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.
It’s been the hottest Mayday bank holiday since the day off was designated back in 1978. Andy Davies has been for a day out to the South Wales seaside town of Barry Island – redubbed for the day as Barrybados.
Knife crime is up. Firearms offences are up. And the number of burglaries have soared. New official statistics show that across England and Wales there’s been a worrying rise in police recorded violence – even though a separate survey says the overall level of crime has remained broadly stable. Labour have accused the Conservatives of…
There is no official record of when, where or how people die homeless in the UK. Channel 4 News and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism are compiling a record to reveal the true number.
Independent inspectors have confirmed the UK’s analysis of the type of nerve agent used on the Skripals in Salisbury. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons did not name the chemical used as Novichok or point the finger at any country for using it. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Andy Davies is in Salisbury for…
It’s 20 years since the Good Friday Agreement was signed,- bringing power-sharing and much peace to Northern Ireland. But for all the progress, there are shadows over today’s anniversary. For more than a year, the DUP and Sinn Fein have refused to share power in Stormont. And there are hard questions over how to avoid…
Tomorrow marks 20 years since the Good Friday Agreement was signed. It was the political settlement that for most marked the end of the Northern Ireland Troubles. Today, representatives of loyalist paramilitary organisations came together to announce they would make the final move to respect law and order, and that members who continue to take…
Investigators from the Information Commissioner’s Office are due to enter the offices of Cambridge Analytica tonight after a search warrant was granted by the High Court. Andy Davies reports from outside Cambridge Analytica’s offices.
A judge sitting at the High Court has granted an application by the Information Commissioner’s Office for a warrant to search the London offices of Cambridge Analytica. The decision comes five days after Elizabeth Denham declared live on this programme that she would seek a warrant for immediate access.
On Tuesday the board of Cambridge Analytica announced it was suspending chief executive Alexander Nix. Now more facts have emerged about other companies linked to the London-based political strategy firm. Our reporter Andy Davies has the latest.
Theresa May has been challenged over the her party’s alleged links to Cambridge Analytica, after an undercover investigation by this programme revealed senior figures from the firm talking about using bribes and honey traps in their political consultancy work around the world. SCL Group, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, came under the spotlight as…
Cambridge Analytica’s chief executive, Alexander Nix, has been suspended by the company’s board.
What has been the fallout from the revelations about Cambridge Analytica and Facebook?
The boss of the controversial data company Cambridge Analytica is under fire from MPs tonight. Alexander Nix is accused of making false statements when he gave evidence to parliament last month. Tonight we have new evidence which appears to contradict Mr Nix’s evidence to MPs about his company’s use of the Facebook data.
The British data firm described as “pivotal” in Donald Trump’s presidential victory was behind a ‘data grab’ of more than 50 million Facebook profiles, a whistleblower has revealed to Channel 4 News.
Snow is still thick on the ground across much of the country, where the ‘Beast from the East’ and Storm Emma continue to cause havoc. Andy Davies reports.