| Nicola Heywood-Thomas | |
| Birth Name: | Nicola Anne Heywood-Thomas |
| Birth Date: | 17 May 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales |
| Death Place: | Cardiff, Wales |
| Occupation: | Newsreader |
| Years Active: | 1984–2023 |
| Children: | 3 |
| Credits: | HTV Wales News BBC Wales Today |
Nicola Anne Heywood-Thomas (17 May 1955 – 6 April 2023) was a Welsh broadcaster and television news journalist, who worked both for BBC Radio Wales and HTV, where she spent 18 years as a news presenter.
She was born in Cardigan but grew up in Manchester and Durham, County Durham, England.[1]
Heywood-Thomas joined BBC Radio Wales straight from university, and later presented the station's arts programme, Radio Wales Arts Show, for 25 years. She was also a sub-editor, presenter and reporter for BBC Wales Today, although she is better remembered for her time with HTV. She was the recipient of a BAFTA Cymru Award. She made her final radio appearance in February 2023, and was undergoing chemotherapy at the time of her death. Heywood-Thomas died on 6 April 2023, at the age of 67. She was survived by her three children.[2] [3] [4]