Channel 4 News
Rise of Far Right Extremism
Convictions of a 42-year-old food packer and a 59-year-old builder on inciting racial hatred brings to 16 the number of convictions connected to far right extremism in the past two years.
Ofsted fails to tell parents of sex abuse cases
Channel 4 News has uncovered eight specific instances where Ofsted reports failed to highlight cases of sexual abuse involving school teachers. Ofsted say it does not report on cases of "inappropriate behaviour".
Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh
A series of murders, looting, and rapes by a government-backed militia have targeted impoverished tribal people in some of India's most mineral-rich areas, according to witnesses and testimony gathered by Channel 4 News as part of a month-long investigation.
Domestic violence victims 'at risk'
Our investigation has found that some councils are failing to provide housing to victims of domestic violence without children. Many women without children are being put at risk because councils do not consider them to be priority need. As a result they are not given temporary accommodation and face a stark choice: go home to face more abuse, or take their chances sleeping rough on the streets.
Half of care home patients suffer drug errors
Evolve Television gained exclusive access to a government study revealing more than 50% of elderly care home residents are at risk of prescription errors made by the very people charged with looking after them. The film examined two cases where drug errors blighted the final days of care home residents: 80-year-old Florence Bell who died shortly after she was given a massive warfarin overdose and 90-year-old Aldwyn Jones who died following a morphine overdose.
Dubai: from boom to gloom
Some wanted quick returns. Others wanted a nice apartment in the sun. We talked to the unhappy British investors who got considerably less than they hoped for when they put their money into the booming Dubai property market.
Fraud in the welfare to work scheme?
Our investigation uncovered evidence of fabricated paperwork and of results being faked in some of the biggest companies hired to help the long-term unemployed. As a result of our report the Work and Pensions Select Committee launched an inquiry into the running of these contracted employment programmes.
Identity theft threat to homes
An exclusive report for Channel 4 News reveals that as house prices continue to fall, mortgage fraud is booming, with identity theft a major factor.
In the press:
Stolen data 'secures £17bn in mortgages' Daily Telegraph, 21 October 2008
This film was part of the winning Channel 4 News entry at the 2008 WorkWorld Media Awards
30 new incinerators under consideration in UK
Evolve discovered that new incinerators are being seriously considered in at least 30 locations around the country, and investigated the potential consequences.
Fair care
A scheme called Individual Budgets is being promoted by the government as the future of social care. But Evolve learnt that it may be putting undue strain on the vulnerable and could expose them to rogue and unscrupulous carers.
Is the anti-drugs strategy working?
On the day the government's ten year anti-drugs strategy is published our investigation for Channel 4 News reveals that 85 per cent of the 140,000 heroin users in treatment in England are now being prescribed powerful substitute drugs like methadone.
MoD system: “an unmitigated disaster”
An Evolve / Computer Weekly exclusive reveals serious problems at the heart of a multi-billion pound Ministry of Defence computer system. We discovered that it is behind schedule, and uncovered emails from civil servants describing parts of the system as “an unmitigated disaster” and “not fit for purpose”.
Why wonder fuel plant fuels heated debate
This Special Report for Channel 4 News looked at Jatropha curcas, the new biofuel source heralded as the green fuel of the future. In India we found some farmers are turning against it, and a British company facing allegations of breaching India's biodiversity laws.
The business of carbon trading
This Special Channel 4 News report examined carbon emissions trading in the UK. The booming carbon market is worth £20bn and is meant to be the planet's best hope of averting climate change, but some experts worry that the multi-billion dollar bubble could burst.
Is carbon trading working?
This Special Investigation for Channel 4 News in India uncovered the first direct evidence that in some cases the UN's carbon trading scheme is not working and may be damaging the local environment.
Child labour making Tesco clothes
Evolve Television undertook a 3-month investigation into the
Bangladeshi garment industry. Through secret filming and
interviews with child workers and their parents, we
uncovered compelling evidence of children under 15 working
for two Bangladeshi companies that manufacture supermarket
giant Tesco’s own label clothes. While there was no
suggestion Tesco was aware of this, during the course of the
investigation, it emerged that Tesco did not know that two
of the factories visited were manufacturing its clothes,
raising questions about Tesco’s ability to enforce the
ethical standards it claims to insist upon.
Shortlisted for 'Best broadcast feature' Business Journalist of the Year Awards
Value for money?
Evolve's Special Channel 4 News report into private healthcare companies revealed claims that new privately run treatment centres were being paid millions of pounds for operations never carried out.
Parkinson’s and gambling addiction
This Special Report for Channel 4 News on the side effects of Parkinson’s medication, discovered claims of an unexpected and devastating side effect of certain Parkinson’s medication on some patients, that turned them into compulsive gamblers