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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Rwanda bill: ‘Unelected Labour peers are blocking our plans’, says Tory Deputy Chairman
We spoke to Conservative Deputy Chairman Rachel Maclean. We started by asking her whether, following the 1922 committee meeting, Tory MPs may have given the prime minister only a temporary reprieve until after the upcoming local elections.
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‘We want to make UK best place in world to be a female entrepreneur’, says task force co-chair
Well along with his announcement on small businesses and apprenticeships, Rishi Sunak also unveiled a new taskforce to boost private investment in organisations led by women.
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Campaigners call for end to sexually abusive parents retaining parental responsibility over their child
When a parent – with parental responsibility – is convicted of sexually abusing their own child, you might assume they lose all rights over that child.
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Sickle cell patients ‘let down’ by decision to not approve new gene therapy on NHS
Sickle cell patients and campaign groups have called a decision not to approve a new type of gene therapy for NHS use a “shocking letdown”.
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‘Government is in danger of sending extremist groups underground,’ says London Mayor
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, says Michael Gove risks stoking up tensions and creating further divisions with this new policy.
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‘Red flag should have gone up very early’, says former No 10 comms boss on donor allegations
We spoke to Sir Craig Oliver who was the Downing Street Director of Communications when David Cameron was Prime Minister. We asked him whether Rishi Sunak should hand the money back.
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Government won’t be able to provide free childcare ‘on the cheap’, says nurseries lobby group
The Chancellor also promised to make good on an announcement from last year’s budget: more free early years childcare.
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We’re just an ‘irritant’ to the Post Office, says former subpostmistress Jo Hamilton
Former subpostmistress Jo Hamilton, who was falsely accused of stealing £36,000, made a surprise appearance at the Brit Awards last night.
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Post Office boss Nick Read under fire over pay claims
While being interviewed this morning, the Chancellor declined to express confidence in the Post Office Chief Executive Nick Read.
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Gaza airdrops are ‘last resort’, says International Red Cross
William Schomburg heads the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation in Gaza. He’s currently in Rafah.
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Families of women murdered by men demand change
Sarah Everard was not the only woman murdered by a man to be remembered today. In the House of Commons, MP Jess Philips read out a list of all the women killed by men in the last year. She was watched in the public gallery by relatives of women murdered in previous years. We went…
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Conversations on women’s safety are ‘like groundhog day’, says Yvette Cooper
The Met Police Commissioner described the inquiry’s findings about Wayne Couzens as “an urgent call to action for all of us in policing”. We sat down with the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper and asked her if she has confidence he will make the required changes.
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‘We are doing everything… to get people out of harm’s way’, says IDF spokesperson
We were joined from Tel Aviv by Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner, a spokesperson for the Israel Defence Forces.
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UK has moved ‘million miles’ on LGBT rights but must be fought for says Chris Bryant MP
In 1835, James Pratt and John Smith became the last gay men to be hanged in England, despite appeals for clemency from the magistrate who’d committed them for trial.
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Russia Ukraine war: ‘There’s no way we can give in’ says Zelenskyy adviser
We spoke to Alexander Rodnyansky, who’s an adviser to President Zelenskyy. On the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, we asked him what he remembers of the night when the war started.
