Andy Davies is a Home Affairs Correspondent for Channel 4 News covering Wales & the West of England.
In 2019 he was named TV Journalist of the Year by the Royal Television Society. This followed his reporting on the programme’s award-winning Cambridge Analytica investigation and ‘Out in the Cold’ homelessness series. His feature ‘Her Name was Lindy’ about a 32 year old rough sleeper who died in Cardiff was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils.
Operating out of our Cardiff bureau, he has reported on some of the most high profile criminal cases in recent years (April Jones; Ian Watkins; Jo Yeates; Becky Watts) and previously broke several exclusives on the phone hacking scandal. He is the only journalist to have interviewed ex-police officer Bob Lambert about his hugely controversial double life in which he fathered a child while working undercover.
Before joining Channel 4 News, he was a reporter for BBC Panorama and BBC Northern Ireland.
The average household energy bill in England, Scotland and Wales is set to go up again in January – the second rise this winter. The energy regulator said its price cap would go up by £21 a year for a typical household, on top of a 10% increase in October.
The Prime Minister says he’s “very confident” that the “vast majority” of farmers will not be affected by planned changes to inheritance tax unveiled in the Budget.
Analysis by poverty charity the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, shared exclusively with this programme, has revealed the financial strain people are under.
It’s the end of an era for two major industries in the UK today. The country’s last coal-fired power station will shut down tonight, at Ratcliffe-on-Soar.
It’s the end of an era in Port Talbot, South Wales. From Monday, the last blast furnace will shut down at one of the biggest steelworks in the world, leaving it unable to make its own steel.
The long goodbye to blast furnace no. 4 is nearly over, as Port Talbot stands on the precipice of becoming a ‘steel town’ stripped of its ability to make its own ‘virgin’ steel. It is a huge moment.
The government has confirmed it’s giving Tata Steel £500m towards building a greener electric furnace in Port Talbot.
Budgets may be tight, but public sector workers in Wales are set to get above-inflation pay rises this year.
The government has unveiled plans for what it’s calling a “bus revolution” that will save vital routes around the country.
At least 8% of the adult population in Wales now has diabetes, the highest estimated prevalence rate of the four UK nations. The rate of new diabetes registrations, mostly Type 2, continues to astound.
By 2050, 500 million more people across the world are likely to have Diabetes, mostly Type 2. In the UK the direct cost for the NHS is already estimated to run at over £10 billion a year.
Health Minister Eluned Morgan has been confirmed as the first female leader of Welsh Labour.
Police in Bristol have launched a manhunt after two suitcases containing human remains were found at the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
A former Welsh government minister who was sacked for allegedly leaking messages to the media has denied being responsible – and criticised the process used to dismiss her.
It was a story of complete Conservative wipeout in Wales. The Tories now have no MPs in Wales at all. Labour picked up 27 seats.