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Education Secretary Gillian Keegan is questioned on what’s being done to try to avoid planned teacher strikes and whether she thinks we’re getting sex education right in the UK. Chris and Adam also explain why Rishi Sunak is heading to France to talk about the government's small boats policy, before hearing alternatives to it from Green Party MP Caroline Lucas. Today's episode was presented by Ada...

What should the BBC do about the Match of the Day host, after criticism of his tweets on the government's asylum policy? Former director of BBC News, Richard Sambrook, reveals how he would handle the comments, from an impartiality point of view, and media editor, Katie Razzall, discusses what the future could look like for the Match of the Day presenter. Also, Adam speaks to Nasa's Dr Nicola Fox a...

Tickets to the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool this May sold out in 90 minutes after huge demand. Find out if Adam managed to get his hands on one. Also, Chris Mason and the BBC's Dominic Casciani try to make sense of new legislation to try to stop people crossing the Channel on small boats. And Tom Bateman joins us from Jerusalem to explain why hundreds of thousands of people have been prote...

Can Twitter protect its users from trolling? The BBC’s disinformation & social media correspondent, Marianna Spring, is in the studio to tell us about her Panorama investigation into the platform and her Twitter exchange with Elon Musk.. Also, Adam and Chris are joined by the former head of the Home Civil Service, Lord Kerslake, to discuss the controversy surrounding Sue Gray’s potential new r...

MPs from the privileges committee have said Boris Johnson may have misled Parliament multiple times over Partygate - but the former PM insists he will be vindicated by their report. Meanwhile, Tory MPs say they’re angry that Sue Gray, who lead the Partygate probe, has been offered a job by the Labour party. Alex Forsyth explains why these two stories matter. Nicola Adams, two-time Olympic boxing c...

Behind the scenes on the Covid WhatsApp leak… Chris Mason speaks to Isabel Oakeshott, the journalist who leaked messages that Matt Hancock sent during Covid. The Former Health Secretary has called it a betrayal. We're also joined by the BBC's Judith Moritz to discuss the findings and failings of MI5, after an inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017 finally concludes. And, as families acr...

Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock disputes claim he rejected care home Covid advice. Adam is joined by Chris and BBC media editor Katie Razzall to discuss Matt Hancock’s Whatsapp messages at the height of the pandemic, which were leaked to the Daily Telegraph. Also, Justin Webb from Americast and the BBC’s Victoria Gill examine FBI Director Christopher Wray’s comments that Covid-19 most likely...

Can Rishi Sunak sell his deal to Northern Ireland’s political parties? Adam is joined by Mark Carruthers, BBC Northern Ireland’s politics presenter, to trace the Prime Minister’s trip across the region. Meanwhile in Westminster, Chris has the latest on Rishi Sunak’s meeting with the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers. Plus, The Independent’s flight-free travel editor Helen Coffey explains how the...

There’s a new trade deal for Northern Ireland with the EU. It’s goodbye Northern Ireland Protocol, and hello Windsor Framework – but it’s unclear whether the Democratic Unionist Party will back the agreement and bring back the power-sharing government. PM Rishi Sunak and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen were all warm smiles in Windsor when they pitched their plan to use “green lanes” and “red lanes”...

Downing Street says they are having "final talks" with the EU on a new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland. Adam, Chris and Katya get together for a Sunday night Brexitcast! Today's episode was presented by Adam Fleming. The technical producer was Holly Palmer. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.

Ukrainians gather for a special broadcast at the BBC Radio Theatre, hosted by Ukrainecast and Newsnight. They share their fears for families at home, feelings of guilt about escaping to safety and the need for justice. Host Victoria Derbyshire, BBC Monitoring’s Russia editor Vitaly Shevchenko and Newsnight’s diplomatic editor Mark Urban reflect on the past year and discuss what the next 12 months...

The Labour leader sets out his big plan. Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, says it’s part of a ten year vision! And Tom Tugendhat, Conservative minister for security, says the government is already training Ukrainian pilots to fly British fighter jets, as Ukraine prepares to mark one year since the Russian invasion. Today's episode was presented by Adam Fleming and Victoria Derbyshire and wa...

