Salmon attended Kilmaine Primary School and Glenlola Collegiate School while growing up in Bangor, a town on the north coast of County Down which she says is her 'favourite place... It's a really pretty seaside town with a marina which is lovely in the summer.' She then attended The Queen's University of Belfast, where she gained a degree in law at 2:1 level, before qualifying as a solicitor.

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Salmon was revealed as the 30th Blue Peter presenter on 25 October 2004. She first appeared on the show on 23 December 2004, in its 2004 Christmas special. She was originally meant to replace Liz Barker when the latter left on maternity leave; however, Barker had already returned by the time Salmon made her debut.

She presented the show with Konnie Huq, Simon Thomas, Matt Baker, Liz Barker, Read more...

In 2005, Salmon presented the results of the Northern Ireland region in Making Your Mind Up, the UK's national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. She welcomed the television audience to Belfast with the line 'How's about you, Terry?'

In 2006, Salmon ran the London Marathon and gave the money to the registered charity ChildLine. In 2007, she starred as a footballer's girlfriend Read more...