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Kate Silverton (born 4 August 1970) is an English journalist. She formerly worked as a broadcaster and newsreader for the

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. Silverton was a regular presenter of ''

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'' and ''

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'', as well as making occasional appearances on the

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and

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. In 2018 she participated in series 16 of BBC's '' Strictly Come Dancing'', where she was paired with professional dancer Aljaž Škorjanec and finished in 8th place. As of 2022, Silverton is currently training to be a children's counsellor.

Early life and education

Silverton was born in

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, England, the daughter of Terry Silverton, a black-cab driver-turned-registered

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and Patricia Silverton. Silverton has two sisters, Claire and Amy. Silverton attended

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, Essex, where she was a junior swimming champion. She also competed in the

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. She was a

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and gained the Queen's Guide Award. Silverton graduated from St. Cuthbert's Society, a college at

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with a Bachelor of Science degree in

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, having previously studied Arabic and Middle Eastern history for a year.

Early career

Silverton worked for a London-based bank before becoming a journalist. She trained with the

...
, working on '' Look North'' news before becoming a reporter and presenter at

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. She was a panellist on Channel 5's ''

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'', and hosted ITV's ''The Psychic Show'' in 2002. She also featured on ''

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'', ''Big Strong Boys'', and ''Weekend Breakfast'' on BBC Radio 5 Live, before joining

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. In 2003, Silverton allegedly hit

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, the former editor of

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's ''

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'' programme, during a pilot for a new political show. Liddle said: "I made a stupid comment about the disabled which Kate rightly took exception to."

BBC News

From 2005 until December 2007, Silverton was a presenter on

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and also a regular relief presenter for ''

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''. In December 2007, she was named as the presenter of the ''BBC News 8 p.m. summary'', a 90-second round-up of the news shown on

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, which she presented for two months. She presented the ''

'' from February to August 2008, whilst main presenter

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was on maternity leave. BBC Scotland apologised to viewers in August 2010, after Silverton swore at the end of a news bulletin on live television. Viewers in Scotland were the only ones who heard the words. A spokesman for BBC Scotland said: "Kate thought she was off-air at the time. The microphones hadn't been faded down and the mistake only went out in Scotland." Silverton took maternity leave in October 2011, and returned to the ''News at One'' in April 2012. Until May 2012, she was the deputy presenter of the BBC ''News at One'', presenting on Mondays and when main presenter Sophie Raworth was unavailable.

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later took over this role. Silverton returned to the deputy role in October 2013 to cover for Williams' leave. However, Williams later left the BBC so Silverton regained her role.

Other BBC projects

On 1 April 2008, alongside the

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, she presented live coverage of the celebrations held at

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for the 90th Birthday of the

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. In 2008, Silverton joined the presenting team for '' Big Cat Diary'' on

. She co-presented coverage of '' New Year Live'' aboard in London on 31 December 2008 on BBC One with

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. In April 2009, she appeared as a mentor in the

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series '' The Speaker'', offering her advice on good storytelling and public speaking. In May 2009, she presented a documentary called ''10 Things You Need to Know About Sleep'', which looked at different ways to deal with

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. From 2010, she presented the Sunday morning show on BBC Radio 5 Live, running from 09:30 to 11:00. In June 2012, Silverton interviewed Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, who called for a halt to the killing of rhinos for their horns in Africa. Silverton has also acted as a stand-in presenter for the

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series ''

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''.

''Strictly Come Dancing''

Between 8 September and 18 November 2018, Silverton participated in the sixteenth series of '' Strictly Come Dancing'' with professional dance partner Aljaž Škorjanec. The couple were eliminated in Week 9 (Blackpool), losing a dance-off against

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and his partner

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. ;Notes ;*Red number indicates Kate & Aljaž were at the bottom of the leaderboard :

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filled in for Tonioli

Philip Hayton incident

In September 2005, Silverton drew media attention when her BBC News 24 co-newsreader

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, who had worked for the BBC for 37 years, resigned his position six months into a year's contract, citing issues of "incompatibility" with Silverton. ''

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'', without substantiation and quoting an unnamed 'insider', reported that Hayton turned to Silverton during a break and said "I don't like you". ''

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'' quoted another BBC 'insider' as saying that Silverton is "...pushy beyond belief. Behind her big superficial smile she can be a really aggressive, manipulative monster who always gets what she wants." Hayton merely cited "incompatibility" with Silverton as his reason and when his managers refused to move Silverton to another time slot, he left. 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. Hayton said that he left the BBC "without bitterness or rancour". However, several figures spoke up for Silverton.

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, a fellow BBC News 24 presenter, who was Silverton's co-anchor at News 24 for several months, commented on the incident saying: "She's warm and friendly. With Kate, what you see is what you get – she's bright, lively, talented and vivacious. I like and trust her. Yes, she's ambitious... but aren't we all?"

, who was allegedly hit by Silverton in 2003, nevertheless defended his former co-presenter. Liddle said: "Kate is intelligent, attractive and has strong opinions. She was absolutely lovely, good fun, professional, intelligent and devoid of the usual afflictions of TV presenters –

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and greed."

Personal life

Kate married Mike Heron in 2010. On 5 November 2011, Silverton gave birth to a baby girl. Her baby daughter was eventually conceived naturally, after four unsuccessful cycles of IVF. After losing an ovary during an operation to remove a cyst at the age of 29, Silverton had been told that she was unlikely to get pregnant naturally. On 25 January 2014, at the age of 43, Silverton announced that she was pregnant with her second child. She used her Twitter account to break the news, stating: "Mike and I are very happy to share that Clemency is set to become a big sister this summer." Their second child, a son, was born on 26 June 2014. Silverton is 5 ft 11in tall. In August 2018, she said the producers of '' Strictly Come Dancing'' had custom-made shoes created for her because none in the ''Strictly'' wardrobe were big enough for her above-average size nine feet.

Cosmetic surgery lawsuit

In January 2008, Silverton sued a clinic after an allegedly botched cosmetic surgery procedure for treatment of

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scars. Silverton said that the procedure caused a severe skin reaction and she had to take two weeks off work after the treatment. The lawsuit filed for unspecified monetary damages.

Bibliography

* Kate Silverton
''There's no such thing as 'naughty'.''
Little, Brown. Boston, Mass., 27 April 2021.

References

External links

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