to be named.