UK Column News — 9th October 2026

This episode of UK Column News is from the 22nd of January 2020 — right before the world went insane.Subjects covered include Greta Thunberg, Trump, ‘online harms’, Boris Johnson meeting Vladimir Putin, and a sinister story from the BBC which advocates the killing of the elderly. ...  Show more

In this episode of the Silk and Steel Podcast, Carl Zha is joined by Einar Tangen to examine the significance of the latest Xi-Trump summit and what it reveals about the rapidly changing relationship between China and the United States.Einar argues that one of the most important ...  Show more

Carole Walker sits in for Matt Chorley and speaks to journalists from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to get the news from the four corners of the UK. 

Also columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss ethics, nostalgia and being a macho ma ...

People are talking about the UK's fuel queues.Driver shortages, an energy crisis and rising inflation... But are we really heading towards a new "Winter of Discontent" (like the one in 1978)? To find out, we’ve got the BBC’s political reporter from back in the day, Nick Jones.   ...  Show more

The UK Defence Secretary says Putin has made a mistake... Simon Smith, former British Ambassador to Ukraine (when Russia annexed Crimea and Russian-backed rebels took over parts of the Donbas region), and the BBC’s Carrie Davies in Rostov-on-Don (near the Ukrainian border) join A ...  Show more

Times Columnists David Aaronovitch and Sebastian Payne pick over the day's news; then Matt Chorley is joined by Scottish Conservative Party Leader Douglas Ross 

to discuss Coronavirus, independence and how to save the union