Andrea Catherwood is to replace Kirsty Young as presenter of
Channel 5 News. Catherwood joined ITN’s news service on ITV as a senior
reporter in 1998. Mostly recently, she has been ITN’s medical
correspondent, as well as presenting some editions of the ITV Lunchtime
News. She previously spent five years working in Hong Kong for NBC’s
business news network. She started her career as a news and feature
reporter for Ulster Television.