Behind the Headlines

Behind the Headlines - Tues 16th Sept 2025

Behind the Headlines - Mon 15th Sept 2025

A man has been sentenced to life in prison over his part in a drive-by shooting outside a restaurant and walkers in Scotland are being asked to look out for parts of a meteorite

Tourists driving in the Highlands are being encouraged to display T-Plates, Birmingham bin strikes six months on, and we are at the National Television Awards

Wednesday 10th September, 2025: Farmers urging more support; Prince William on mental health; we're at the Soutport stabbings public inquiry; the latest on the Tube strike in London; and we're in the town voted Scotland's most 'dismal'

Behind the Headlines - Tuesday 9th September 2025

Behind the Headlines - Mon 8th Sept 2025

A Behind the Headlines special: Muriel McKay was kidnapped from her Wimbledon home in a case of mistaken identity in December 1969. Brothers Nizamodeen and Arthur Hosein took her to a farm in Hertfordshire, where she was held for ransom, before she was killed, but her body has never been found. Now, decades on, Nizamodeen Hosein has been working with Muriel's family to help them get closure. The f...

A pioneering robot used in the Belfast Trust to help perform cancer operations in Northern Ireland is helping hospitals transform surgery and concerns are being raised about the impact of e-bikes and e-scooters on blind people.

Wednesday 3rd September, 2025: we look at banning mobile phones in schools and energy drinks for under-16s; we also have the latest on the Birmingham bin strike, what to do with Europe's biggest landfill site; and the opening of a memorial playground in Southport.

Behind the Headlines - Tuesday 2nd Sept 2025

Behind the Headlines - Mon 1st Sept 2025

Friday 29th August, 2025: we look at how councils are reacting to increase of England flags in many towns; the Epping asylum hotel ruling; a chickenpox vaccine being rolled to all children; how girls feels about gaming; we have a catch up with Lewis Capaldi; and we're at the Blackpool Illuminations switch on.

Behind the Headlines - Thursday 28th Aug 2025

Wednesday 27th August, 2025: energy price cap going up again; we hear from an MSP who's defected to Reform UK; a warning from a coalition of cancer charities; we report from the phone theft capital of Europe and reaction to the LOVE STORY of the year!

Behind the Headlines - Tues 26th Aug 2025

A special service has been held at Manchester Airport today - 40 years on from one of the worst disasters in aviation history, a six year old boy from Wales has become Britain’s youngest ever zookeeper, and we are at Reading Festival

GCSE results are out and we have spoken to some young people who turned up in style to get their results, we also look at the topic of smacking and we are at Leeds Festival as the doors open

A man's starting nine years in prison for stabbing his neighbour and attacking a police officer with a crossbow, fresh concerns have been raised about the impacts of vaping and plans for the future of rugby union in Wales have been unveiled.

Sir David Attenborough - no less - has chosen the name of a baby eagle which has made its first flight from its nest in the south of Scotland and we investigate amid calls to protect young people from junkfood marketing that could increase their risk of obesity and cancer

"Skibidi", "tradwife" are among thousands of new words to be added to the Cambridge Dictionary, Coldplay start their tour in Hull and Monday night football

It's been an emotional day as commemorations have taken place to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, we are in Liverpool as Diogo Jota is remembered ahead of the premier league opener with Bournemouth, and Coldplays Chris Martin performs in a small pub in Yorkshire

Nora is 103 and has become the oldest woman in the UK to go gliding, we are also at colleges as exam results come in

We've been hearing from mechanics about the state of some vehicles on the UK's roads, we've been out in Liverpool as the search for a Valentine's lottery ticket winner enters its final hours - and we have more on a ruling from the Court of Appeal.

Tuesday 12th August, 2025: we find out how people are coping in the latest heatwave and if they're going to more regular. Our political editor also talks illegal migrants; Big Brother helping to talk about the issue of consent and Oasis' farewell to Scotland.