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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Will Murdochs’ evidence embarrass politicians?
As Rupert and James Murdoch prepare to give evidence to the Leveson inquiry, Channel 4 News Home Affairs Correspondent Andy Davies says prime ministers past and present may face “awkward moments”.
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New police corruption alleged in secret report
Exclusive: Corrupt police officers are accused of deleting intelligence reports from the national police computer on the orders of criminal gangs in a secret report passed to the Leveson inquiry.
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US soldier shoots civilians dead in Afghanistan
As a US soldier is held in custody after shooting dead Afghan civilians, a spokesman for Nato-led forces tells Channel 4 News the attack is “simply not understandable” and a “step back”.
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Senior Met officer refused access to phone records
Former senior Scotland Yard officer John Yates refused to let other officers examine his phone records in a leak inquiry because he was ‘very well-connected’, the Leveson inquiry hears.
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PI murdered for plan ‘to expose police corruption’
The brother of murdered private investigator Daniel Morgan tells Channel 4 News that Morgan was killed because he was about to expose corruption in the police.
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Man jailed for rape and murder of pregnant teenager
Former bouncer Carl Whant receives a 35 year sentence for the killing of 19-year-old Nikitta Grender two weeks before she was due to give birth. Home affairs correspondent Andy Davies was in court.
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Man arrested in connection with vicar murder
A 43-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of the murder of Reverend John Suddards, who died of multiple stab wounds at his vicarage near Bristol.
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Sun employees held in payments probe
Four current or former employees of The Sun and one serving police officer have been arrested in London and Essex as part of investigations into payments to police officers.
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C4 News editor takes the stand at Leveson
Channel 4 News Editor Jim Gray joins BBC executives to give evidence to the Leveson inquiry on how the broadcast media is regulated.
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NOTW investigated for surveillance of police detective
Channel 4 News has learned that Scotland Yard is now formally investigating allegations that a senior murder detective was put under surveillance by the News of the World in 2002.
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I did not mislead MPs over phone hacking – Murdoch
MPs must consider who is telling the truth as James Murdoch disputes the testimony of former News of the World executives in the phone-hacking scandal. Andy Davies reports.
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‘Wind blowing away from M5’ before crash – fireworks firm
As police reveal their investigation into the M5 crash is focused on a nearby fireworks display, the firm which put on the display tells Channel 4 News it took every precaution to ensure safety.
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Seven dead after ‘horrific’ M5 crash
Seven people are dead after a pile-up on the M5 in Somerset which triggered a “massive fireball”, as the AA’s Edmund King tells Channel 4 News tailgating is a bigger motorway risk than speeding.
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Tabak guilty of ‘evil’ Joanna Yeates murder
Vincent Tabak has been found guilty at Bristol Crown Court of murdering Joanna Yeates. Police believe he killed her after watching videos of women being throttled during sex. Andy Davies was in court.
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Judge’s sympathy warning for Tabak jury
The judge in the trial of the man charged with murdering Joanna Yeates instructs the jurors in the case not to “allow emotion or sympathy for her family and boyfriend” to cloud their judgment.
