Jackie Long is social affairs editor and presenter for Channel 4 News.
Jackie Long is Channel 4 News Social affairs editor and presenter. She joined the programme in 2011, following more than two decades at the BBC. Most recently she was Correspondent at Newsnight, and she previously worked on The World at One, PM and Five Live.
We spoke to Pia Sinha, former governor of several prisons and now CEO of the Prisons Reform Trust.
We spoke earlier to Nick Aldworth, the UK’s former counter-terrorism coordinator.
The chief inspector of prisons in England and Wales has said it would be “enormously concerning” if RAAC was found in their buildings – as they simply don’t have any spare capacity to shut down affected space.
We spoke to Councillor Stephen Houghton who is the chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities, a collective of 47 urban councils known as SIGOMA.
Jackie spoke to Michael Gonidakis, the president of the Ohio Right to Life group, which campaigns to ban abortion. She began by asking him whether yesterday’s vote showed that there was in fact broad support for abortion rights in Ohio.
We spoke to Lubna Shuja who is the President of the Law Society – the body that represents solicitors.
We spoke to Fouad Sayed Issa. He’s a youth activist and founder of the Syrian refugee-led humanitarian group ‘Violet Organization.’
At least 30 people have been killed and a hundred others injured – after a train derailed in southern Pakistan.
We spoke to Sayed Zulfi Bukhari – a former special assistant to Imran Khan when he was Pakistani prime minister.
Poor conditions in England’s young offenders institutions are endemic, according to a prisons watchdog – which has issued new warnings about the way children are treated in jail.
We spoke to Damian Green, who was first secretary of state under Theresa May.
We spoke to Dr Jo Daniels, a clinical psychologist who has studied the impact of pressures on NHS staff
We spoke to Radhouane Nouicer, the UN’s designated expert on human rights in Sudan
We spoke to the American lawyer, former prosecutor, and private defence attorney, Linda Kenney Baden about the new charges against former US President Donald Trump.
Wildfires are still burning across at least nine countries around the Mediterranean – leaving dozens of people dead.