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Times Radio News Briefing

5 Oct 2026 · 3m · 3 chapters

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Afternoon Briefing Monday 5th October

In short

A Times Radio “Afternoon Briefing” (Monday 5 Oct) mixing a Formula One business segment with UK/world news updates.

Guest

Jenson Button, 2009 Formula One world champion, shares insights from the cockpit on building team trust and developing resilience for race-winning decisions at speed (The Business of Formula One, PwC). Other named contributors: Andrew Neil (presenter); Rabbi Charlie Baginski (Green Party/Zionism motion); Kemi Badenok (scrapping environmental quangos, ending net zero rules, third Heathrow runway); Andrew Griffith (Shadow Chancellor). Key claims/examples: US removed all 12 B-1 bombers from RAF Fairfield after new Iran-linked threat intelligence; Green Party motion equating Zionism with racism is “itself racist”; Badenok/Griffith estimate up to £50,000 savings on new homes via deregulation and Heathrow expansion; six arrests after Gosport protests as 149 migrants arrived by small boat.

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Chapters

0:30

US Military Actions and Threats

Discussion on the US removing B-1 bombers from RAF Fairfield due to threats from Iran.

“Welcome to the Times Radio afternoon briefing on Monday 5th October.”
2:00

Political Responses and Environmental Policies

Kemi Badenok's pledges regarding environmental regulations and housing costs.

“We should hear that worrying right across civic society.”
3:15

Migrants Arrival and Protests

Update on protests during the arrival of migrants in Gosport, Hampshire.

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0:00Ever wondered if you have what it takes to be a Formula One driver? I'm Andy Jay and in our final episode of The Business of F1, 2009 world champion Jenson Button shares his insights from the cockpit. How is trust built within a team? How do you cultivate the resilience required to make race-winning decisions at speed? Find out what business can learn from the high pressure of the track by listening to The Business of Formula One, brought to you by PwC.

0:30Welcome to the Times Radio afternoon briefing on Monday 5th October. Times Radio has been told the United States' decision to remove all its B-1 bombers from RAF Fairfield in Gloucestershire was taken quickly in response to a threat from Iran. The base was the target of a suspected terror attack last month. Times Radio presenter Andrew Neil has this update. It was a rushed withdrawal, according to American sources. a rush withdrawal of all 12 B-1 bombers that were based in that RAF base. It was rushed because America had received new intelligence about threats of an Iran-backed plot. This came from intercepted communications, I'm told, by informants and other intelligence that was specific to the B-1 bombers and would involve attacks by drones.

1:22A rabbi has told Times Radio that a motion passed at the Green Party conference equating Zionism with racism is itself racist. Rabbi Charlie Baginski says that's because arguably it eliminates a sense of Jewish self-determination. We have to be really, really clear that when it comes to defining one minority as not having the rights that we would expect for any other minority, that Jews are the only group that are not allowed to have self-determination to a land that is at the heart of their history, not at the expense of another people, but for their own right to self-determination. We should hear that worrying right across civic society.

2:04Kemi Badenok is pledging to scrap Britain's environmental quangos, end net zero regulations and push through a third runway at Heathrow. The idea is to end what the Tories describe as the doom loop of low economic growth. Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith has told Times Radio these ideas should help home buyers as well. We estimate that by getting rid of a lot of the red tape, some of the net zero regulations, the things that other people have specified, we can save up to£50 ,000 off the cost of a new house. But it's much more than that. It's about leaving international conventions that stop infrastructure being built in this country and going all in to grow Heathrow Airport and a third runway.

2:47Six people have been arrested after protesters gathered in Gosport in Hampshire last night as a group of migrants arrived in a small boat. The Home Office says 149 people were brought ashore by the RNLI. Crowds gathered around police and flares were set off during the standoff.

3:10The migrants have been taken to a processing centre in Kent. You can follow the Times Radio news briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online.

3:34from the cockpit. How is trust built within a team? How do you cultivate the resilience required to make race-winning decisions at speed? Find out what business can learn from the high pressure of the track by listening to The Business of Formula One, brought to you by PwC.

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