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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Police action against Church of England ‘must be considered’, says review’s author
The Archbishop of Canterbury will step aside from his official duties by January 6th – the Day of Epiphany.
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Church of England ‘seems incapable’ of transparency and accountability, says Bishop of Newcastle
We spoke to the Right Reverend Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Newcastle, who called on Justin Welby to resign.
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Church abuse scandal: my dad the abuser
‘He was a master manipulator whose abuse spanned 40 years in three different countries.’ The words of John Smyth’s son PJ – one of his earliest victims – in an exclusive interview with this programme.
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Daughter of imprisoned Azerbaijan activist campaigns for release amid ‘greenwash’ COP
The economist and academic Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu, who has taught in the UK, is one of more than three-hundred activists who have been imprisoned. He is now under house arrest and his daughter Zhala Bayramova has mounted a relentless campaign for his release.
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‘It’s impossible to say’ if Smyth victims will be compensated, says member of General Synod
Reverend Dr Ian Paul – a member of the General Synod – began by telling us that John Smyth’s abuse did not happen within the Church of England.
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Smyth scandal: Church of England victims fight for compensation
Victims of John Smyth’s brutal physical and sexual abuse have welcomed a letter from the Church of England’s safeguarding team in which the institution “accepts the harm caused” and offers a meeting with Justin Welby.
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Church of England crisis: calls for more bishops to resign
Survivors of the serial child abuser John Smyth have been meeting senior Church of England leaders today in the wake of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s unprecedented decision to resign.
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Archbishop of Canterbury resigns after church abuse scandal
Justin Welby hasn’t said when he’ll go. But replacing him won’t be easy. Victims of decades of church abuse are calling for root and branch reform.
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‘Justin Welby was absolutely right to resign’ says Dean of Chapel at King’s College Cambridge
We spoke to Reverend Doctor Stephen Cherry, Dean of Chapel at King’s College, Cambridge.
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16m
‘We want more resignations than just Justin Welby’, says victim of John Smyth
We spoke to one of John Smyth’s victims, Mark Stibbe, a former vicar and now an author.
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21m
Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation ‘won’t fix the problem’, says Bishop of Dover on church abuse scandal
We spoke to the Bishop of Dover, Rose Hudson-Wilkin from Canterbury.
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29m
Archbishop of Canterbury resigns over church abuse scandal
Justin Welby’s resignation as the Archbishop of Canterbury came after days of mounting pressure following a damning report into the cover-up of horrific abuse.
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‘We must see a change here’, says reverend calling for Welby’s resignation
We spoke to Dr Ian Paul, who is a reverend and member of General Synod and the Archbishops’ Council.
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‘I remember a man who used religious language to justify violence’ says victim of John Smyth
Mark Stibbe was one of John Smyth’s victims. He’s a former vicar and is now an author.
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Archbishop of Canterbury under pressure to resign over church abuse scandal
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s position is now untenable, according to the Bishop of Newcastle who joined the growing calls for Justin Welby to resign.
