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.
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.
We were joined by Professor Frank Joseph, a weight loss expert who was one of the investigators in the study.
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.’ The Birth Trauma Inquiry heard from more than 1,300 women who’ve experienced traumatic birth, while exclusive new analysis by this programme shows how one in nine maternity services in…
We’re joined by Donna Ockenden who is chairing the review into maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals, and in the studio is Lauren Caulfield whose baby Grace was stillborn at Leeds General Infirmary two years ago.
The government just sent a failed asylum seeker to Rwanda, and paid him £3,000 to go.
Council tenants in England whose homes are plagued by leaking roofs, subsidence, damp and mould are turning to legal firms for help.
If the SNP can find a candidate who can command the support of enough Members of the Scottish Parliament, there will soon be a third First Minister in just over twelve months – quite a contrast from the seven and nine-year terms served by Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon respectively – both towering figures in the party and more broadly in pursuit of independence for Scotland.
An ongoing war of words, between leaders in London and Dublin, over the UK government’s plans to deport asylum seekers to Africa has led to speculation about the ‘Rwanda effect’ on immigration.
There’s likely to be a move in Parliament to tackle the troubling growth in CSAM – child sexual abuse material – that’s been generated by artificial intelligence.
We’re joined by the CEO of the National Residential Landlords Association, Ben Beadle, and the Chief Executive of Generation Rent, Ben Twomey.
We spoke to James Heappey, who was the Armed Forces Minister until last month, and asked him if Rishi Sunak’s announcement today falls short of what he wanted.
Planes are booked to take asylum seekers to Rwanda. But how many flights to Rwanda would it take to actually clear the asylum backlog?
Official figures show that while we enjoyed a calm sunny Sunday yesterday. More than 500 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats – the busiest day so far this year. So if the flights do eventually take off – how will the government’s Rwanda plan cope with these sorts of numbers?
We spoke to Matthew Hollingworth, the country director for Palestine for the World Food Programme.
We are joined by Janet Skinner, a former sub-postmaster who was sent to prison over an alleged £59,000 discrepancy in her branch accounts.