page_title: Kate Thornton
hierarchical_section_title: Kate Thornton
caption_attribution_description: Kate Thornton at the Pride of Britain awards 2010
context_page_description: Kate Thornton is an English journalist and television presenter, best known as the first presenter of The X Factor and for presenting daytime shows including Loose Women and This Morning. In 2010, she co-presented the first series of 71 Degrees North alongside Gethin Jones.
  Early in her career, she wrote for the Daily Mirror, and was editor of Smash Hits magazine.
context_section_description: Kate Thornton (born 7 February 1973) is an English journalist and television presenter, best known as the first presenter of The X Factor (2004–2006) and for presenting daytime shows including Loose Women (2009–2011) and This Morning (2009–2012). In 2010, she co-presented the first series of 71 Degrees North alongside Gethin Jones.
  Early in her career, she wrote for the Daily Mirror, and was editor of Smash Hits magazine.
caption: Thornton in 2010
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