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Behind the Headlines
By Bauer MediaNews
Behind the Headlines episodes
- Weapons arches at school, cheaper train travel and a British record move
Behind the Headlines - Mon 1st Sept 2025
11 min - Why girls feel 'guilty' about gaming; and the England flag debate
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.
18 min - A stolen pony, a giant killing and what it's like to be electronically tagged
Behind the Headlines - Thursday 28th Aug 2025
18 min - Reaction to THAT Love Story and energy prices rising further
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!
11 min - Asylum limbo, fines for noisy commuters and a weekend of sequins
Behind the Headlines - Tues 26th Aug 2025
18 min - Manchester air disaster 40 years on and a 6 year old zookeeper
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
10 min - GCSE results and summer festivals
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
10 min - Man jailed for crossbow attack and plans to transform rugby union in Wales
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.
11 min - Junk food ads and David Attenborough's eagle
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
8 min - Coldplay in Hull and skibidi
"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
10 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.