Ciaran Jenkins is the Data Correspondent and Presenter for Channel 4 News based in the Leeds newsroom.
He covers a wide range of stories, from home and social affairs to sport and technology. He has reported exclusively for Channel 4 News on international phone hacking scams and police racism.
Ciaran joined Channel 4 News in 2012 from the BBC, where he had specialised in politics and then education. During his time at the BBC he broke a series of exclusives on bogus academics and visa fraud, for which he won a number of awards.
We’ve been following the tough choices facing families in the Highlands, in the shadow of those north sea riches, where there’s higher fuel poverty than almost anywhere in the UK.
Rising food and fuel prices are already stretching many household budgets.
For musicians around the country, the pandemic has been a nightmare of closed venues and cancelled concerts.
We spoke to Archie Young, the UK’s lead climate negotiator, and started by asking him one month after COP26, if he still thinks he got a good deal.
The Welsh government’s cabinet has met twice today to discuss whether to introduce tougher Covid restrictions as its most senior doctor advised people to prioritise who they see at Christmas.
We spoke to economist and director of the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde, Mairi Spowage, and asked her what impact will the increase of interest rates have on inflation.
In the already hard-hit hospitality sector, business leaders have been pleading for financial help as they face a wave of cancellations and closures because of the Omicron surge.
In Scotland, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has issued what she has called “strong guidance” to counter the threat of the Omicron variant.
A British citizen is calling on the government to help him bring his family back from Afghanistan after they were left stranded in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover.
There has been some good news for Scottish beavers, who have been culled in record numbers in recent years.
Scotland’s First Minister has urged people to make an “extra effort” to take lateral flow tests before they socialise or even go shopping in crowded places during the festive period.
Whether or not delegates at COP26 secure a final climate deal in the coming hours, many activists have already proclaimed the two-week event a failure.
Glasgow might have thrown open its doors to the rest of the world here at COP26, but in reality the sheer struggle with visas, vaccinations and intercontinental travel have stopped some people getting here at all.
We were joined by Elizabeth Wathuti, who’s the founder of the Green Generation Initiative and a climate activist from Kenya.
We were joined by the former New Zealand Prime Minister and chair of the global commission on drug policy, Helen Clark.