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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China’s zero-Covid policy ‘all about politics’, says cultural commentator Diane Wei Liang
We were joined by author and Chinese cultural commentator, Diane Wei Liang.
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7m
‘Take students out of migration figures’ says David Goodhart
To discuss this further are Sunder Katwala from the migration policy think tank, we were joined by British Future and David Goodhart, a journalist and commentator who’s written about immigration.
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IndyRef2 distracts Scotland from local and global issues, says Scottish Conservative leader
We’re joined by the leaders of the Scottish Conservative and Labour Parties, Douglas Ross and Anas Sarwar.
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SNP will not take no for an answer on second referendum, Angus Robertson says
We’re joined by the Scottish Government’s Constitution Secretary, Angus Robertson.
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COP27: ‘The oil and gas industry needs to pay’ for carbon capture says UN climate rep
Rachel Kyte, a former United Nations climate special representative joins from Massachusetts.
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Gavin Williamson’s behaviour like ‘gangland TV drama’, Labour says
We were joined by the chair of the Labour Party, Anneliese Dodds MP and Lord Kerslake, a former Head of the Civil Service and now a crossbench Peer who was appointed by Labour to review how it was run.
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Exclusive: Gavin Williamson’s former deputy alleges ‘wholly inappropriate’ threat made to MP in financial trouble
It’s exactly a fortnight since Rishi Sunak became prime minister with a promise to put integrity at the heart of his administration.
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Economy was potentially hours away from meltdown, says Bank of England governor
We spoke to the Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey after his announcement, and began by asking him how worried he was about the prospect of a downturn longer than the great depression of the 1930s.
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Cost of living crisis caused by volatile price of fossil fuels, says climate expert
We’re joined by one of the UK’s lead negotiators at last year’s COP summit, Nigel Topping.
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4m
Police leadership responsible for ‘too many bad apples’, Police Federation chair says
We were joined by Steve Hartshorn national chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, which represents rank and file officers.
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‘Perfectly possible’ those without valid asylum claims could receive compensation for being held at Manston, Tory MP warns
We spoke to Conservative MP Caroline Nokes and asked her about claims of an outbreak of monkeypox at the Manston centre and how that tallies with Downing St’s claim of being a ‘compassionate’ government?
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Braverman’s ‘invasion’ remark in ‘stark contrast’ to her career as a barrister, says former client
We spoke to Stuart Luke, a partner at InstaLaw Solicitors. Working at a different law firm in 2016, he asked Suella Braverman to represent several of their clients as a barrister.
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Number of people crossing the Channel in small boats ‘totally unacceptable’, Tory MP says
We were joined by Jonathan Gullis, the Conservative MP for Stoke on Trent North.
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Suella Braverman has ‘no plan to address backlog’, says shadow home secretary
We did ask the Home Office for an interview but they declined, but we were joined from Westminster by Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
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Politics Debate: What next for the UK after Liz Truss?
Sonia Sodha writes for The Observer and was also an advisor to Ed Miliband during his time as Labour leader.
