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[[Image:ITV_Andrea.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Andrea Catherwood anchoring the ITV Weekend News]] |
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'''Andrea Catherwood''' |
'''Andrea Catherine Catherwood''' (born [[27 November]] [[1967]] [[Belfast]]), is a [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] television news presenter, who was the main weekend newsreader on the [[ITV News]] and occasionally filled in on Fridays on the Lunchtime and Evening News. |
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Having joined [[Five (TV)|Five News]] in 2000, she moved back to [[ITV]] in 2001. In November 2001 she was the first British [[journalist]] into [[Mazari Sharif]] after the [[Northern Alliance]] captured the city from [[Taliban]] forces. She produced a number of reports, which received wide coverage in the British press. Catherwood was reporting from inside the prison at the beginning of the Taliban prisoners uprising when one exploded a concealed grenade that killed five people. Catherwood was injured in the knee by shrapnel. |
Having joined [[Five (TV)|Five News]] in [[2000]], she moved back to [[ITV]] in [[2001]]. In November [[2001]] she was the first British [[journalist]] into [[Mazari Sharif]] after the [[Northern Alliance]] captured the city from [[Taliban]] forces. She produced a number of reports, which received wide coverage in the British press. Catherwood was reporting from inside the prison at the beginning of the Taliban prisoners uprising when one exploded a concealed grenade that killed five people. Catherwood was injured in the [[knee]] by [[shrapnel]]. |
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Catherwood left ITV News in September |
Catherwood left ITV News in September [[2006]], to front ''[[The Sunday Edition]]'', [[ITV1]]'s new political show with [[Andrew Rawnsley]] on Sunday, 17 September, 2006 on [[ITV1]]. |
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==Personal life== |
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Catherwood married lawyer Richard Gray Smith on [[28 September]], [[2002]]. The couple have three children: Finn Harry Catherwood Smith (born [[9 February]], [[2004]]); and twin boys Jago and Ruari (born [[24 August]], [[2005]]), who weighed just 4lbs, delivered 6 weeks prematurely by emergency [[caesarean]]. |
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Revision as of 12:14, 2 December 2006
Andrea Catherine Catherwood (born 27 November 1967 Belfast), is a Northern Irish television news presenter, who was the main weekend newsreader on the ITV News and occasionally filled in on Fridays on the Lunchtime and Evening News.
Having joined Five News in 2000, she moved back to ITV in 2001. In November 2001 she was the first British journalist into Mazari Sharif after the Northern Alliance captured the city from Taliban forces. She produced a number of reports, which received wide coverage in the British press. Catherwood was reporting from inside the prison at the beginning of the Taliban prisoners uprising when one exploded a concealed grenade that killed five people. Catherwood was injured in the knee by shrapnel.
Catherwood left ITV News in September 2006, to front The Sunday Edition, ITV1's new political show with Andrew Rawnsley on Sunday, 17 September, 2006 on ITV1.
Personal life
Catherwood married lawyer Richard Gray Smith on 28 September, 2002. The couple have three children: Finn Harry Catherwood Smith (born 9 February, 2004); and twin boys Jago and Ruari (born 24 August, 2005), who weighed just 4lbs, delivered 6 weeks prematurely by emergency caesarean.
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