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 Dr Farzana Shaikh, an associate fellow at the international affairs think tank Chatham House, and began by asking for her assessment on who could form a government in Pakistan.
A critical incident has been declared at a hospital in Norfolk due to what it said was “sustained demand across all services”. It had to bring in an extra 78 beds for patients.
Millions around the world have been marking the Lunar New Year. In China, the Year of the Rabbit has officially given way to the Year of the Dragon. It’s supposed to be an auspicious year in the zodiac calendar – but the current performance of China’s economy is anything but, with falling export prices and a domestic property crisis.
“We are not doing enough to protect the 2 million victims of domestic violence across the UK”. A stark admission from the most senior police lead on domestic abuse.
We spoke to the Shadow Climate Secretary Ed Miliband, and started by asking him why he had initially pushed for the £28 billion investment plan.
We spoke to cancer specialist Professor David Sebag-Montefiore.
So what do today’s events mean for the future of Northern Ireland? We’re joined now by Emma DeSouza, who’s a commentator, campaigner and advocates for a United Ireland. And by Emma Shaw, a loyalist community activist who runs a project to encourage young people back into education.
We spoke to General Joseph L. Votel, a retired US Army officer who was most recently Commander of US Central Command, and responsible for US and coalition military operations in the Middle East. We asked for his assessment of the scale and scope of the airstrikes.
We caught up with the new First Minister, Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill.
We put a couple of questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris.
Katy Watts is a lawyer for the human rights organisation Liberty, which is taking the Home Secretary to court later this month for forcing through the anti-protest laws used in court today, which parliament had previously rejected. She told us why she thought the judgement in this case is so significant.
We spoke to Philip Dunne, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, to get a more detailed reaction from him to last night’s report on how government officials were worried about negative press on sewage overflows and wanted pollution incidents to be “better presented”.
We spoke to Getachew Reda, President of the Tigray Interim Regional Administration, and began by asking him about the current humanitarian situation.
Earlier we spoke to Jonathan Broadbery, the Director of Policy at the National Day Nurseries Association.
We spoke to filmmaker Yousef Hammash, who also works for the Norwegian Refugee Council, and is sheltering in Rafah with his family. The signal in and out of Gaza remains very patchy, but we began by asking him how close he is to the new Israeli offensive.