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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Tory MPs urge May to reject long Brexit delay
Now as many as 170 Tory MPs, thought to include several ministers, have signed a letter calling on Theresa May not to agree a long delay to Brexit, whether there’s a deal or not. Senior ministers are also reported to have urged the PM to “embrace no deal” – although Number 10 is still considering…
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Who is the man behind the Fishing for Leave protest?
One of the organisations attending today’s march in central London was Fishing for Leave, a group that made headlines during the referendum when they sailed a pro-Brexit flotilla up the Thames. They say they represent fishermen opposed to the EU, but this programme has discovered that one of the main organisers of today’s protest, Aaron Brown, appears to have links to…
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What do voters in Jacob Rees-Mogg’s constituency make of the Brexit deal?
Andy Davies went to find out what voters in Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Somerset constituency make of the Brexit crisis.
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Warnings of water shortages in England within 25 years
“An existential threat”. That’s how the boss of the Environment Agency described the risks posed by climate change and population growth.
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Man held after three people in 80s found dead
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of three men in their 80s were discovered in two houses in Exeter.
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Two arrested after four children die in fire
Two people have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter after four children died in a house fire in Stafford.
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Four children die in house fire in Stafford
Four young children have died in a house fire in Stafford, after a blaze started in the early hours of this morning.
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Emiliano Sala: Privately funded search for missing plane begins
The underwater search for the missing plane that was carrying Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala and its pilot when it disappeared nearly two weeks ago in the English Channel has begun. Two ships carrying specialist equipment are searching an area north of the island of Guernsey in the English Channel.
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Britain braces for further drop in temperature
The Met Office has issued an overnight ice warning for large parts of the country as the wintry blast of cold weather continues.
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Welsh Assembly clears schedule to discuss no-deal Brexit
Welsh government ministers have been outlining the potential consequences of a no-deal Brexit this afternoon.
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Further bomb scares in Derry/Londonderry
With all the talk of Brexit and how a hard border could bring a return to violence Northern Ireland, the car bomb that exploded in Londonderry at the weekend was a stark reminder of how fragile the peace there actually is. Today police carried out a controlled explosion after two more vehicles were hijacked. There…
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Irish PM says UK needs solution to Brexit stalemate
Events in Westminster are being closely watched over the Irish Sea.
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Wood burners targeted in government’s clean air strategy
Tempted by that cosy log-burning stove? Or that crackling open wood fire? Well think again. The government intends to ban most of the above under its clean air strategy, unveiled today. Green campaigners say even this doesn’t go far enough in cleaning up England’s air, but it has been welcomed by the World Health Organization. Farmers and their…
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What do Leave voters think about Brexit now?
If you supported Leave in the referendum, what do you think of it so far? We’ve been to the market town of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, a place which backed Leave by around 54%, with 46% for Remain.
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Former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown dies at 77
He was, in the words of one of the former prime ministers paying tribute, one of the most talented politicians never to hold high office. Lord Paddy Ashdown – a former Royal Marine who led the Liberal Democrats for more than a decade – has died at the age of 77. He’d been diagnosed with…
