TONIGHT at 7 on 4: Channel 4 News has learnt the Science Museum has signed a gagging clause, in its agreement with Shell International to sponsor its climate change exhibition, agreeing not to say anything that could damage the company’s reputation. We obtained sponsorship agreement which states S Museum & trustees agreed not to “make any statement or issue any publicity or otherwise be involved in any conduct or matter that may reasonably be foreseen as discrediting or damaging the goodwill or reputation of the Sponsor.”

Channel 4 News has obtained shocking CCTV footage of the moment a serving police officer violently assaulted a woman as she walked home alone.

@MinnieStephC4 reports #c4news 7pm Broadcast for the first time tonight, the footage shows PC Oliver Banfield who was off duty at the time, violently assaulting Emma Homer, in what the court described as “misogynistic” verbal abuse. He was spared jail & ordered to pay £500 in compensation & wear an electronic tag

TONIGHT: horrors of the hidden war as Ethiopia’s rape victims speak out.

Searing first-hand testimonies from victims of widespread rape in the conflict zone

260 victims of rape treated at single hospital since November 2020.

@JamalMOsman reports from Tigray province Our Africa correspondent @JamalMOsman is one of the first foreign journalists to get into Tigray and hear the stories in person of the women who have suffered unimaginable horror at the hands of the soldiers who raped and tortured them. A truly extraordinary & distressing report.

TONIGHT: shocking Channel 4 News report reveals how hundreds of overseas students have become destitute in the UK during lockdown, and turned to food banks in desperation.

One food bank in E London caters exclusively for 1700 international students a week, who queue for hours. Report by @Anja_Popp, produced by @ShaheenSattar & filmed by @WilwithoneL - reveals international student visas don't give them access to government help and lockdown means there's no part time work available for them to support themselves.

TONIGHT: Deputy CMO Jonathan Van Tam faces viewers questions on vaccine myths, fears over 2nd dose delay, will Covid mutations mean re-vaccinations, schools reopening, summer holidays & did govt really do everything possible to avoid 100k deaths? #AskJVT #c4news 7pm NOW: #AskJVT Q & A special - Prof Jonathan Van-Tam:

• He needs help from black doctors & healthcare workers to get the message across that the vaccine is very important
• Grandparents can’t see their grandchildren ‘until we have vaccinated literally 10s of millions of people’

WATCH: full #DeterringDemocracy investigation by the Channel 4 News Investigations Team here:

https://twitter.com/Hayley_Barlow/status/1310637843656716291

Vast in scale, the database contains details on almost 200 million Americans, among more than 5,000 files, which together amass almost 5 terabytes of data - making it one of the biggest leaks in history. #DeterringDemocracy

EXCL: Channel 4 News has seen a leaked document which calls on care home providers to accept patients who are COVID-positive from hospitals.

Full report by @C4Ciaran and @luciajwalker tonight 7pm The contract, from Trafford Council in Greater Manchester, outlines how eligible care homes will receive COVID-positive patients within just 2 hours of the patient being identified by the hospital as ready for discharge.

On Saturday the Education Secretary @GavinWilliamson's A'level decision was final: no U-turns, no change. Today...

Join us now on #c4news with @jonsnowC4 in Ernest Bevin College in South London and @cathynewman live in Birmingham for all today's developments. Channel 4 News asked to speak to the Education Secretary, a Department for Education minister or a government member tonight but no one was available.

EXCL: Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick interview: The Met is not institutionally racist - I’m not in denial.

‘We have zero tolerance of racist behaviour within the Met. Just last week somebody was sacked for racist conduct.'

Full interview with @krishgm #c4news 7pm Police chiefs adds:

• The Met will assist the Americans with Prince Andrew’s involvement in the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein - at any stage should they need it.

• Extremely likely that at some stage the Stephen Lawrence investigation will not be in an inactive phase.

NEW: The Department of Health has issued safety warnings, notices for disposal and distribution stoppages for more than 85 million masks and respirators, a Channel 4 News investigation has found. The masks and respirators, many of which had passed their use by dates, were stored at the government’s Pandemic Stockpile in Haydock, Warrington and have been distributed to hospitals, care homes and GP surgeries since March.

