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.

  • 10 Apr 2018

    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…

  • 9 Apr 2018

    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…

  • 23 Mar 2018

    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.

  • 23 Mar 2018

    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.

  • 22 Mar 2018

    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.

  • 21 Mar 2018

    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…

  • 20 Mar 2018

    Cambridge Analytica’s chief executive, Alexander Nix, has been suspended by the company’s board.

  • 19 Mar 2018

    What has been the fallout from the revelations about Cambridge Analytica and Facebook?  

  • 18 Mar 2018

    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.

  • 17 Mar 2018

    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.

  • 3 Mar 2018

    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.

  • 28 Feb 2018

    Boris Johnson said today the Irish border issue was being used by people hoping to frustrate Britain’s exit from the EU. It comes after a leaked letter from the Foreign Secretary appeared to suggest a hard border there remains a possibility. I have been to Londonderry to hear from people there how they feel about…

  • 26 Feb 2018

    Today, some of us got a taste of what’s to come in the next few days, with snow falling across some parts of the country. The dreaded ‘Beast from the East’, the very dramatic name given to the cold weather blowing in from Siberia, will see snowfalls increase in the coming days. Forecasters say it…

  • 22 Feb 2018

    The trial of a father accused of causing or allowing his daughter to undergo genital mutilation has collapsed today. Prosecutors were hoping to secure a landmark conviction in the trial at Bristol Crown Court, but it was halted when the defence successfully argued there was no case to answer. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Andy Davies…

  • 15 Feb 2018

    As temperatures plummet across the UK, rough sleeping continues to rise.  Manchester alone has seen a 42% increase in the past year.  The city’s mayor Andy Burnham is on a mission to tackle it and he’s already pledged to end rough sleeping by 2020. He today launched a new plan to help do that, which…