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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Musician seriously injured in racially-aggravated attack to release single
We speak to the NHS worker and artist who was a victim of a racially aggravated attack – as he prepares to release a single about the experience.
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NHS worker scarred for life – after being hit by car in ‘racially aggravated attack’
Left scarred for life, a black NHS worker who had a car driven at him in what police say is a “racially aggravated” assault, has told of his fear and pain in his first interview since the incident.
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NHS worker badly hurt after being hit by car in suspected racist attack
An NHS worker in Bristol has been told by doctors that he’s lucky to be alive after a car was deliberately driven at him in what police have said is a racially-aggravated incident.
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New service launched in Newport to help Covid patients recover
For coronavirus patients who have been treated in hospital, being discharged is often not the end of their ordeal.
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Paid employment in UK fell by 649,000 since lockdown
Despite the furlough scheme – paid employment in the UK has fallen by almost 650,000 since the start of the pandemic in March
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Environment Agency sets out long-term plan for making at-risk areas in England more flood resilient
The severe floods that hit parts of the country in February this year devastated many communities.
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Johnson considers compulsory face coverings in shops in England
Boris Johnson has said he is looking at making face masks compulsory inside England’s shops – with an announcement to come as early as tomorrow.
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Schools in Wales to reopen full-time in September
There has been an important announcement about what will happen to schools in Wales in September.
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96 days of intensive care: Welsh man’s remarkable battle against coronavirus
He’s spent nearly 100 days in hospital so far, most of them on a ventilator.
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Sinn Fein rejects calls for NI deputy first minister to stand down over funeral attendance
Sinn Fein has rejected calls from the Democratic Unionist Party for Michelle O’Neill to step aside as Northern Ireland deputy first minister.
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Schools reopen in Wales for all age groups
Primary and secondary schools across Wales are reopening for the first time for all age groups as part of the country’s phased return to education.
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Anglesey authorities hoping track and trace will help contain Covid-19 outbreak
Authorities in Anglesey are hoping their track and trace system will help contain an outbreak of coronavirus at a poultry processing plant, where 200 workers have tested positive.
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Wales to continue to ease lockdown from Monday
The ban on non-local travel could be lifted early next month.
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App U-turn: As England abandons developing own contact-tracing app for Google-Apple model
After months of questions over privacy and whether the technology would work the government has abandoned its own contact-tracing app in England.
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Bristol confronts darker aspects of its past after slave trader statue torn down
After protesters in Bristol tore down the statue of slave trader Edward Colston, there’s now a debate over what should replace it.
