Known as Miss Whippy by her regulars, she quickly tired of hearing 'The Teddy Bear's Picnic' resounding from the van roof and started her journalistic career training as a reporter on the Camberley News, part of The Guardian Group Newspapers.

Training

After six months, Cathy was selected for the BBC's Trainee Reporter Scheme and was sent from Jersey to Cumbria to work on BBC local radio stations, learning how to be a broadcast reporter.

A job at BBC Radio Sheffield led to a stint at Look North where she became staff reporter, covering North Yorkshire, where she spent her school days.

Home ground

Attachments as Health Correspondent and News Correspondent in the BBC's London newsroom followed, but she returned to Yorkshire to start a family, and continued to work as a reporter and presenter part time.

She now looks after her two and a half year old daughter for part of the week and works the remainder.

In any free time she gets, Cathy enjoys reading, skiing, cooking and gardening.

Join Cathy Killick on The Politics Show every Sunday at midday on BBC One.