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.
With climate change soaring up the political agenda, thanks to the campaigns of Greta Thunberg and others, there’s been plenty to discuss at the Green Party’s annual conference this weekend.
The leader of the Welsh nationalist party, Plaid Cymru, has said they are “conscientious objectors” to a no-deal Brexit.
The Welsh government has warned that crashing out of the EU without a deal could have a devastating effect on jobs.
This current political crisis has thrown a spotlight on the British constitution – on the sovereignty of Parliament, the independence of the courts, separation of powers and the rule of law.
Climate change protestors from the group Extinction Rebellion have blocked roads leading to an oil refinery in West Wales. The Pembrokeshire site, owned by Valero, is one of the biggest refineries in Europe – oil tankers have had to drive over nearby fields to reach the plant.
Today Sir Jim Ratcliffe announced he is bringing up to 500 jobs to South Wales where his firm Ineos Automotive will be building a new 4×4 vehicle.
Police in Northern Ireland have said that a bomb found in Londonderry was intended for use against a police patrol.
The Irish government is adamant that a backstop arrangement for the border is an essential part of any Brexit agreement unless a viable alternative can be found.
We won’t know for sure exactly who’s voted against the government until later this evening, but sitting among the rebels is the former immigration minister Caroline Nokes.
The Chancellor Philip Hammond has confirmed he will resign if Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister.
It was triggered by local voters after their Tory MP was convicted over a false expenses claim.
Northern Ireland’s troubled history of sectarianism, of violence, of cultures and traditions which refuse to reconcile, still can’t be entirely consigned to the past.
It was a death that shocked the political world. Days after he was sacked from his role in the Welsh government after being accused of inappropriate behaviour towards women, Carl Sargeant was found dead at his home.
Would you agree to a total ban on all diesel cars in your city centre to bring down air pollution?
Cutting levels of ammonia in the air could prevent at least 3,000 premature deaths every year in the UK.