Kate Silverton is one of the BBC's main national news presenters. She has produced and presented numerous documentaries, including for Panorama and has reported from the frontlines in Iraq and Afghanistan. She has also stepped out beneath the glitter ball as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing. Kate's academic roots are in child development, with a BSc in Psychology; she has worked for more than a decade in children's mental health, ultimately retraining as a children's counsellor with the children's mental health charity, Place2Be. She supports charities like the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, The NHS Maudsley Foundation Trust, as well as the NSPCC and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Royal Foundation.