Breaking the News

Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: the latest events in the Middle East, new ferry contracts for Ferguson Marine, the use of AI in customer service, research into ‘baby brain’, an exciting new reality show and more.
Lead Writer: Gregor Paton
Additional material: Stephen Holford, Chris Stanners, Uttom Chowdhury & Steve Trott, James Docherty, Gordon Watson, Nathan Cowley, Cooper Mawhinney Sweryt, Lucienne Cummings, Robbie Taylor-Hunt, Claire Cox, Rachel Powell
Producer: Chris Quilietti
Senior Producer: David Flynn
Researcher: Jodie White
Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson
An Eco-Audio certified Production

Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: the arrest of Peter Mandelson, the opening of new walk-in GP Surgeries in Scotland, if people in their 60s are the luckiest generation, the proposed addition of snowball fighting to the Winter Olympics, Alan Carr’s new Scottish property and more.
Lead Writer: Adelle Cliff
Additional material: Sean Gorman, Alex Buchanan and Mark Granger, Louis Beer, Fearghas Kelly, James Docherty, Nathan Cowley, Jon Paisley, Cooper Mawhinney Sweryt, Oli Higham, Gordon Watson, Stuart Cooke, Neil Bratchpiece, Heather Kondak Ross
Producer: Chris Quilietti
Senior Producer: Lauren Mackay
Researcher: Jodie White
Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson
An Eco-Audio certified Production

Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the Curling drama at the Winter Olympics, the East Neuk’s starring role in an international video game and more,
Lead Writer: Nathan Cowley
Additional material: Scott Graham, Rebecca Bain and Alex Garrick-Wright, Stephen Holford, Matthew McLane, Gabi Celaya, Mike Wooles, Fearghas Kelly, Cooper Mawhinney Sweryt, Lucy Rycroft-Smith, Claire Cox, Hughie Shepherd-Cross and Neil Bratchpiece
Producer: Chris Quilietti
Senior Producer: Lauren Mackay
Researcher: Jodie White
Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson
An Eco-Audio certified Production

Des and the teams look back at the biggest stories of 2025: including year one for Sir Keir Starmer, term two for President Trump, and of course that wonderful world cup qualifier.
Lead Writer: Elaine Malcolmson
Additional material: Jay Bhatt, Duncan Black, Neil Bratchpiece, Alex Buchanan, Uttom Chowdhury, Nathan Cowley, James Docherty, Mark Granger, Skylar MacDonald, Ben Moore, Cooper Mawhinney-Sweryt, Christopher Stanners, Sarah Tattersall, Steve Trott, Dan Welton
Assistant Producer: Chris Quilietti
Senior Producer: Lauren Mackay
Series Producer: David Flynn
Researcher: Jodie White
Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson
An Eco-Audio certified Production.

Join Des Clarke for all the hilarious previously unbroadcast material from Breaking The News in 2025. It’s your chance to get the full live recording experience as we present to you the finest quips and stories and outtakes from the year.
Producer: Chris Quilietti
Series Producer: David Flynn
In order of appearance:
Diona Doherty
Sam Lake
Jay Lafferty
Mark Nelson
Kemah Bob
Amy Matthews
Gareth Waugh
Krystal Evans
Liam Withnail
Ashley Storrie
Robin Ince
Marjolein Robertson
Ria Lina
Raymond Mearns
Stuart Mitchell
Susie McCabe
Felicity Ward
Athena Kugblenu
Jim Smith
Marc Jennings
Chris Forbes
Tiff Stevenson
Ignacio Lopez