Breaking the News, Breaking the News, Jay Lafferty, Stuart Mitchell, Tiff Stevenson and Daliso Chaponda

Breaking the News

Breaking the News

Jay Lafferty, Stuart Mitchell, Tiff Stevenson and Daliso Chaponda

July 4, 2025

28 minutes

Available for 84 days

Des and the team break up the week's big news. Including: The dramatic vote in Westminster over the UK government's welfare bill, President Donald Trump's flagship spending policy, new technology at Wimbledon, Debbie Harry at 80 and much more.

Lead writer: Adele Cliff

Additional material: Alice Bright and Darren Phillips, Evan Gilsenan, Nathan Cowley, Paul Masterman, Kate Smurthwaite, Gregor Paton, Stephen Holford, Cooper Mawhinney Sweryt, Paul Di Paola, Rebeeca Bain and Alex Garrick Wright.

Producer: Chris Quilietti

Series producer: Dave Flynn

Researcher: Jodie White

Script editor: Keiron Nicholson

An Eco-Audio certified production.