Andy Davies , Home Affairs Correspondent
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.
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Energy price rise puts pensioners under more pressure charity warns
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.
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Farmers protest: thousands march in London over inheritance tax
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.
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Life in Cornwall: financial strain ahead of Labour Budget
Analysis by poverty charity the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, shared exclusively with this programme, has revealed the financial strain people are under.
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Heavy job losses as furnace at UK’s largest steelworks shuts down
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.
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Nearly 2,000 jobs to be lost as Port Talbot braces for closure of blast furnace
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.
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Port Talbot braces for closure of historic blast furnace
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.
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Tata Steel gets funding for greener furnace but 2,500 jobs will still be lost
The government has confirmed it’s giving Tata Steel £500m towards building a greener electric furnace in Port Talbot.
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Wales public sector workers set to get above-inflation pay rises
Budgets may be tight, but public sector workers in Wales are set to get above-inflation pay rises this year.
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Labour to give English local authorities power to run bus services
The government has unveiled plans for what it’s calling a “bus revolution” that will save vital routes around the country.
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‘A Diabetic Tsunami’ – The Welsh hospitals grappling with rising diabetes
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.
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On the frontline of the battle against Diabetes in Wales
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.
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Eluned Morgan becomes Welsh Labour’s first female leader
Health Minister Eluned Morgan has been confirmed as the first female leader of Welsh Labour.
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Manhunt underway after human remains found in suitcases in Bristol
Police in Bristol have launched a manhunt after two suitcases containing human remains were found at the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
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Welsh minister criticises sacking by Vaughan Gething’s government
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.
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Conservative party wiped out in Wales as Labour pick up 27 seats
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.
