Krishnan Guru-Murthy , Presenter
Krishnan Guru-Murthy is one of the main anchors of Channel 4 News.
He also fronts Channel 4 News' podcast 'Ways to Change the World' which interviews one guest at length each week about the big ideas in their lives and the events that have helped shape their thinking.
Since joining the team in 1998 he has fronted big events from the Omagh bombing, 9/11, the Mumbai attacks, to special war reports from Syria, Yemen and Gaza. Having covered five British general elections he does special political shows for Channel 4 such as the "Ask the Chancellors" debate.
Krishnan reports for the foreign affairs series Unreported World and commentates on major live events for Channel 4 such as the Paralympics Ceremonies. He also anchors controversial programmes outside the news including the first live televised "Autopsy".
His TV career began at the age of eighteen presenting youth television for the BBC. He went on to present, report and produce a variety of programmes from Newsround to Newsnight.
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Concrete expert explains problem with RAAC concrete
More than 100 schools across England need to find temporary classrooms after potentially dangerous concrete was discovered. Concrete expert at Henderson Thomas Associate, Warren Thomas explains.
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Primary school Headteacher describes her school being deemed unsafe due to RAAC
Cas Evans is the headteacher of Parks Primary School in Leicester. She had to close and relocate a large part of the school earlier in the year because the aerated concrete had been discovered there. Krishnan asked her what happened at her school.
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Activists concerned TikTok vloggers unwittingly boosting Syrian regime
Friendly people, amazing food, great weather – the ingredients of many a tourist hotspot.
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‘Evidence of weaponry getting to Russia via China’, says Iain Duncan Smith
Foreign secretary James Cleverly has defended talks with Chinese officials in Beijing today arguing it would be a mistake to isolate the UK’s fourth largest trading partner any further.
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Criminals could aggravate victims if forced to attend sentencing, says lawyer
Krishnan speaks to KC Kate Bex, who has been involved in many criminal trials, both as a prosecutor and defence lawyer.
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Ulez expansion will tackle premature deaths in London, says Sadiq Khan
We spoke to London mayor Sadiq Khan.
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Government housing rule changes will not ‘lead to across the board increases in pollution’, says Conservative MP
We spoke to Conservative MP Philip Dunne who chairs the environmental audit committee, and Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Green Party.
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‘We need more investment in policing’: PFEW chair reacts to Home Secretary’s comments about police investigating theft
We spoke to Steve Hartshorn, chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales.
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UK air traffic control chaos ‘a significant outage which should never have happened’, says travel consultant
We spoke to Paul Charles, former Director of Communications for Virgin Atlantic, and asked him if he was shocked that the system had fallen over.
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Lib Dems have a ‘real habit of overturning’ Tory majority says leader of Liberal Democrats
We spoke to the Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey.
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Hip Hop legend Ice Cube: ‘I’ve been disappointed with the government since I was born’
He is regarded by hip-hop critics and fans as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time.
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‘The world doesn’t care’ about ‘war crimes’ in the Congo, says Secretary General of Norwegian Refugee Council
Jan Egeland is Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council. He’s just been in Goma and joins me Krishnan from Oslo.
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‘Support for Trump has gone up with each indictment’, says Republican strategist
Joining Krishnan Tara Setmeyer, a Republican commentator and strategist, who is a long-standing opponent of Donald Trump.
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‘We have to get better at spotting these events’, says NHS investigation Chair
We spoke to Dr Bill Kirkup, who has led a number of independent reviews into NHS failings, and began by asking for his reaction to the ordering of an inquiry.
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‘NHS needs to consider its response to heinous crimes’: Labour MP on Lucy Letby murders
We spoke to the City of Chester MP, Samantha Dixon.