TONIGHT: the incredible story of conjoined twins Derman & Yigit Evrensel from Turkey, being treated at @GreatOrmondSt Hopsital. Parents were told they were unlikely to survive. Channel 4 News has had exclusive access to more than 40 hours of painstaking operations, over 6 months. Brothers Yigit and Derman Evrensel were separated at the end of January and underwent months of treatment at the hospital before returning to Turkey this week. They turn two later this month.

This incredible, uplifting story was filmed and directed by Dave Young @podfilms

EXCL: Channel 4 News has seen a leaked paper prepared for one of the scientific committees advising the government - which called in the starkest possible way for a lockdown - a full two weeks before the official announcement was made. Paper by Prof Steven Riley at Imperial College London finds that mitigation, strategy government was following at the time, would lead to 1.7 million deaths. He advocates for change of strategy to that seen in Hong Kong, Japan, Italy of "successful ongoing control" ie lockdown

'Vivienne' is care worker in a home for elderly. She shares 1 room with her son & kitchen & bathroom with 10 other adults & 6 children. She pays £600 pounds a month - she tells @JackieLongc4. Care workers twice as likely to die of Covid19 than general population.

#clapforcarers Meet 'Tabitha' another carer who spent 28 days off sick with Covid-19 symptoms and was forced to rely on charity for help. Since returning to work she often walks an hour both ways because "with one meal I couldn't afford transport" she tells @JackieLongc4

#clapforcarers

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 News has seen the inventory of the UK government pandemic PPE stockpile - and can reveal almost 80% of respirators were out of date when coronavirus hit.

Watch the full investigation at 7pm tonight, on Channel 4 News. In total, around 200 million pieces of kit had expired in the eight months beforehand.

This included 21m out-of-date respirators, from a total of 26m. And more than half of the national stockpile of surgical facemasks had also expired. channel4.com/news/revealed-…

NOW on #c4news: snap survey of hundreds School Business Leaders and head teachers reveals voucher system intended to replace free school meals is failing to keep children fed during the lockdown - with 96% of those who responded said they have experienced issues with system. Survey also found:

• 86% of parents struggled to access vouchers
• 58% of teachers made other provision for families due to voucher issue
• 83% concerned about welfare of pupils who are yet to receive vouchers
• 76% said their wellbeing affected over concern for families

Sitting in Channel 4 News newsroom in tears, surrounded by colleagues in tears - while working on the most incredible, emotional, uplifting film for tonight's programme: two CV patients, odds stacked against them, following their return journeys to life. #ModernMedicalMiracles “I don’t deserve to be alive.”

68-year-old Peter was in an induced coma for nine days after contracting Covid-19. Channel 4 News has followed his remarkable return journey back to life.

Full report filmed by @waadalkateab #c4news 7pm.

#AreWeWinning the war against Coronavirus?

Starts Wednesday 9pm We're filming in the respiratory ward at Tunbridge Wells Hospital where patients are fighting for a basic right - the right to breathe.

Must watch interview with Dr David Hepburn tonight. Tells @adavies4 all patients in ICU are aged 50 or younger and if we don’t stay at home, more people and health care workers will die. #c4news 7pm

https://twitter.com/adavies4/status/1245085996779278337

"When the reports started coming out of Wuhan, we were led to believe that this was something that was particularly dangerous for the more elderly patients but I would say all the patients we've got an intensive care are in their 50s or younger at the moment."

Amid the continuing carnage in Syria, Channel 4 News has obtained strong new evidence that Russian and Syrian warplanes could be committing war crimes in the last remaining rebel province #InsideIdlib

Watch full investigation 7pm Footage caught on multiple cameras allegedly shows a so-called 'double-tap' operation in Idlib province - which Syrian and Russian forces have long been accused of.

Evidence of this kind has rarely been seen before. A complete incident caught on multiple cameras. #InsideIdlib

TONIGHT AT 7 ON 4 EXCL: Leaked review finds Home Office "reckless" and "defensive" in Windrush scandal.

Full report Channel 4 News - now

TONIGHT AT 7 ON 4

@Nigel_Farage could face “highest penalty” from the EU Parliament for ‘serious breach’ of conduct after @Channel4News investigation into the funding of his lifestyle channel4.com/news/exclusive… In the leaked letter seen by #c4news, the committee states that it “considers that Mr Farage committed a serious breach of the Code of Conduct” and believes “the seriousness of Mr Farage’s conduct would merit the highest penalty foreseen by the Parliament’s Rules of Procedure”.