Why is there a shortage of fruit and vegetables in the UK? After Tesco became the latest supermarket to introduce limits on sales of certain fruit and vegetables due to shortages of fresh produce, Adam is joined by the BBC’s Faisal Islam and Farming Today’s Anna Hill to discuss what this all means for our shopping trolleys. We hear from JOsh Baker, host of The Shamima Begum Story, Series 2 of the...

The BBC’s foreign reporters assemble and discuss the war. Adam is joined by Lyse Doucet and Jeremy Bowen in Kyiv, John Simpson in Lviv, Sarah Smith in Warsaw and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow, following two high-stakes speeches from Presidents Putin and Biden. Clive Myrie also "dials up" from Kharkiv to give us the latest from the east of the country. Today's episode was presented by Adam Fleming and...

A body found in a Lancashire river on Sunday was that of missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley, police have said, before reading a family statement which criticised media intrusion. Adam speaks to the BBC’s Judith Moritz, who is in St Michael's on Wyre, as well as a former detective superintendent - Julie Mackay. And we discuss the heavily criticised changes to Roald Dahl’s books with culture editor...

Nikki Fox and Emma Tracey, who are standing in for Adam, speak to actor and SNP member Brian Cox about Nicola Sturgeon’s departure, and who he would like to see in charge of the party. And as Rishi Sunak travels to Belfast to discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol, they get the latest on developments from Ireland correspondent Chris Page. More NHS strikes have been announced for March. Baron Victor...

Scotland is looking for a new first minister. As the race to replace Nicola Sturgeon starts to take shape, Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark, “fresh” off the sleeper train from Edinburgh, and Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, share their views on what’s next for Scottish politics and independence. The family of missing Nicola Bulley say speculation about her private life needs to stop. A policing expert,...

Scotland’s first minister says she will resign. Chris Mason (who was on a train en route to Edinburgh) gives his instant reaction to the decision... And we get more analysis about Sturgeon's resignation speech, her legacy and the future of Scottish and UK politics with the BBC’s Alex Forsyth (in Westminster), Scotland editor James Cook (in Edinburgh) and special correspondent Jim Naughtie (in the...

Why are so many councils in England raising taxes? Adam and the BBC’s Alex Forsyth are joined by Conservative councillor David Shelvey and Labour councillor Bev Craig to look at the pressures on local councils. And Bake Off judge, Prue Leith, and her son, Conservative MP Danny Kruger, debate assisted dying ahead of a documentary they've made together. Today's episode was presented by Adam Fleming...

Why is the White House shooting down flying objects? Adam is joined by the BBC’s security correspondent, Gordon Corera, and North America correspondent, Sarah Smith, to discuss the mystery that’s gripping America. After a weekend of showbiz news Radio 1 DJ, Jack Saunders, gives his take on the performances and pageantry at the Brits and the Super Bowl. And one week on from the earthquakes that hit...

The first aid deliveries has started to arrive in Syria after Monday’s deadly earthquakes. Adam speaks to Syrian director, Waad Al-Kateab, who directed of the award winning documentary ‘For Sama’, and her husband Hamza Al-Kateab, a doctor and human rights activist, who say much more support is needed. The UK has narrowly avoided a recession according to new statistics. Paul Johnson, director at th...

How are search and rescue teams saving people in Turkey and Syria? The BBC's Anna Foster describes how the relief effort is playing out on the ground in one of the cities hardest hit by the earthquakes. Baroness Amos, Labour member of the House of Lords, and former UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, gives a bit of perspective on the situation in T...

Ukraine’s President makes a surprise visit to the UK. We get reaction from one of the people who shared the stage with President Zelensky at Westminster Hall, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the House of Commons speaker. Chris and security correspondent Frank Gardner are also on hand to chew over what this means in foreign policy terms. And we discuss the latest on missing 45-year-old mother-of-two Nicola Bull...

Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors under the rubble of buildings in southern Turkey and northern Syria after two huge earthquakes on Monday. Adam and the BBC’s Lyse Doucet discuss some of the stories of hope and loss in the aftermath of the quake. They speak to one man from Manchester who’s helping to get aid out to the affected areas. Also, we get the latest on the mini-reshuffle wi...

Rescue operations are under way across much of southern Turkey and northern Syria after huge earthquakes have left thousands dead. Kaled Jarkas joins us from Gaziantep, the Turkish epicentre of the tremors, as well as BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen, who gives the overview from London. And Spectator political editor Katy Balls speaks to Adam and Chris, after getting the first interview with...