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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Partygate: ‘I’m certainly content backing a lawbreaker in office,’ says Tory MP Brendan Clarke-Smith
We spoke to Conservative MP Brendan Clarke-Smith and began by asking if he thought that the prime minister lied to parliament when he said there was not a lockdown party in Downing Street in November 2020.
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Inflation would not be as high ‘if chancellor had acted sooner’, says Labour MP
We spoke to Labour MP Darren Jones who chairs the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee.
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‘Toxic’ and ‘inappropriate’’ culture in parliament, say MPs
A Conservative MP arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault offences has been released on bail, pending further inquiries.
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Government ‘cannot stand by’ over Northern Ireland situation, says minister
We were joined by the Northern Ireland minister Conor Burns.
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Northern Ireland Protocol: European Parliament fears trade war
We’re joined by German MEP Anna Cavazzini, who is chair of the European Parliament’s committee on the internal market and consumer protection.
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‘No option off the table’ over energy firms windfall tax, says chancellor
We sat down with the chancellor in Stoke. We put it to him that just a few days ago we were told by the prime minister that we’d need to grow our way out of this crisis, but that today’s GDP figures show we can’t even do that. We asked how much trouble he thinks…
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Queen’s Speech: Labour and Conservatives clash on how to tackle cost of living crisis
We spoke to the Work and Pensions Minister, Chloe Smith and Labour’s Thangam Debbonaire about how the parties plan to tackle the UK’s stuttering economy.
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Bank of England boss reveals he turned down pay rise as he urges others to think before accepting one
We spoke to the Bank of England’s governor Andrew Bailey.
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Nuclear war depends on “when Putin decides what is enough of a victory for him”, says Russian Professor
We spoke to Nina Krushcheva, great-granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev.
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‘Completely inappropriate’ if Tory MP watched porn in Commons, says Andrea Leadsom
The Conservative Party has launched an investigation into claims by some of its female MPs that a Tory colleague watched porn on his mobile phone in the House of Commons itself.
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‘We do not believe in any form of superiority when it comes to human beings’ – prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda
We spoke to Gaston Browne and asked him first what more he wants the Royal family to say about the legacy of slavery – after the Duke of Cambridge described it as “a stain on our history”.
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Debate: Should assisted dying laws be changed?
People with terminal cancer are more than twice as likely to take their own lives as people without, according to new figures.
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‘We can defend, but can’t attack’ without more jets and tanks, Ukrainian soldier says
We caught up with the filmmaker-turned-soldier Oleg Sentsov.
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Partygate: Boris Johnson could cost Conservatives general election, says Tory MP
We spoke to Conservative MP and former chief whip, Mark Harper, about the prime minister’s apology to parliament over Partygate today.
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Ukraine investigating 7,000 alleged war crimes says Prosecutor General
Iryna Venediktova, Ukrainian Prosecutor General, who is at the forefront of the international legal battle to hold Russia accountable for alleged war crimes committed in Ukraine.
