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Cathy Newman cancels charity appearance following mosque incident

After Cathy Newman falsely tweeted that she had been ‘ushered’ out of a mosque on an open day, she made a public apology and said that she was planning to to take a break from Twitter. This break appears to also stretch to parliamentary pancake races.

The Channel 4 presenter’s absence was notable at today’s Rehab Parliamentary Pancake Race. Newman had previously been billed as the host for the charity race, which raises awareness of the need to support disabled people.

While Newman opted to keep a low profile, ITV’s Charlene White was on hand to step in and the race went ahead as planned. This year’s Parliament Team battled it out against the Media Team to see who could flip their pancake the fastest round the Westminster route.

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