Behind the Headlines

Monday 3rd Feb 2025 - A former soldier who escaped from jail has been described as a dangerous fool and we are speaking to a world record breaker

Thousands are still without power after storm Eowyn, XL Bully owners say the ban on the breed isn't working, and dogs at a chihuahua café retire

The funeral of John Prescott, former Labour deputy prime minister, has taken place in Hull and a grief-stricken man offers up a twenty thousand pound reward for the return of his missing dog

Wednesday 29th Jan, 2025: reaction to the Chancellor's big growth plans; also - the cost of the XL Bully ban on police forces; we discuss rising water bills as shareholder payouts increase; and we hear from one of the original Pop Idols.

Tuesday 28th January - Brum honours Black Sabbath and Boyzone tell all about being in a 90's boyband

Monday 27th January 2025 - we're talking changes to rubbish days, the clean up continues after Storm Eowyn and a folk tradition is making a big revival

Nearly a million homes and businesses have been left without power after record-breaking winds from Storm Eowyn, and a woman whose four young sons died in a house fire while she went shopping has been jailed for ten years.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to a minimum of 52 years, a storm means schools and transport networks are due to shut, and Oscar nominations are out.

Weds 22nd January, 2025: We take yet another look into knife crime among youths and what can be done to stop it, after another heartbreakingly young victim; also - MOTSs in Northern Ireland, a legacy on heading for The Lawman; and the British man cashing in on Donald Trump's second term as US President

Tuesday 21st January 2025 - The Prime Minister tells us the law changes he's considering in the wake of the Southport murders and a vigil is held in the West Mids

Monday 20th Jan 2025 - we've been getting your opinion on Trump and a public Inquiry has been announced into the Southport attacks

University of Cambridge study finds people with a "posh" English accent are seen as least likely to commit most crimes, farmers have said they won't give up the fight against planned changes to inheritance tax and there are calls for an inquiry into maternity services at hospitals in Leeds

We speak to a Brit living in Los Angeles as thousands are evacuated, we spend time with the call handlers taking 999 calls and we speak to stars of Strictly as the show goes live

Weds 15th Jan 2025. The very talkable issues of potholes and whether pineapple has a place on a pizza - alongside calls for bereavement leave for those who've suffered a miscarriage, meal sizes for children and this year's Bafta Award nominations

Tuesday 14th Jan 2025 we're also looking at the prison that could affect national security and hear about the gang who found people to rob through an app

Monday 13th Jan 2025 - We're looking at an annual event on the London Underground and Scotland's First Minister has been hearing from children calling for change

The UK's first safer drugs consumption room, a nine-year-old from Newcastle goes viral for skipping school and going to the football, and we speak to Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman

Thursday 9th January 2025. We speak to a Brit in California as wildfires cause devastation, we also speak to a Dad who remembers his teenage son who was stabbed to death, and Sean Dyche is the latest football manager to be sacked

Wednesday 8th January, 2025. We talk knife crime among teens once again; record numbers of ambulance crews attacked and we talk to one of the stars of Gavin and Stacey.

The weather continues to cause chaos causing 'snow-in's', evacuations and critical incidents to be declared, while dentists have been on Downing Street calling for change

Mon 6th January 2025 - bad weather has caused major incidents across the country, bin collections have stopped as workers go on strike and we've been counting critters

Friday 3rd Jan, 2025. Luke Littler has a chance to make history after reaching the darts World Championship Final, we have advice ahead of a weekend of snow and we ask people why they don't head to the high street anymore.

Thursday 2nd Jan 2025. As flooding hits parts of the northwest we talk to the people living there, why people give up on dry January and a woman reported missing in 1972 has been found.

How far is too far to access vital women's healthcare services in the UK?  In this special episode of Behind the Headlines, we hear from women in Scotland who are travelling up to 110 miles to give birth or to access vital gynaecology services. With fears human rights are being breached, we ask if this is acceptable in 21st-century Britain.  Presented and Produced by Liam Ross. Thanks to...

The death of Clare Wood in Salford in 2009 was the first tragic step in creating a law which has saved thousands of women over the last decade. In this special episode of Behind the Headlines, we hear the story of Clare Wood, whose murder at the hands of a former partner sparked a landmark campaign calling for action to protect domestic abuse victims. We hear from both Clare Wood's father Michael...