Fatima Manji , Reporter
Fatima Manji is a News Correspondent and regularly reports on a range of national and international stories.
Her broadcasting has included telling the story of the migration crisis from the borders of Europe, interviewing victims of ISIS atrocities in Iraq and challenging politicians here in the UK during the referendum campaign. She also occasionally presents the programme from the studio. Fatima has won a number of awards for her journalism and in 2015 she was a finalist for the Royal Television Society's Young Journalist of the Year.
During the last General Election she presented Britain's first ever Alternative Election Debate featuring young party leaders facing a live audience on Channel 4. Fatima joined Channel 4 News in 2012 and previously worked as a reporter and video journalist at the BBC.
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Concerns over disadvantaged children facing unfair treatment in GCSE and A-Level results
The nail-biting wait for GCSE and A-Level results will have an added surreal quality this August, as pupils hear what grades they will get for exams they did not sit because of the Covid-19 lockdown.
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Homeowners in England offered government help to pay for energy-saving improvements
Hundreds of thousands of homeowners in England will be able to get financial help towards energy-saving home improvements like insulation – under a £2 billion grant scheme to be launched by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
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Grenfell inquiry resumes, but families unable to attend because of social distancing
The public inquiry into the Grenfell tower disaster has resumed its hearings – but hundreds of survivors and bereaved families will not be able to attend because of social distancing rules.
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Epstein ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell charged in US
She’s accused of grooming under-age girls for abuse by Epstein.
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Half of school leaders have not received promised laptops for disadvantaged children, survey shows
Come September when schools in England are expected to fully open, just two confirmed coronavirus cases could see an entire site close again.
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Youth advocate working with police to improve faith in the black community over stop and search
How to stop the breakdown of public trust in the authorities?
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Lockdown: Pubs and restaurants ‘on track’ to re-open on the 4th July in England
The group of scientists led by the former Chief Scientist who call themselves Independent SAGE say it is too early to relax the covid rules and open pubs on July 4th.
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Paediatricians urge Johnson to explain plan to get children back to school in England
More than 1,500 of the country’s leading child health specialists have urged the Prime Minister to explain his plan to get children back to school in England.
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Grenfell Tower relatives call for inquiry to investigate role of racism in fire tragedy
This Sunday will mark the third anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy.
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Love in the time of Corona: Couple wed in lockdown as family and friends watch via video call
For some, not even a global pandemic will get in the way of love.
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Migrants in UK fear charges for NHS virus treatment, say charities
Non-EU migrants living and working in the UK have to pay a surcharge to use the NHS, brought in as part of the Government’s so called “hostile environment” policy on immigration in 2015.
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BAME people more likely to be fined under virus laws, says Liberty
The issue of police stopping and searching people during the lockdown has raised concerns. The civil rights group Liberty says people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are 54 per cent more likely to be fined under coronavirus laws. And, in London, there’s been a spike in Stop and Searches in the first month of…
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The families dealing with traumatic situations who obeyed lockdown rules
It’s about public trust and shared responsibility – a feeling of ‘we are all in this together’ rather than ‘us and them’.
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How one east London school adapted to the coronavirus pandemic
Scottish schools will begin reopening in August – with pupils in Northern Ireland also likely to begin a phased return that month.
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Teachers fear for their safety over reopening of schools next month
Days after lockdown measures were eased in England – there are still strong concerns about the plan to begin re-opening schools next month
