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Behind the Headlines
By Bauer MediaNews
Behind the Headlines episodes
- Assisted dying laws; and striking the right note in Glasgow
Wednesday 14th May, 2025: we hear from the mother of boy killed in a house explosion in Newcastle after drug dealer jailed; the latest development on Scotland's assisted dying laws; calls for mandatory health MOTs and rounded knives - and we're with an historic organ to mark a Glasgow milestone. Kat Wright hosts
13 min - 11 min
- 14 min
- Guilty of felling Sycamore Gap and rubbish at tipping point
The two men who cut down the world famous Sycamore Gap Tree in Northumberland have been found guilty, litter is at a 'tipping point' in Wales, according to an environmental charity
11 min - VE Day 80 years on
As the nation marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we've been speaking to those who remember if first hand and share their stories
8 min - The end of opening exam result envelopes? And a 'quacking' find in south-west Scotland
Wednesday 7th May 2025: Kat Wright has stories on students getting exam results; making criminals turn up in court for sentencing; Northern Ireland's biggest sporting event - and the ducks that have finished a race almost 20 years on.
14 min - Open top celebrations, ceramic poppies and safe spaces for kids
Behind the Headlines - Tues 6th May 2025
13 min - My Stalker Moved in Next Door - Episode Two
This is the second in a three-part series about Cyber Stalking.
In 2021, Journalist Victoria Glover discovered she was being cyberstalked by a stranger. In this episode, she sits down with another stalking survivor to hear about her story and the support she received. Victoria also visits Cheshire Police HQ to meet with Consultant Forensic Psychologist Daniel Price Jones, who rehabilitates stalkers.
Produced by: Victoria Glover and Mick Coyle. There is stalking support available on the websites of: Paladin – National Stalking Advocacy Service and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust or call the National Stalking Helpline: 0808 802 0300.
22 min - Election victories and Russell Brand in court
We have been across England as election results come in, we are apparently happier than we've been since the start of Covid, and we are in court as Russell Brand makes an appearance
10 min - A boy who sounds like a seagull and moorland fires on a hot day
A boy from Derbyshire has won a competition for mimicking seagulls, moorland fires as the weather warms up and celebrations to start May
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.