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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Exclusive: church abuse victim waives his anonymity to speak out
A former vicar who bullied and psychologically abused men and boys was protected by a church culture where he was “untouchable”.
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Abuse survivor Ian Ackley says FA has ‘moral’ responsibility to compensate victims
We spoke to Ian Ackley, who was abused by Barry Bennell between 1979 and 1983, and asked him what his response was to the review today.
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JCVI’S Prof Anthony Harnden says ‘reasonably confident’ UK govt will meet vaccine target
Professor Anthony Harnden is deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which advises UK health departments on immunisation.
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Britain will be driven by ‘our values’ when dealing with China says Foreign Office Minister
We spoke to the Foreign Office Minister responsible for the Middle East and North Africa, Conservative MP James Cleverly. We started by asking whether the reported foreign aid cuts to Syria would be reconsidered.
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‘Time for men to listen to the women in your lives’, says campaigner David Challen
We speak to David Challen, who’s mother Sally was jailed for killing her husband, but was released two and a half years ago in a landmark case which recognised that she had been the victim of “coercive control”.
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‘Culture that would put statue above woman clearly wrong’, says Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy
We talk to Bell Ribeiro-Addy, the Labour MP for the area in London where Sarah Everard was last seen, and Andrea Simon, director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition.
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Government has ‘real opportunity’ to target violence against women, says Tory MP Maria Miller
We spoke to the Conservative MP Maria Miller, former chair of the Women and Equalities Committee
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Labour MP Harriet Harman says Everard’s vigil ‘woefully mishandled by the police’
We spoke to Labour MP Harriet Harman, who is chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and is planning an amendment to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
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Met Police former chief superintendent says response to Everard’s vigil ‘totally inappropriate’.
We spoke to Victor Olisa, former chief superintendent for the Metropolitan Police. He was also the Met’s director of inclusion and diversity.
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Dunblane massacre: Remembering Britain’s worst mass shooting 25 years on
It remains Britain’s worst mass shooting and led to a tightening of gun laws in this country – laws which have been held up as a model around the world.
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Labour MP Rushanara Ali on harassment and abuse she received from a constituent
One Labour MP, Rushanara Ali, lived in constant fear after one of her constituents, Hussain Sha, bombarded her with hundreds of abusive emails, threatening to go to her office with a handgun.
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Street harassment should ‘absolutely’ be criminal offence says Conservative MP Caroline Noakes
We spoke to Conservative MP Caroline Nokes, chair of the Women and Equalities committee.
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Harry and Meghan: Jamelia welcomes Buckingham Palace statement but says “action” is needed
The singer, songwriter and presenter, Jamelia, has accused sections of the media of racist reporting in relation to a member of her family.
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The way forward for our fiscal position is to get the economy growing, says treasury chief secretary
We talk to Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Barclay.
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Aid cuts ‘devastating for Yemen’, says DEC chief
Saleh Saeed, chief executive of the Disasters Emergency Committee
