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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Wales First Minister seeks travel restrictions on visitors from England Covid hotspots
The Welsh First Minister has expressed his frustration at the UK government’s refusal to introduce travel restrictions which would prevent people from English coronavirus hotspots from making non-essential journeys into Wales.
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Wales considering quarantine for people from UK Covid hotspots
The Welsh government says it may impose quarantine rules on people travelling to Wales from Covid hotspots elsewhere in the UK.
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Rapid Coronavirus test being developed in South Wales
In Wales a new rapid Covid test has moved into the final stages of evaluation, raising hopes that it could be in use by January.
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Royal Glamorgan Hospital closes after more than 80 patients test positive for Covid
In South Wales, eight people have died with coronavirus at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital which is dealing with an outbreak on its site.
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Welsh hospital faces new Covid challenge as Cardiff and Swansea face local lockdowns
Cardiff and Swansea will be under local lockdown restrictions from 6pm on Sunday.
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Drakeford changes Covid alcohol rule for Wales
It took barely a few hours for the Welsh government to change one of their central messages last night, requiring restaurants and pubs to close at 10pm.
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Four more Welsh counties to go into lockdown
In Wales four more council areas will be in lockdown from tomorrow evening, with the number of cases there also rising.
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Sturgeon and Drakeford call for emergency Cobra meeting
The first ministers of Scotland and Wales have joined the calls for Boris Johnson to convene an emergency Cobra meeting this weekend.
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Local lockdown starts in Welsh county Rhondda Cynon Taf
With a local lockdown just enforced in the Welsh county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf – a Covid testing centre has been set up expressly for residents to get checked out. But when we talked to people in the queue – they appeared to have driven long distances with some driving for hours to get…
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Details of thousands who tested positive mistakenly published online by Public Health Wales
Public Health Wales has revealed that the details of more than 18,000 people who tested positive for coronavirus were mistakenly published online.
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Anxiety in care homes over warning of rise in Covid infections
Care home providers are bracing themselves for a possible resurgence of coronavirus cases among vulnerable residents.
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Coronavirus: Police warn people not to party this weekend
Treating the weekend before new coronavirus restrictions come into force as an excuse to party would be “incredibly irresponsible”, the Police Federation have warned.
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Caerphilly county lockdown comes into effect
While the Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced instant restrictions for Bolton, another local lockdown was coming into effect in South Wales.
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Welsh government announces new local lockdown restrictions in Caerphilly
The Welsh government has announced new local lockdown restrictions across the borough of Caerphilly to prevent the spread of a local outbreak of coronavirus
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Portugal and six Greek Islands added to Wales quarantine travel list
Is the rising number of cases what prompted the Welsh government to impose quarantine restrictions on people returning from Portugal and six Greek islands?
