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 Carol Whicher, the aunt of Clare Wood, who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2009.
We spoke to Conservative MP Caroline Nokes who’s chairwoman of the Women and Equalities Committee. And also Farah Nazeer, who’s the Chief Executive of Women’s Aid.
Life-saving domestic abuse services are at risk of disappearing because of the spiralling funding crisis facing councils.
Chris Head was the youngest postmaster in the UK when he took over his local branch near Sunderland in 2006.
We’re joined by Julian Assange’s wife, Stella Assange.
We spoke to NFU President Minette Batters, and began by asking her what the prime minister’s appearance says about how important farmers’ votes could be in the upcoming election.
A crackdown on mobile phones in classrooms was announced today by the Department for Education. Guidance will be given to headteachers as part of an effort to ‘minimise disruption and improve behaviour’ and is intended to include break and lunch periods as well. We spoke to Pepe Dilasio, headteacher of a secondary school in Kiveton,…
We spoke to former Conservative MP Lord Arbuthnot – who’s campaigned for years on behalf of subpostmasters fighting for justice. We started by asking him what he made of this latest chapter in the Post Office scandal.
Rats, cockroaches, mouldy cells, and high levels of violence and self-harm. The Chief Inspector of Prisons says the “filthy” conditions at HMP Bedford are some of the worst he’s ever seen.
Park Hill was the revolutionary council estate built in Sheffield in the early 60s which promised “streets in the sky” for families instead of slums.
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.