# UK Column News — 1st July 2026 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-radio-1738505/uk-column-news-1st-july-2026 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-radio-1738505/uk-column-news-1st-july-2026.md Podcast: [UK Column Radio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-radio-1738505) Published: 2026-07-01T13:35:54+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/uk-column-news-1st-july-2026--72771419 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72771419/427164139_44100_2_f689faa20f66d.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uk-column-radio-1738505/episodes/uk-column-news-1st-july-2026 Duration seconds: 3738 ## Resource Mike Robinson, Charles Malet, and Vanessa Beeley present today's UK Column News. ► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK time or watch previous live recordings here ► [UK Column Website] Explore all our written and video content on the official UK Column website ► [Support UK Column] Please donate to support our independent journalism & investigative journalism► [UK Column YouTube] Please subscribe to the UK Column News YouTube channel for more alternative news and independent news Follow #UKColumn on:► X ► Telegram ► Facebook ► Instagram 00:00 Introduction00:36 Defence Spending: War policy investment09:52 Black Cube: Israeli intelligence in full flow20:43 State Threats: Rushed Bill could see journalists jailed28:26 UK Column 20th Anniversary30:22 Debanked: Independent media under threat33:48 Data Centres: Devon countryside destroyed39:50 DSTL: Secretive security service celebrates 25 years49:08 Lebanon: Update54:04 Whose Money: Customs duties confusion57:23 Fertility: Collapsing conception rates ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uk-column-radio-1738505/episodes/uk-column-news-1st-july-2026/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-radio-1738505/uk-column-news-1st-july-2026.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.