Breaking the News Podcast
1) 10 Years of Breaking the News
Des and the teams break up the biggest stories of the past ten years. Lead Writer: Laura Major Additional material: Chris Ballard, Nathan Cowley, Lucienne Cummings, Stephen Halford, Ishbel McLachlan, ...Show More
2) Vittorio Angelone, Kathleen Hughes, Tiffany Stevenson and Scott Agnew
Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: Fifa's ethics being called into question, the Australian social media ban, a banks ban on Christmas jumpers in the workplace, Judy Murray’s p...Show More
3) Susie McCabe, Ahir Shah, Elaine Malcolmson and Chris Thorburn
Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: The fallout from Rachel Reeves's Budget, Gaelic and Scots being recognised as official languages, the prickly debate around Christmas trees, ...Show More
4) Jim Smith, Ria Lina, Raymond Mearns and Athena Kugblenu
Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: the UK Government's Budget, the rise in the use of private weight-loss jabs, new research into brain development, a pub that’s caused outrage...Show More
5) Jay Lafferty, Gareth Waugh, Krystal Evans and Daliso Chaponda
Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including the Scotland men's national team qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, MI5 warning UK MPs of alleged Chinese espionage activity, ignoring your pa...Show More
6) Ray Bradshaw, Marjolein Robertson, Sara Barron and Glenn Moore
Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: the resignation of the BBC’s Director General amid the Trump Panorama controversy, the early release of prisoners from Scottish jails, anger ...Show More
7) Stuart Mitchell, Josie Long, Jessica Fostekew and Stuart McPherson
Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: Rachel Reeves pre-budget speech, the future of the space economy in Scotland, the new town of culture award, a rise in the use of spas, a spa...Show More
8) Mark Nelson, Kemah Bob, Robin Ince and Amy Matthews
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
9) Jamie MacDonald, Jo Caulfield, Kim Blythe and Stephen Buchanan
Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: the dispute between Holyrood and Westminster over the bill for Trump's visit to Scotland, a heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, changes to s...Show More
10) Susie McCabe, Liam Withnail, Amanda Dwyer & Sam Lake
Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: The SNP party conference in Aberdeen, US President Donald Trump signing a declaration aimed at bringing peace to Gaza, the 2026 Commonwealth ...Show More