Breaking the News, Marc Jennings, Elaine Malcolmson, Scott Agnew and Amanda Hursy

Breaking the News

Marc Jennings, Elaine Malcolmson, Scott Agnew and Amanda Hursy

16 October 2026

Available for 85 days

Join Des and the team as they break up the week's news, including: Should Brexit get an unwanted reboot? Can Scotland's pubs survive? Is 71 the perfect age to enter a beauty contest? And has Tom Cruise finally met his match in Digger?

Lead Writer: Madeleine Brettingham

Additional Material: Adam Fuller, Andrew Duthie, Polly Owen, Dan Welton and Sarah Tattersall, Graham Bretman, Paul Brown, Claire Cox, Rebecca Bain & Alex Garrick Wright, Lucienne Cummings, Nathan Cowley, Gregor Paton, Gordon Watson, James Docherty, Holly Hellman, Blair Michael, Stuart Beale.

Producer: Jodie White

Producer: Chris Quilietti

Series Producer: David Flynn

Researcher: Katie Forsyth

Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson

An Eco-Audio certified Production.