PoliticsBBC politics
“Screenwriter Russell T Davies joins Katie Razzall and Ros Atkins to discuss his career and the modern media landscape, including AI's role. The episode also covers the BBC's defamation settlement with the founder of Pink News over a 2024 investigation.”
Screenwriter Russell T Davies joins Katie Razzall and Ros Atkins to discuss his career and the modern media landscape, including AI's role. The episode also covers the BBC's defamation settlement with the founder of Pink News over a 2024 investigation.
A conversation with our hosts, Alex & Ben.
BusinessThe Guardian money
“Apple’s supersized phone costs from £1,299 and weighs 249g, making it hard to use one-handed.”
It features a 6.9in screen, new Siri AI, and a variable aperture camera.
TechThe Guardian technology
“The Meta founder took his apparent first sip of Guinness on John Collison’s Cheeky Pint podcast.”
His reaction went viral as he looked surprised and seemed to have trouble swallowing the stout.
HealthThe Guardian society
“Mayor Bev Craig brought a Manchester City representative on a trade delegation to Delhi and Mumbai.”
The club was found guilty of 114 Premier League rule breaches but maintains its innocence.
LifeThe Guardian culture
“Speaking at the BFI and Chanel film-maker awards, best actress winner Jessie Buckley questioned the industry's heavy reliance on Oscar marketing.”
She suggested greater potential lies in nurturing emerging talent at the grassroots level to support the wider workforce.
PoliticsThe Guardian environment
“A Reform UK councillor in King’s Lynn tried to scrap a climate emergency declaration during extreme heat, but the motion was voted down.”
Other Reform-led councils have prevailed in similar debates.
BusinessThe Guardian money
“Fraudsters send calendar invitations that appear automatically in apps like Google Calendar to lure victims into fake login pages.”
A threat detection engineer says this relatively new scam has seen exponential growth.
TechThe Guardian technology
“Nintendo’s Switch 2 remake of the game gives Link a manual jump, free-rotating camera, and the ability to sprint.”
A motion-controlled slingshot allows precision adjustments that ruin the Castle Town shooting gallery owner's business model.
HealthThe Guardian society
“George W Brown, who died aged 95, was a pre-eminent medical sociologist with a six-decade academic career.”
He definitively established the importance of social and environmental factors in mental illness.
LifeThe Guardian education
“Tens of thousands have taken to French streets over shoddy school conditions that began in a Paris banlieue.”
Protesters cite dilapidated buildings, teacher shortages, inequality, and low investment.
PoliticsBBC politics
“Andy Burnham condemned a Green Party motion defining Zionism as racism, calling it antisemitic.”
The motion became party policy after member backing despite criticism from Jewish groups and Green MPs.
BusinessThe Guardian money
“Waking in darkness disrupts circadian rhythms, but dawn simulation devices gradually brighten to help.”
A reviewer tested 10 wake-up lights from brands like Lumie and Philips, recommending eight for gentler mornings.
TechThe Guardian technology
“A 2025 car bombing in Palm Springs was planned using a generative AI tool that failed to detect the request.”
An FBI memo warns that current safeguards are insufficient as attackers use jailbreaking techniques.
HealthThe Guardian society
“Content creators posing as contractors entered a Leicestershire property through an unlocked door.”
The video, posted by an account calling itself English nationalist, has been viewed more than 300,000 times on X.
LifeThe Guardian Life
“Eight carpet cleaner models were tested against punishing stains including coffee, curry, and red wine.”
Even the best machines require time, elbow grease, and persistence to fully remove messes.
PoliticsThe Guardian environment
“Conservatives called a high court ruling requiring disclosure of overseas emissions from Australian fossil fuels absurd and madness.”
The decision confirmed planners in New South Wales should consider conditions on those scope 3 emissions.
BusinessThe Guardian money
“A one-bedroom flat in Ebbsfleet Garden City is listed at £224,995.”
In Norfolk, first-time buyers can find a four-bedroom chalet-style house surrounded by farmland near King’s Lynn.
TechWired
“Brooklyn writers embrace lowercase text as an aesthetic choice rooted in early 2010s feminist Tumblr culture.”
Essayist Rayne Fisher-Quann says the style neutralizes self-importance and helps avoid criticism.
HealthSTAT
“The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and seven states asked a court to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt for violating a ban on working in the pharmaceutical industry. Shkreli has been broadcasting analysis of pharma stocks on X since his release from prison.”
LifeBBC science_and_environment
“An industrial fire in Bristol has been linked to the deaths of fish and eels.”
The incident has raised concerns about water pollution and its impact on the local environment.
PoliticsBBC politics
“Andy Burnham dined with Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak at matches while serving as mayor of Greater Manchester.”
These hospitality dinners were not detailed in a statement released by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority about his meetings.
BusinessThe Guardian money
“Sixteen years after The Social Network, Sorkin directs his own script featuring Jeremy Strong as a slow-talking Mark Zuckerberg.”
The film follows whistleblower Frances Haugen and Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz challenging Facebook in 2021.
TechMIT Technology Review
“In 2007, a helicopter on a blood run was shot down over Iraq, killing all seven crew members.”
Today, DARPA is working to develop synthetic blood to address chronic shortages on the battlefield.
HealthThe Guardian society
“The Reform UK leader told a US podcaster that NGOs aiding small boat arrivals have aided criminality.”
He did not specify which organizations should be targeted, though his party has criticized the RNLI.
LifeThe Guardian media
“Sir Trevor Phillips urged CBS News colleagues to bluntly dismiss critics questioning the network's editorial integrity.”
He spoke during a contentious London bureau meeting after foreign editor Shayndi Raice criticized staff over alleged interference claims.
PoliticsThe Guardian environment
“The Italian photographer captured a rare moment of an elephant carrying a dead calf in a Namibian riverbed.”
Winning images across multiple categories will be showcased at London's Natural History Museum starting October 2026.
BusinessThe Guardian money
“Sykes Holiday Cottages refused to move a booking after the man who made it died, insisting on a death certificate the family did not yet have.”
The company later sent emails to the late husband asking if he had enjoyed his stay.
TechThe Guardian technology
“Abdulrahman Alfozan allegedly hid an encrypted recording device in toilet paper inside an executive conference room.”
OpenAI used its own models to understand the gadget before referring the matter to the FBI.
HealthThe Guardian society
“Voter dissatisfaction with the NHS has reached a thirty-year high, according to a 2023 Guardian long read by GP Gavin Francis.”
He argues the service can still be saved if politicians commit to proper funding.
LifeThe Guardian books
“Irish novelist Sally Rooney says she can no longer sell books in the UK due to her support for the banned group Palestine Action.”
She cancelled a UK trip to accept an award over fear of arrest under the Terrorism Act.