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Times Radio News Briefing, page 18

by Times Radio · English

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Evening briefing Thursday 28th May

This Times Radio Evening Briefing (Thursday 28 May) covers UK politics, youth unemployment, prostate cancer screening, heatwave drownings, and water outages.

28 May 2026 · 3m · 7 chapters

Afternoon briefing Thursday 28th May

This Times Radio News Briefing (28 May) covers: Alan Milburn’s call for a “whole system reset” to prevent a lost generation, citing ONS data showing over a million 16–24 year olds not in education,…

28 May 2026 · 3m · 3 chapters

Morning briefing Thursday 28th May

Times Radio morning news briefing (Thu 28 May). Covers US strikes on Iranian drones/control site near Bandar Abbas; UK youth unemployment warnings; Labour leadership fallout after Tony Blair’s…

28 May 2026 · 4m · 5 chapters

Evening briefing Wednesday 27th May

This Times Radio News Briefing (Wed 27 May) covers: (1) England resident doctors’ strikes: doctors will walk out 15–19 June over pay and conditions.

27 May 2026 · 3m · 4 chapters

Afternoon briefing Wednesday 27th May

Times Radio afternoon news briefing (Wed 27 May) covering UK politics, energy prices, births data, and football.

27 May 2026 · 3m · 4 chapters

Morning briefing Wednesday 27th May

This Times Radio News Briefing (27 May) covers: Tony Blair’s criticism of Labour under Keir Starmer for lacking a coherent national/economic plan, warning Labour risks “relegation” internationally;…

27 May 2026 · 3m · 4 chapters

Evening briefing Tuesday 26th May

This Times Radio News Briefing (Tuesday 26 May) covers: Hampshire rape sentences for three boys (13–14) to be reviewed by the Court of Appeal for being unduly lenient after a judge gave…

26 May 2026 · 3m · 3 chapters

Afternoon Briefing Tuesday 26th May

Times Radio News Briefing for Tuesday 26 May, covering Iran–US strikes and peace talks, a Belgium school bus crash, calls to ban harmful social media for under-16s, Scottish independence politics…

26 May 2026 · 4m · 5 chapters

Morning briefing Tuesday 26th May

Times Radio News Briefing (Tue 26 May) covering: a medical report on social media harms to children; SNP embezzlement case involving Peter Murrell; US strikes in southern Iran and Trump’s push for…

26 May 2026 · 3m · 4 chapters

Evening briefing Monday 25th May

Times Radio News Briefing (Mon 25 May) covers: Nicola Sturgeon says she had no knowledge of SNP funds being used to buy personal items after estranged husband Peter Murrell pleaded guilty to…

25 May 2026 · 3m · 3 chapters

Afternoon briefing Monday 25th May

Times Radio afternoon news briefing (Monday 25 May). It covers: SNP finance scandal, apprenticeship benefit fears, rape sentencing review, UK heat record, and football relegation.

25 May 2026 · 3m · 5 chapters

Morning briefing Monday 25th May

Times Radio morning news briefing (Monday 25 May). Guests: Ina Khatib, associate fellow at Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa programme; Jim Dale, meteorologist and author of Surviving…

25 May 2026 · 3m · 7 chapters

Daily briefing Sunday 24th May

This Times Radio News Briefing (Sunday 24 May) covers: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying progress has been made on a potential Iran peace deal, with possible updates later and “good news” for…

24 May 2026 · 3m · 4 chapters

Daily briefing Saturday 23rd May

Times Radio Daily Briefing (Saturday 23 May) covering UK youth employment, heat alerts, a Mountbatten-Windsor/Epstein police case, a China coal mine explosion, UK local tax scrutiny, US political…

23 May 2026 · 3m · 8 chapters

Evening briefing Friday 22nd May

This Times Radio News Briefing (Friday 22 May) covers: Andy Burnham launching his Makerfield by-election campaign with tax pledges—no rises to income tax, national insurance or VAT, but a proposed…

22 May 2026 · 3m · 4 chapters

Afternoon Briefing Friday 22nd May

This Times Radio News Briefing (22 May) covers UK politics, public safety, media, weather, and sport.

22 May 2026 · 3m · 4 chapters

Morning briefing Friday 22nd May

This Times Radio morning briefing (Friday 22 May) covers: the Metropolitan Police warning it may cut officer numbers if a multi-million-pound Palantir AI deal collapses; the Met had sought Palantir…

22 May 2026 · 3m · 5 chapters

Evening briefing Thursday 21st May

This Times Radio evening news briefing (21 May) covers: Institute for Fiscal Studies calculations that the cost-of-living “temporary measures” will save families about £10, despite claims that…

21 May 2026 · 3m · 5 chapters

Afternoon briefing Thursday 21st May

Times Radio News Briefing (Thu 21 May) covers UK net migration falling nearly half to 171,000 in 2023, lowest since 2012; Times data editor Tom Calver says the drop is mainly from fewer work-related…

21 May 2026 · 3m · 5 chapters

Morning briefing Thursday 21st May

This Times Radio News Briefing (Thu 21 May) covers: UK cost-of-living measures.

21 May 2026 · 3m · 4 chapters

Evening briefing Wednesday 20th May

This Times Radio evening news briefing (20 May) covers: (1) Defence: the MOD says an RAF reconnaissance plane was dangerously intercepted by two Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea; one came…

20 May 2026 · 3m · 4 chapters

Afternoon briefing Wednesday 20th May

Times Radio News Briefing (20 May) covering UK sanctions on Russian oil/gas, inflation and energy prices, a sick-note reform trial, Married at First Sight UK complaints, Southampton’s Championship…

20 May 2026 · 3m · 5 chapters

Morning briefing Wednesday 20th May

This Times Radio News Briefing (Wed 20 May) covers: possible UK measures to reduce the cost of living, including a proposal that ministers could ask supermarkets to freeze prices of essentials (milk,…

20 May 2026 · 3m · 5 chapters

Evening briefing Tuesday 19th May

This Times Radio evening briefing (Tue 19 May) covers: Grenfell Tower—Scotland Yard has examined 15,000 individuals and 700 organisations; up to 57 people/20 companies could face criminal charges.

19 May 2026 · 3m · 4 chapters