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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‘Deepfake porn’: how I became a victim
I cover wars, natural disasters and personal tragedies on an almost daily basis so I thought I’d be braced for anything as I prepared to confront my own deepfake.
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4m
‘Independent oversight needed’ to choose Archbishop of Canterbury, says Labour MP
The government is facing calls to remove the Archbishop of York from the process of appointing the next leader of the Church of England after he was accused of a series of safeguarding controversies.
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6m
‘Society needs to hold a mirror to itself’ – Annie Lennox on Pelicot trial
Political activist Annie Lennox and singer is the founder of the international feminist organisation The Circle
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6m
Pelicot rape trial: does France’s legal system need to change?
We talk to Cynthia Illouz, a journalist and academic who founded the French feminist organisation ‘The Women’s Voices’ and Eleonore Caroit, who is a member of the French National Assembly from President Macron’s Renaissance party.
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2m
How inclusive do Syrians believe new leaders will be?
We spoke to Dr H.A. Hellyer, senior associate fellow in Middle East studies at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, and started by asking him how inclusive Syrians believe their new leader can be.
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4m
Church abuse scandal: ten other clergy stepped back from ministry after Makin review
We can reveal that a total of 10 other clergymen and women criticised by Sir Keith Makin have stepped back from ministry
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7m
Church abuse scandal: next Archbishop already facing calls to quit over inaction
The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell is facing renewed calls to quit, just three weeks before he takes over as de facto leader of the Church of England.
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6m
Debate: More housebuilding or protect the green belt?
We spoke to Lizzie Bundred Woodward, a planning policy manager at the Campaign to Protect Rural England; and Sam Stafford, who’s Planning Director of the Home Builders Federation.
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How a cover-up forced the Archbishop of Canterbury from office
For decades, the Church had participated in a devastating cover-up. With the bravery of the victims I was about to put all of this in the public domain.
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5m
Sharif murder: ‘No-one expects families to harm children’ says expert
We spoke to Dr Julie Taylor, Professor of Child Protection at the University of Birmingham.
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6m
‘Absolutely not the time for humour’, Bishop on Welby speech
The Archbishop of Canterbury says a head had ‘to roll’ over the Church of England’s handling of abuse by the late John Smyth – believed to be the most prolific serial abuser ever to be associated with the Church of England.
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5m
Dealing with financial mess has been ‘really hard’, says Liz Kendall
We spoke to the Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall.
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5m
Guardian and Observer journalists strike over proposed sale
Journalists at the Guardian and Observer newspapers went on strike today over the planned sale of the Observer.
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5m
Invisible Nation: inside Taiwan’s fight for autonomy
A new documentary explores the fraught history between China and Taiwan and the territory’s fight for autonomy.
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Kirstie Allsopp says she witnessed sexual comments by Gregg Wallace while working with him
We spoke with Kirstie Allsopp who co-presents the show Location, Location, Location on Channel 4.
