Pentelow was educated at the Sir Christopher Hatton School in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
After graduating from the University of Sheffield with an MA in journalism,[1] her first post was as a reporter for the Bath Chronicle.
[5] From 3 March 2020 she co-presented a 4 part series Dr Ranj On Call on ITV.
[7] Although she did not announce where she was going, she appeared as a presenter on BBC News on 26 October 2023 for the first time since her departure in 2013.
She owns a classic 1970 Carlight caravan, on which she created a self-produced YouTube-chronicled restoration series.