Babita Sharma to present Asian Restaurant Awards 2018 in Manchester, on Monday 5th March, at Hilton Manchester Deansgate Hotel, 303 Deansgate, Manchester.

Babita Sharma is a BBC News presenter, regularly seen on the BBC News Channel, BBC World News, and presenting the show Newsday.

After working in local radio in TV in Wales and how home county of Berkshire, she moved to Dubai to present shows for broadcasters in the region. She returned to the UK and local broadcasting before moving to the BBC News Channel and BBC World News.

Babaita has presented the finance programme Your Money, and fronts business reports for BBC News. She has also covered economic and political stories from around the world.