Breaking the News, Jay Lafferty, Ray Bradshaw, Alana Jackson and Chris Thorburn

Breaking the News

Jay Lafferty, Ray Bradshaw, Alana Jackson and Chris Thorburn

14 August 2026

Available for 89 days

Des Clarke and the teams break up this week's news, including the PM's tour of the UK, the solar eclipse and new research telling us all to smile at dogs!

Lead Writer: Nathan Cowley

Additional material: Jennifer Walker, Jon Paisley, Chris Stanners, Simon Paul Miller, Gregor Paton, Katy Swainston, Rebecca Bain, Alex Garrick-Wright, James Docherty, Uttom Chowdhury and Steve Trott.

Producer: Lauren Mackay

Senior Producer: Dave Flynn

Researcher: Chris Quilietti

Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson

An Eco-Audio certified Production.