Carry on Christmas

Today, we discuss China’s £14.7bn investment into AI and robotics in the hopes of overtaking the US as the world leader in innovation.China has two million robots already working in factories, and is investing heavily in the hopes that one day they could bridge gaps in an already ...  Show more

Today, Chris speaks to Sir Keir Starmer, the prime minister, about the resignation of his defence secretary John Healey, his plans for the Defence Investment Plan, and whether or not he’ll fight a potential leadership election.You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If ...  Show more

William Hanson, Jordan North and the rest of the Help I Sexted My Boss team wish you a Merry Christmas with news of what's to come in 2022.If you want to get involved you can email us, and for more Sexted fun sign up to our free VIG&Diva newsletter. You can follow us and DM on In ...  Show more

Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson, Alex Thomson, Debi Evans, Mark Anderson, Ben Rubin, Diane Rasmussen McAdie and Charles Malet with today's UK Column Christmas Special. If you would like to support our independent journalism, please join the community: https://community.ukcolumn.org/ ...  Show more

Hello! We’ve decked the loft with boughs of holly and after two years, Ed and Geoff are finally reunited for some Christmas fun and frolics. Traditional board game proceedings have been temporarily suspended, as we ask some friends of the pod to tell us their reasons to be cheerf ...  Show more

Was there a Christmas party in 10 Downing Street last year during lockdown? The Mirror received a tip-off from an anonymous source, alleging that a party took place. ITV News then secured footage of Downing Street aides joking about a party. How did the journalists involved get h ...  Show more