Kate Silverton formerly worked as a broadcaster and newsreader for the BBC.
25 Facts About Kate Silverton
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Kate Silverton attended West Hatch High School in Chigwell, Essex, where she was a junior swimming champion.
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Kate Silverton was a Girl Guide and gained the Queen's Guide Award.
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Kate Silverton graduated from St Cuthbert's Society, a college at Durham University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, having previously studied Arabic and Middle Eastern history for a year.
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Kate Silverton worked for a London-based bank before becoming a journalist.
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Kate Silverton trained with the BBC, working on Look North news before becoming a reporter and presenter at Tyne Tees Television.
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Kate Silverton was a panellist on Channel 5's The Wright Stuff, and hosted ITV's The Psychic Show in 2002.
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Kate Silverton featured on The Heaven and Earth Show, Big Strong Boys, and Weekend Breakfast on BBC Radio 5 Live, before joining BBC News.
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In 2003, Kate Silverton allegedly hit Rod Liddle, the former editor of BBC Radio 4's Today programme, during a pilot for a new political show.
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From 2005 until December 2007, Kate Silverton was a presenter on BBC News 24 and a regular relief presenter for BBC Breakfast.
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Kate Silverton presented the BBC News at One from February to August 2008, whilst main presenter Sophie Raworth was on maternity leave.
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BBC Scotland apologised to viewers in August 2010, after Kate Silverton swore at the end of a news bulletin on live television.
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Kate Silverton took maternity leave in October 2011, and returned to the News at One in April 2012.
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Kate Silverton returned to the deputy role in October 2013 to cover for Williams' leave.
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However, Williams later left the BBC so Kate Silverton regained her role.
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In 2008, Kate Silverton joined the presenting team for Big Cat Diary on BBC One.
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In June 2012, Kate Silverton interviewed Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, who called for a halt to the killing of rhinos for their horns in Africa.
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Kate Silverton has acted as a stand-in presenter for the Radio Four series Last Word.
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Between 8 September and 18 November 2018, Kate Silverton participated in the sixteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing with professional dance partner Aljaz Skorjanec.
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In September 2005, Kate Silverton drew media attention when her BBC News 24 co-newsreader Philip Hayton, who had worked for the BBC for 37 years, resigned his position six months into a year's contract, citing issues of "incompatibility" with Kate Silverton.
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Kate Silverton was in the peculiar position of having to go through the morning's paper review live on air the morning the story broke, avoiding any discussion of the story and chiding her new co-anchor when he looked to refer to it.
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On 5 November 2011, Kate Silverton gave birth to a baby girl.
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On 25 January 2014, at the age of 43, Kate Silverton announced that she was pregnant with her second child.
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In January 2008, Kate Silverton sued a clinic after an allegedly botched cosmetic surgery procedure for treatment of acne scars.
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Kate Silverton said that the procedure caused a severe skin reaction and she had to take two weeks off work after the treatment.