# Jim Smith, Madeleine Brettingham, Alistair Barrie and Esther Manito

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Podcast: [Breaking the News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/breaking-the-news-1033410)
Published: 2026-07-24T13:01:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002z4p5
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Duration seconds: 1680

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Des and the teams break up the week's news, including: The first week of new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Anas Sarwar standing down as Scottish Labour leader, research into our music habits, the us of therapy-speak in everyday conversation, Scottish strong man Tom Stoltman and more Lead Writer: Jennifer Walker Additional material: Chris Stanners, Matt Kingsley, Claire Cox, James Docherty, Dan Welton & Sarah Tattersall, Jon Paisley, Gregor Paton, Lucy Rycroft Smith & Chris Willshaw, Stuart Beale, Stephen Holford, Nathan Cowley, Terry Hughes, Rebecca Bain & Alex Garrick Wright Producer: Chris Quilietti Senior Producer: David Flynn Researcher: Jodie White Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson An Eco-Audio certified Production

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