She also presents the news programming across the national TV channels of BBC which also include Newsnight and bulletins on the BBC One and BBC News Channel. In January of 2014, she became an acting political editor of the Newsnight until Allegra Stratton’s maternity leave ended in the later year. She is the native of Canada. She came into this world on 6th September of the year 1970 which has now made her reach at the age of 45. She was born to a Jewish family. She is the daughter of Peter Maitlis and wife Marion Maitlis. Her father is a professor, FRS, Emeritus Professor of the Inorganic Chemistry at University of Sheffield.