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NICK SHERIDAN

Nick Sheridan is an award-winning journalist, TV presenter and author, based in Glasgow. He is a familiar voice on the airwaves as a regular presenter of BBC Drivetime, Lunchtime Live and The Sunday Show on BBC Radio. He also regularly presents The Nine on BBC Scotland and news review programme Seven Days. His first book, Breaking News: How to Tell What’s Real from What’s Rubbish was published in December 2021 and his first fiction book for children, The Case of the Runaway Brain was published in August 2022. The second in the series, The Case of the Phantom Treasure was published in April 2023.

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