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Behind the Headlines
By Bauer MediaNews
Behind the Headlines episodes
- Tributes to Ricky Hatton and we track the journey of a life saving tent
Behind the Headlines - Mon 15th Sept 2025
16 min - Highlands meteorite and a gangland sentencing
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
8 min - T-Plate for tourists and 6 months of bin strikes
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
8 min - The mental health of farmers; and the most dismal town in Scotland
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'
14 min - The forgotten ghost stories, Trumps impending visit and is there life in space?
Behind the Headlines - Tuesday 9th September 2025
11 min - 'Wear sorry' say Great North Run organisers over medal mix-up and why Trans guidance is being removed in schools in Northern Ireland
Behind the Headlines - Mon 8th Sept 2025
13 min - Will a million pound reward help find Muriel McKay 56 years after her murder?
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 family have also put up a reward of £1 million for information that leads to the recovery of her body.
Presented by Ellie Cloute, with interviews by Zoe Head-Thomas.
11 min - Impact of e-bikes on blind people and robots performing operations
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.
6 min - Mobile phone and energy drinks bans for kids
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.
14 min - Should children who break the law receive tougher punishments?
Behind the Headlines - Tuesday 2nd Sept 2025
11 min
About Behind the Headlines
From the publisher's feed
Behind The Headlines takes you deeper into breaking news stories across the UK.
We have reporters across the country bringing you the story direct…
from the scene as well as teams of journalists investigating the issues that matter to you.
Our reporters go behind the headlines to the scene of the story to talk to the people involved and bring you the very latest - whenever and wherever it happens.