Minnie Stephenson , News Correspondent
Minnie Stephenson is an award-winning reporter for Channel 4 News covering domestic and international stories.
Minnie joined the programme in 2018 having previously worked for 5 News & ITV News, her interests include identity politics, social affairs and culture.
In 2019, Minnie and her team won the News & Currents Affairs Mind Award - for demonstrating a commitment to mental health reporting across the year.
Minnie regularly reports on Channel 4 News’ Uncovered series on Facebook, telling untold stories from around the world.
The broadcaster has written for the Guardian, Huffington Post & Stylist. Minnie presents Pride in London and co-founded ITN’s first ever LGBTQ+ network. In 2020, Minnie was named as one of the Guardian’s "100 visible lesbians".
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‘Politicians should be doing more’ to prevent male suicide, say former Joy Division members on anniversary of Ian Curtis’ death
It was on this day in 1980 that Ian Curtis, lead singer of the critically acclaimed band Joy Division, took his own life.
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‘Wagatha Christie’: Former England team mates butt heads in Wagileaks trial
Wayne Rooney has told the High Court that giving evidence at the libel trial brought by Rebekah Vardy against his wife Colleen was “the first time” he’d had “any understanding of what happened”.
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Julia James: Man found guilty of murdering PCSO
A man who roamed around the countryside with a weapon stuffed inside his backpack has been found guilty of murdering a police community support officer.
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‘Wagatha Christie’ trial: Online post was ‘last resort’, says Coleen Rooney
Coleen Rooney has said that her alleged sting on fellow footballers’ wife Rebekah Vardy was a “last resort”.
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Vardy gives evidence for five hours on day two of ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel trial
Rebekah Vardy has spent the whole of day two of her libel trial against Coleen Rooney on the witness stand.
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Wagatha Christie: Rooney vs Vardy libel trial begins
Day one of the Rebekah Vardy and Colleen Rooney ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel trial at the High Court – and rival claims about destroyed evidence took centre stage.
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Double standards? Conservatives target Starmer over ‘beergate’
The Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has accused Sir Keir Starmer of “rank double standards” after a leaked memo raised more questions about his beer and takeaway with colleagues, when covid restrictions were in place.
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Big Conservative losses but ‘beergate’ overshadows Labour election victory
Labour and the Lib Dems have made gains in the local elections as the Conservative Party lost almost 500 council seats.
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Johnson pledges £300m to Ukraine as Russian assault of Mariupol continues
There have been reports of multiple cruise missile strikes on sites in Ukraine with Kyiv, Odessa and Lviv targetted.
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Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle calls for ‘radical’ reform of Commons
The Commons speaker Sir Lindsey Hoyle is leading calls for “radical reform” of working practices amid growing concerns about inappropriate and sexist behaviour.
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Boris Becker jailed for two-and-a-half years
At 17 he was the youngest ever men’s Wimbledon champion.
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Olivier Awards: Liz Carr calls for theatres to be more inclusive
Covid and lockdowns left the theatre world on its knees.
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Sabina Nessa: Man jailed for murder of school teacher
The man who murdered primary school teacher Sabina Nessa as she walked through a London park has been jailed for a minimum of 36 years.
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IPCC report: Scientists say ‘now or never’ to stave off climate disaster
It’s now or never – that’s the stark warning from the world’s leading climate scientists as the latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was published.
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Stephen Port: Met officers’ assumptions about gay victims ’cannot be ignored’, leaked watchdog report says
Metropolitan Police officers investigating serial killer Stephen Port made assumptions about gay men which “cannot be ignored”, a leaked police watchdog report has found.
