Ciaran Jenkins , Data Correspondent and Presenter
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.
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‘Rockets and drones firing thick and fast’ says defence editor Shashank Joshi.
Shashank Joshi is defence editor at The Economist. We spoke to him earlier and him whether he thought there would be an escalation in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah
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NHS backlog for planned care has skyrocketed in the last decade
Our Factcheck team has been looking at the election’s big issues and the NHS is one voters say they care about most.
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FactCheck: Labour’s manifesto promises on NHS, schools and immigration
Our FactCheck team has been taking a look at Labour’s manifesto – its title of course is: “Change”.
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Have Tories met promises to cut net migration?
This is the fifth manifesto in a row where the Conservatives have promised to cut net migration.
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Labour insist childcare policy is fully costed as Sunak denies considering quitting
Rishi Sunak has apologised again for leaving the D-Day commemorations early, declaring, “I just hope voters can find it in their hearts to forgive me”.
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‘No information’ to suggest Hamas fighters were in UN school hit by Israel says UNRWA
We spoke to Sam Rose, who’s head of planning at UNRWA – the UN Agency responsible for supporting Palestinians.
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Israel Hamas: IDF strikes UN school in Gaza killing 40
More than 40 people have been killed after an Israeli airstrike hit a UN-run school in central Gaza where displaced Palestinians had been sheltering. Officials from the Gaza Health Ministry said 70 others were injured.
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‘Doubtful’ Benny Gantz could overthrow Netanyahu, says former adviser to an Israeli PM
We spoke to former diplomat Alon Pinkas.
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Social housing shortage: ‘When I’m 65, if I’m still renting, I can’t retire.’
The charity Shelter says 90,000 social homes must be built every year to end what it calls the ‘housing emergency.’
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Have governments in England, Wales or Scotland met their house building targets?
Has any government across Great Britain met its house building targets?
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The reality of UK child poverty explained
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says millions of British children have only known life in poverty – and he’s called for a government rescue plan to help them.
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Prisons ‘in such a bad situation’ says Justice Select Committee Chair
We spoke to Conservative MP and chair of the Justice Select Committee, Sir Bob Neill.
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‘I violated my moral compass working for Trump,’ former lawyer testifies
Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen has told a court that he made a hush money payment in an attempt to to influence the 2016 election on Mr Trump’s behalf.
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‘If NHS can afford it, people with obesity should have Semaglutide,’ says weight loss expert
We were joined by Professor Frank Joseph, a weight loss expert who was one of the investigators in the study.
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NHS perinatal staff ‘exhausted, on their knees’, says maternity safety expert
A damning report into the state of UK maternity services has found that poor care is frequently tolerated, with women giving birth treated as an ‘inconvenience.’
