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.
We spoke to the Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis, a member of the New Conservatives right-wing caucus. We started by asking him about the amendments that he has proposed to the Rwanda Bill.
British surgeon Nick Maynard has just returned from Gaza where he led an emergency team working at the Al Aqsa hospital in central Gaza for two weeks.
Rishi Sunak has today squashed speculation about a spring election – but Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has urged him to “bring it on”.
We spoke to Peter Kyle, the Shadow Science and Technology Secretary and started by asking him whether Rishi Sunak had spiked Labour’s guns by ruling out a spring election.
We’re joined by YolanDa Brown, a multi-award winning Saxophonist, broadcaster and author who is also Chair of the British Phonographic Industry.
We’re joined by Rosie Campbell, professor of Politics at King’s College London.
We talk to Dr Samuel Ramani from the Royal United Services Institute defence and security think tank.
No one from the government was available to come on the programme. Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, spoke to Cathy who asked if she welcomes the big increase in claims being processed.
Hamas says its deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri has been killed in an explosion in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Michele Robson is a former air traffic controller.
Across the globe in 2024, more voters than ever before will cast their ballots in at least 64 elections. That’s almost half the planet going to the polls including us – with a UK general election. Also up for election is London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan, who joins us.
British Sign Language is to be offered as a GCSE in England from September 2025. It will be open to all pupils, who will learn around a thousand signs.
One charity is trialling a community alternative to prison, where women live alongside their children and get help to break the cycle of reoffending.
We spoke to Niall Cooper, the CEO of Fair Game UK – a coalition of football clubs and fans looking to improve the governance of football.
We spoke to Frank Lowenstein, who served as the Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations and Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State under President Obama.