They made your hands clammy, your knees quiver, and sent your hormones spinning when you were a dyke-in-training. It’s time to pay homage at the altar of dyke icons. This week it’s the BBC newsreader who recently made the news herself by publicly revealing that she’s gay.

Name:
Jane Hill.

Also known as:
One of the BBC’s newsreaders.

Not to be confused with:
She looks a bit like Kirstie Allsop, so not her.

Last seen:
When you tuned into the BBC to watch the weekday news.

Best feature:
Like any good newsreader, she’s got a pleasant face you can trust, you know?

Candy Bar or Kenric?
Neither, she’s got the news to report – although she is partial to a good gastropub.

Most likely to:
Get some pretty high-profile stories to anchor – she’s covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the September 11 attacks, as well as the inauguration of Barack Obama. When something big happens in the world, this is the woman the Beeb puts in front of the camera.

Least likely to:
Fall from grace like certain other BBC personalities.

Is she a sista?
Yes, she recently outed herself in the BBC’s in-house magazine, revealing that she lives in North London with her partner Sara, a camera operator.

“Everyone has known for years that Jane is gay”, a colleague told the Daily Mail. “She hasn’t made a secret of it at the BBC and, although she has had other girlfriends over the years, this one seems to be the one”.

Phwoarrr rating?
We think her impeccable presentational skills are quite the turn-on.

Do mention:
The theatre – she’s a keen supporter of the arts.

Don’t mention:
The Madeleine McCann case, which she says was the hardest job of her career. She handled it like a true pro, though.

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