Cathy Newman , Presenter
Cathy Newman is the first female main presenter of Channel 4 News.
She joined the programme in 2006 and has broadcast a string of scoops, including allegations of violent abuse against the British barrister John Smyth, sexual harassment allegations against the Liberal Democrat peer Lord Rennard, and an investigation into a British sex offender, Simon Harris, which saw him jailed for 17 years.
Previously Cathy spent over a decade working in Fleet Street, latterly with the Financial Times.
Her book - Bloody Brilliant Women: Pioneers, Revolutionaries & Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention - about female pioneers in 20th century Britain, was published in autumn 2018.
Her second book, It Takes Two: A History of the Couples Who Dared To Be Different, is published on October 15, 2020.
In her spare time, Cathy is a keen amateur violinist, and plays in The Statutory Instruments quartet with members of parliament and Westminster staff.
In 2000, Cathy won the prestigious Laurence Stern Fellowship, spending four months at the Washington Post.
She is married with two children.
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Too soon for peace talks with Hamas, says retired Israeli major general
Major General Giora Eiland served in the Israel Defence Forces for 33 years, and led the Israeli National Security Council until 2006 under Prime Minister Sharon.
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‘We don’t want to die under the rubble of our own houses,’ says Gazan writer Mosab Abu Toha
We talked to writer Mosab Abu Toha, and began by asking him what has been happening where he lives in Gaza over the past few days.
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‘All parties culpable on social care’ – Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham
We spoke to Andy Burnham, who was re-elected Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester by a landslide last week.
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‘Levelling up’ the UK: Opportunity is not spread equally says Skills Minister
We spoke to Gillian Keegan, Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills, and asked what the government meant by “levelling up” in today’s Queen’s speech.
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Indian Covid variant pattern ‘very similar to what we saw with the so-called Kent variant’, says epidemiologist
Dr Deepti Gurdasani, a clinical epidemiologist at Queen Mary University of London, spoke to us from Cambridge.
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France and Britain must work together to solve fishing dispute, says French National Assembly member
We spoke to Jimmy Pahun, a member of the French National Assembly, and began by asking him whether the French government had got this wrong.
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Keir Starmer says he’s ‘a man who can’t stand injustice’ as Labour face pressure in polls
In just two days voters in many parts of the country will go to the ballot box to elect mayors and local councils across England, national parliaments in Scotland and Wales, as well as two by-elections.
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‘We could see the end of the pandemic by the middle of next year’ says vaccine group CEPI boss
Dr Hatchett forecast the scale of the pandemic way back in January 2020, and in March that year.
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‘We will not be recommending vaccination in children unless there are good, solid reasons to do so’ – JCVI’s Prof Anthony Harnden
We spoke to professor Anthony Harnden, who’s deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation
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Met Police officer’s actions towards vulnerable teenager ‘one of the most troubling incidents I have personally seen’ – IOPC’s Sal Naseem
We spoke to Sal Naseem, regional director of the police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
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Arlene Foster’s leadership ‘should not have survived for this long’, says Belfast journalist
The political editor of the Belfast News Letter, Sam McBride, wrote a book about the so-called “cash for ash” scandal, which brought calls for Arlene Foster’s resignation back in 2016.
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Ella Kissi-Debrah death: coroner says air pollution limits must be toughened
Ella Kissi-Debrah was just nine when she suffered a fatal asthma attack.
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Football clubs ‘out of touch’ with working-class fans, says ex-England player
We spoke to ex-England player Lianne Sanderson and former chairman of the FA Greg Dyke
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‘Best thing people can do is take up vaccine’ – Prof Linda Bauld
We were joined by Linda Bauld, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh.
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Vaccine targets should be met – JCVI’s Prof Anthony Harnden
We spoke to Prof Anthony Harnden, the deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.
