Alex Thomson , Chief Correspondent
Alex is the longest-serving on-screen journalist on C4 News since the channel began. In more than 25 years he's covered over 20 wars; led major investigations and continues to front the programme from around the world.
His journalism has won several BAFTA and EMMY awards; two New York Film and TV Awards and in 2011/12 he was named TV Journalist of the Year by the Royal Television Society.
He's written two books about the 1991 Gulf War and a travelogue about cycling across India.
He has been External Examiner at Cardiff and currently Bournemouth Schools of Journalism and is Honorary Fellow in Journalism at Falmouth School of Journalism.
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‘Hand over report on Rotherham child abuse scandal’ – Mayor to IOPC
The Mayor of South Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard, has written to the IOPC asking to see its unpublished report into the activities of senior officers.
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LA fires latest: strong winds still posing ‘extreme fire danger’
It’s a week since the Santa Ana winds fanned devastating wildfires across Los Angeles – destroying thousands of homes and businesses.
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LA fires: 24 dead and 20 people still missing
“We are absolutely prepared,” Los Angeles officials declared today, as dangerously strong winds threaten to reignite the fires which have already spread across more than 40 thousand acres.
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LA wildfires: why they escalated so quickly with such dramatic effect
The question so many are asking here is how all this failed so spectacularly in the Angelenos’ hour of need, indeed, days of need.
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LA fires: firefighters battle to contain three fires
Firefighters are still battling to contain three fires around Los Angeles – and officials warn the risk remains “very high” with “critical fire weather conditions” continuing into next week.
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LA fires: New evacuation orders following risk to life warning
A fresh evacuation order has been issued warning people to flee an area close to the Palisades fire – because of an immediate threat to life.
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LA fires latest: 10 dead and 10,000 buildings destroyed
For a fourth day, wildfires are raging around Los Angeles, where entire neighbourhoods have been devastated.
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LA fires latest: wildfires become most destructive in city’s history
The LA fires still rage – catastrophic reality has rivalled fiction in the home of American disaster movies. As the fires spread the insurance losses mount. Estimates are that they’ve reached $13bn in just 24 hours.
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Meta scraps ‘biased’ fact checkers ahead of Trump presidency
Mark Zuckerberg is planning to team up with Donald Trump to “push back” against what he called the EU’s “ever increasing number of laws institutionalising censorship”.
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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau resigning after decade in power
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he’s resigning amid rising discontent with his leadership.
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Trump win certified by Congress with US-UK relations on thin ice
With Elon Musk set to play a major part in the incoming Trump administration, Wes Streeting and Sir Keir Starmer are treading carefully – keen not to damage relations with the president-elect.
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Trump dismisses hush-money case sentencing as ‘political attack’
Donald Trump has hit out angrily after a judge ordered that he be sentenced on January 10th in his New York hush-money case.
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Gazans ‘crushed to death’ waiting for food – UNRWA worker
We spoke to Louise Wateridge who has just returned from Gaza. She’s a Senior Emergency Officer at UNRWA, the United Nations agency which provides aid for Palestinians.
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‘It’s not clear Musk is influential’ – polling expert
One party which is looking to benefit from Elon Musk’s intervention is Reform UK, who are kicking off their campaign for this year’s local elections.
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Social care reform timeline needs to be sped up – Lib Dem leader
Earlier we spoke to Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, and asked what he’d do to solve the social care crisis.
