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Six O'Clock News

Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News

Episodes (24 available)

Six O'Clock News, PM says Britain is 'a tinderbox' as homes destroyed in wildfire

Andy Burnham says fire services need more resources after the blaze in Stourbridge

14 Aug 2026

31 mins

Six O'Clock News, Millions watch the UK's most significant solar eclipse since 1999

In Spain, the moon will totally obscure the sun

12 Aug 2026

30 mins

Six O'Clock News, Andy Burnham is 'confident' early release of PC Harper's killers can be halted

Mr Burnham asks the justice secretary to find a way to create more space in prisons

11 Aug 2026

30 mins

Six O'Clock News, Israel rejects President Trump's peace plan for Gaza

Israel rejects a peace plan for Gaza that President Trump announced last month

9 Aug 2026

17 mins

Six O'Clock News, Zelensky pleads for more air defences amid more strikes

President Zelensky has appealed for more air defences after more Russian strikes on Kyiv.

8 Aug 2026

17 mins

Six O'Clock News, Police and prosecutors admit failings in the handling of a serial sex offender

A string of mistakes left a known sex offender free to murder two women

7 Aug 2026

31 mins

Six O'Clock News, A record number of referrals to the Prevent anti-extremism programme

The biggest group of referrals is children under the age of 15.

6 Aug 2026

31 mins

Six O'Clock News, Former neo-Nazi withdraws as a Tory election candidate

Joshua Bonehill-Paine had been selected to contest a local council election

5 Aug 2026

31 mins

Six O'Clock News, The government defends its changes to the prisoner early release scheme

The Justice Secretary has apologised to the families affected by the scheme

4 Aug 2026

31 mins

Six O'Clock News, France condemns Reform's cross-channel migrant plans

Reform says it would use the Navy to return migrants crossing the Channel in small boats

3 Aug 2026

31 mins

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