Dogs with Jobs returns to UTV and with it comes the Dogcast.

Dogs with Jobs returns





Ali Fleming discusses the new UTV series with presenter Emma Patterson and Dr Caroline Finlay of Conservation Detection Dogs NI





Watch the vodcast here on ITVX.

Our reporter Stewart Robson talks to a parent concerned about how her son may not have a school place come September  and I'll also be joined  by the Independent Autism Reviewer, Ema Cubitt.

What has the first year of Keir Starmer's Labour Government accomplished and where has it failed. I'll be joined for an indepth interview  by  ITV News Political Editor, Robert Peston.

Our commentators tonight are Professors Deirdre Heenan and Peter Shirlow, and Allison Morris from the Belfast Telegraph.

Ali Fleming talks to the Northern Irish Influencers from across the fitness, food, and lifestyle worlds as they reveal the hard work behind their social media fame.

You can watch the UTV Vodcast on ITVX.

Tomorrow a controversial vote on cuts to welfare payments will take place at Westminster. We outline what it will mean for those who'll now lose out financially with Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick. We'll also look at the broader political implications with  Peter Cardwell and Kevin Maguire.

The Stormont Speaker and standards. Stewart Robson reports on how Edwin Poots has been chastising members of the Assembly for not conforming to his view of how the chamber should work.

Our commentators are Dr. David McCann from Slugger O'Toole, and Dr. Clare Rice from the University of Edinburgh.

Reaction to the High court decision to halt the A Five project - because it does not comply with Northern Ireland's climate change targets.  I'll be joined by the Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins and representatives of some of the parties. 

Nathan Hanna has a special report on the state of Infrastructure here; we ask how projects can be speeded up and what needs to be done to make government more efficent. 

I'll also be speaking to former senior civil servant Ann Watt, the director of Pivotal, whose latest report says what we have at Stormont is policy paralysis. 

And what impact could the prospect of Reform UK standing candidates in Northern Ireland have on local politics? We hear the latest on that from the Belfast Telegraph's Political Editor Suzanne Breen; and Professor Jon Tonge from the University of Liverpool.

After racially motivated rioting in Ballymena and elsewhere, we have an exclusive interview with the Chief Constable, Jon Boutcher. He says a fire officer told him that if emergency services had not intervened people could have been killed.

How does Northern Ireland look to the future after the violence? Stewart Robson reports, and we speak to senior figures from the parties here. 

Our commentators are Professor Peter Shirlow from the University of Liverpool and the Belfast Telegraph's Allison Morris.

Carol Jordan is joined by health reporter Deborah McAleese to discuss her work on a scandal that rocked the Belfast health trust. 

You can watch a special documentary on this on ITVX where this podcast is also available.

Terror for families in Ballymena as their homes are attacked and set on fire with them inside. We'll be discussing what happened and what needs to be done with the local MP and TUV Leader Jim Allister, Alliance Deputy leader Eóin Tennyson, and Sinn Fein's Philip McGuigan.

The Government U-Turns on Winter Fuel Payments for most older people. What else can we epxpect in tomorow's spending review? Will there be money for Casement Park.  To look at how tomorrow's economic statement will impact us all, we'll be joined by Ann Watt, Paul Mac Flynn, Dr. Ciara Fitzpatrick and Jordan Moates 

Our commentators are Professor Deirdre Heenan and Peter Cardwell.

We have an in-depth interview with Communities Minister Gordon Lyons on the day he announces his budget is tens of millions short to build the housing envisaged in the Programme for Government. 

Division between the DUP and Sinn Fein over whether or not the Dublin government should be allowed to further fund north south bodies without more money from Stormont. Paul Reilly explains all of that and we've a panel of experts. 

And as the Prime Minister says the UK is moving to "war-fighting readiness" we examine what it all means with Adam Payne from PoliticsHome. 

Our commentators are Dr. Clare Rice and Suzanne Breen.

Described by Ulster Unionist leader James Craig as the ‘root of all evil’, the Boundary Commission that convened in 1924 was a symbol of hope for nationalist Ireland and fear for unionist Northern Ireland. 

When it reported, 100 years ago, its recommendations were shelved - leaving the border of the six counties of Northern Ireland unchanged.  And so it has remained to this day...

Paul Clark is joined by historian Cormac Moore, who has looked at the fascinating story of the boudary commission in his book, The Root of All Evil. 

You can also watch this podcast on ITVX.