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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Vaughan Gething scandal may alienate people from politics ahead of election, says Nation Cymru associate editor
We’re joined by journalist Martin Shipton, who’s the associate editor of Nation Cymru.
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More children victims of online sexual abuse than ever – as AI opens new battleground
More children than ever are becoming victim of online sexual abuse.
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Diane Abbott should ‘definitely’ be a Labour candidate says head of Fire Brigades Union
Matt Wrack is the head of the Fire Brigades Union, affiliated to the Labour Party, and currently President of the Trades Union Congress and joined us from Durham.
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Tory MP says degrees like ‘contemporary circus skills’ should be scrapped
We spoke to the Conservative Party Chairman Richard Holden and began by asking him to name some degree courses he thought were a rip-off.
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What bills will be dropped and not become law before Parliament is dissolved?
It’s known as the ‘wash-up’ – a race against time to ensure important bills don’t end up on the scrap heap, when MPs decide what gets dropped and what becomes law before Parliament is dissolved.
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Is Labour’s immigration plan really different from the Conservatives’?
Labour’s shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper accused the Conservatives of total failure over their immigration numbers policy saying they couldn’t clear up their own chaos.
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‘Tories have betrayed Britain on mass immigration’, says Tice
Reform UK leader Richard Tice tells Cathy Newman his net-zero migration policy will improve the NHS and economic growth.
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‘The country needs change’ says Labour MP as UK election campaign begins
We’re joined by the shadow Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, as Rishi Sunak calls a snap general election for July 4.
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Election 2024: what do the polls say?
What do we know about how people could vote? Well, let’s take a look at the latest poll of polls compiled by politics website Politico.
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‘Russian aggressions have never pushed Georgia to deviate from its own path’, says Georgian President
We spoke to the Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili. We started by asking her what happens next if the government overrules her veto of their “foreign influence” bill.
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Locations for 16 new special needs schools in England announced
It’s a challenge faced by families up and down the country – finding a school that provides support for children with additional needs.
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Ofcom draft rules for tech companies are ‘what children want’, says director of online safety
Ofcom has unveiled its draft rules for tech companies to protect children from online harms.
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Elphicke defection is ‘putting her constituents first’, says Labour Party chair
Joining us now from Westminster is the Chair of the Labour Party, Anneliese Dodds.
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Marina Wheeler: ‘I certainly never pretended to be a Conservative’
As the general election looms, the Labour Party is preparing for government.
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Proposed ceasefire a ‘good deal for everyone’, says Israeli hostage negotiator.
We speak to Gershon Baskin, an Israeli hostage negotiator and Middle East Director of the International Communities Organization.
