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.
A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder – after a teacher was stabbed at a secondary school in Tewkesbury. Police said specialist armed officers had carried out a search and had detained the boy around five miles from the scene.
More than a thousand people gathered today in Ely, on the edge of Cardiff for the funerals of two teenagers whose deaths sparked riots that led to 27 arrests.
First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford has admitted his government was not as prepared for the pandemic as it could have been – as he gave evidence to the UK’s Covid inquiry.
Unhealthy meal deals are to be restricted in Wales to tackle its obesity crisis.
Metropolitan Police Sergeant Mat Rart-enna was doing his job at a custody centre in South London when he was shot dead with a smuggled gun nearly three years ago.
Nurses in Wales have begun a fresh wave of strikes amid a bitter dispute over pay.
Now, there’s a call for urgent action to improve the health of the River Wye after tests showed a drop in important species like Atlantic salmon and white-clawed crayfish.
A vigil has been taking place in Cardiff for the two teenagers who died in a crash in Ely on Monday, sparking a riot.
South Wales police are reviewing footage which appears to show a police vehicle following an e-bike in Cardiff – shortly before a crash which left two teenage boys dead.
After years of promising to legislate to protect renters, the government has finally introduced a bill that will allow tenants to challenge poor landlords without losing their homes.
At first Adam Price stayed on as leader of Plaid Cymru despite the publication last week of a damning report which found a culture of harassment, bullying and misogyny in his party.
After the environmentalist and businessman Ben Goldsmith’s teenage daughter Iris was killed in an accident on his farm four years ago, he was subsumed by an overwhelming grief.
The future of the Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price is in doubt after a damning review found a culture of harassment, bullying and misogyny in the Welsh nationalist party.
For those not inside Westminster Abbey or on the streets of London, there’ve been other ways to take in today’s historic events. Thousands around the UK have watched from afar on big screens, some braving torrential rain. There have also been protests – and street parties.
Thousands of nurses are out on strike until midnight tonight, with the walkouts by members of the Royal College of Nursing affecting half of all hospital trusts in England.