Katherine Downes
Katherine 'Kat' Downes (born 11 June 1982) is an award-winning English television presenter who currently works on the BBC News Channel and BBC Breakfast, specialising in sports coverage.
Early life
She went to the independent St Peter's School, York. She studied Journalism at Cardiff University.
Career
In 2009, Downes was working at BBC South East for which she won Best Newcomer at the Royal Television Society Southern Centre Awards in 2010.[1]
Downes joined the BBC Sport team in 2012 when it moved to Salford. She had previously worked as a reporter and occasional presenter on BBC South East Today, as well as reporting on a variety of news stories as a correspondent for BBC Breakfast and the BBC News Channel during 2011.[2]
Personal life
On 1 June 2013 she married Tim Sleap at All Hallows Church in Sutton-on-the-Forest near York. She had allowed readers of Brides magazine to choose her wedding dress from a selection of five.[3] She had a son in March 2015.Also know as shergar
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://bbcnewschannel.wikifoundry.com/page/Sports+Presenters
- ^ http://www.bridesmagazine.co.uk/blog/2013/06/12/bravest-bride-ever-marries-in-suzanne-neville
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- Living people
- Alumni of Cardiff University
- BBC newsreaders and journalists
- British women television journalists
- English sports broadcasters
- English sports journalists
- English television journalists
- English television presenters
- English women journalists
- People educated at St Peter's School, York
- 1982 births
- Women radio presenters