Jackie Long , Social Affairs Editor and Presenter
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.
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Police Special Demonstration Squad inquiry: ‘I was spied on for almost 60 years’, says author and historian
We spoke to left wing campaigner and author Tariq Ali who says he was spied on by at least 14 undercover police officers.
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‘There was so much Black history that I didn’t know about’, says singer Corinne Bailey Rae
It’s over 17 years since singer Corinne Bailey Rae shot to prominence with her number one debut album.
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‘Why is it that schools with the worst conditions are in the North?’, Yorkshire headteacher asks
Tony Guise, headteacher at Calder High in Calderdale – one of many schools who’ve asked for extra funding for building repair.
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Is peace finally coming to Yemen?
Yemen’s long and bloody civil war has been the scene of one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
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Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin – and what are his plans for Russia?
We’re joined by Candace Rondeaux, who is director of the Future Frontlines initiative at the New America think-tank, and professor at the Center on the Future of War at Arizona State University. She has covered the rise of the Wagner Group since 2018. And by Arkady Ostrovsky is the Russia and Eastern Europe Editor of…
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‘Only one of them can remain’, says Ukrainian MP amid Yevgeny Prigozhin’s revolt against President Putin
We speak to Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko about the developments in Russia.
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OceanGate ‘didn’t cut corners, they drove past the whole block’, says signatory of 2018 safety warning to Titan sub owners
We spoke to Will Kohnen, who was one of the signatories of the 2018 letter featured in our piece in which concerns were raised about Titan. He chairs the peer-review group Marine Technology Society’s (MTS) committee on manned submersibles.
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Junior doctor strikes are ‘becoming business as usual,’ says NHS Confederation
Junior doctors in England have announced a five-day strike next month – the latest in their dispute with the Government over pay and staffing levels.
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‘Bank of England has been asleep at the wheel,’ says Tory MP
We spoke to the Conservative MP John Baron, who sits on the Commons Treasury select committee and began by asking him what he made of the interest rate rise today.
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Probability is that the sub has imploded,’ says former Royal Navy submarine captain – Jackie Long reports.
We were joined by Ryan Ramsey, who captained the nuclear attack submarine HMS Turbulent during a 23 year career in the Royal Navy.
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Discrimination faced by Windrush generation must be remembered, says author Arthur Torrington
There will be celebrations this week across the UK to mark the 75th anniversary of the Empire Windrush arriving at Tilbury docks.
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Government must ‘clamp down very hard’ on county lines drug dealing, says policing minister Chris Philp
Project Adder is just one part of what the government says is a determined plan to tackle the organised criminal gangs who so often rely on the brutal and sometimes fatal exploitation of children to operate. Jackie spoke to Policing Minister, Chris Philp, and began by asking him why he thinks Project Adder is an…
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‘This was a random act – it’s not what Nottingham is about’, says university vice-chancellor
We spoke to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, Professor Shearer West and started by asking her what the university is doing to help students through this difficult time.
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‘This is a city in mourning’: Nottingham MP responds to deadly attacks
We spoke to Labour MP for Nottingham East Nadia Whittome.
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Woman jailed for taking abortion pills after legal limit
A mother-of-three has been sentenced to 28 months in prison after pleading guilty to procuring drugs to induce an abortion after the legal limit.
