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The Sky News Daily podcast with Niall Paterson brings a deeper look at the big stories - with Sky News correspondents and expert guests.Every night at 5pm, Niall is joined by the correspondents we have around the UK and across the globe to take a breath and help you get your head around the topics of the day.We're joined by guests too who can take you through the questions you have about the news.Less breaking news, more understanding news. The full story at 5pm.Email Niall skynewsdaily@sky.uk
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Is Brand Beckham damaged by the Brooklyn ‘rift’?
Friday, 15 August 2025
Brooklyn Beckham renewed his vows earlier this month to his American heiress wife Nicola Peltz - her family was there but not his. It added to speculation that there is a deep rift in the Beckhams' relationship with their eldest child, after Brooklyn did not appear at any of the celebrations for his father David’s 50th birthday. Joining Niall Paterson to discuss whether this alleged rift could cause lasting damage to Brand Beckham are Clemmie Moodie, assistant editor at The Sun, and Mark Borkowski, PR expert and media industry commentator. Producers: Soila Apparicio and Emily Hulme Edito...
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How are Ukrainians feeling about the Trump-Putin summit?
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Ukrainians are into their fourth year of fighting to defend their country from Russia, they have suffered huge casualties and are exhausted from the war effort. But does that mean they are willing to compromise to achieve a peace deal? And after President Zelenskyy’s treatment in the Oval Office, do they think Donald Trump is the right man to negotiate their future? Niall Paterson speaks to Ukrainian MP Lisa Yasko about her hopes for the talks in Alaska and also to Kyiv-based journalist Peter Dickinson about what sort of peace deal Ukrainians would accept and what daily life is like for ...
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Is a degree worth it?
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
It’s results time for 700,000 A-level and T-level students. It’ll mean final decisions about their future – and whether university is the best option for their finances and their career. With the huge cost of a three or four-year course, squeezed graduate incomes and fast changes to the job market due to AI, is a degree worth it? Niall Paterson speaks to business and economics correspondent Paul Kelso about whether the cost of a degree outweighs its reward and just what has changed since Tony Blair vowed to get 50% of school-leavers going to university in 1999. Producer: Emily Hulme Edi...
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Inside settler violence in the West Bank
Tuesday, 12 August 2025
Who are the Israeli settlers forcing Palestinians from their homes? Chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay has been in the West Bank, witnessing the Israeli settlers who are forcing Palestinians from their homes. He also sees how the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) is protecting the growing number of Israelis claiming this land is theirs. Stuart meets one Palestinian man who left for work and when he returned home, he found it had been taken over by Israeli settlers. He also meets the settlers who say this land belongs to them. To watch Stuart’s film in full, click here. Producer: Natalie Kt...
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What’s the evidence which Israel says links Anas al-Sharif to Hamas?
Monday, 11 August 2025
Anas Al-Sharif was one of five journalists among seven people killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City. The five worked for the broadcaster Al Jazeera. Israel says Sharif was the head of a Hamas cell but has only produced limited evidence about its claims. Al Jazeera rejected the accusations and said the strike was a "blatant" attack on press freedom. On this episode, Niall Paterson and Sky News international correspondent Diana Magnay look at Anas Al-Sharif's career, Israel's claims and the international condemnation of what happened. Producer: Natalie Ktena and Emily HulmeEditor: P...
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Nicholas Rossi: False names, a fake death and the flight from justice
Friday, 8 August 2025
Arthur Knight was an Irishman, wrongly arrested – he claimed – whilst recovering from a coma in a Glasgow hospital. Except “Arthur Knight” didn’t exist. His real name is Nicholas Rossi – a convicted sex offender, originally from the United States, who is now facing trial in Utah on two further counts of rape. But for years, he attempted to convince Scottish authorities he was the victim of a wild conspiracy. Rossi’s extradition hearing was covered at the time by Sky News’ correspondent, James Matthews, who joins Niall Paterson on The Daily to relive those extraordinary events ahead of...
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Does Netanyahu want a 'forever war' in Gaza?
Thursday, 7 August 2025
He’s been warned against a full military occupation by 600 former Israeli military officials. But after 22 months of war, that’s exactly what Benjamin Netanyahu wants. What would long-term occupation mean for Gazans, Israel, the Middle East and the world? What would it be like for those living in Gaza? Will the Israeli hostages be returned? And is there any other option in Netanyahu’s eyes? Niall Paterson is joined on the Sky News Daily by a Palestinian aid worker in Gaza and Professor Yossi Mekelberg, senior consulting fellow for the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham H...
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Where does ‘he said, she said’ charity row leave Prince Harry?
Wednesday, 6 August 2025
No evidence of bullying, misogyny or racism. On the face of it, good news for the Duke of Sussex. But there's still plenty of fallout from a very public row ignited by the woman still in charge of the charity set up by Harry in honour of his mother, that he's now walked away from. Earlier this year, Sentebale's chair, Dr Sophie Chandauka, used an interview with Sky News' Trevor Phillips to accuse Harry of "harassment and bullying at scale". The prince strenuously denied those claims and has now been cleared by the Charity Commission, which found no evidence to back up Dr Chandauka's accusa...
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Why the wait for weight loss jabs on the NHS?
Tuesday, 5 August 2025
The "King Kong" of weight loss drugs, Mounjaro, should finally be available on the NHS. So, why are thousands of patients still waiting for a treatment that could transform their lives? Mounjaro was meant to be rolled out across the NHS in England from 23 June for those with the highest clinical need. However, a Sky News investigation has found it is only available in eight out of 42 NHS integrated care boards, prompting accusations of a "postcode lottery". Many providers will not make it available until autumn, while nearly half of NHS boards said they will cap the number of people they tr...
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Mis-sold car loans - did it happen to me?
Monday, 4 August 2025
If you bought a car as far back as 2007 with a loan organised through your car dealership, you could be eligible for a payout. The regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, is consulting on a compensation scheme - and it's thought up to 40% of motorists who entered personal contract purchase (PCP) or hire purchase agreements between 2007 and 2021 will be eligible for a payout. Niall Paterson talks to Sky's business correspondent Gurpreet Narwan about who might be eligible. He also speaks to Adrian Dally, director of motor finance at the Finance and Leasing Association, who argues the ...
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Peter Kyle: The making of a maverick minister
Friday, 1 August 2025
After doubling down in a very public row with Nigel Farage, Peter Kyle is the minister of the moment. In an interview with Sky News, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology caused controversy by suggesting Mr Farage was "on the side" of sexual predators like Jimmy Savile because of his opposition to the Online Safety Act. Mr Farage described the comment as "disgusting " and demanded an apology. But in a post on X, Mr Kyle went further, stating: "If you want to overturn the Online Safety Act you are on the side of predators. It is as simple as that." So, who is the ma...
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Why aren’t parents getting their kids vaccinated?
Thursday, 31 July 2025
Measles vaccination rates are at their lowest level in sixteen years in England and there’s fears that it’s led to a rise in the number of cases. According to the latest Government figures an additional 145 cases have been reported since the beginning of the month. It comes weeks after the death of a child with measles at the Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool, a city with low levels of vaccination. On the Sky News Daily Niall Paterson talks to Helen Bedford, Professor of Children’s Health at Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health about why parents aren't getting their children vacc...
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Are Trump’s tariffs destroying lives and livelihoods in Lesotho?
Wednesday, 30 July 2025
"Nobody's heard of it." That's Donald Trump's dismissive claim about Lesotho – a small country in southern Africa where lives are being devastated by the US president's decision. But what are the real-world consequences of Mr Trump's trade war? Trump's cuts to US foreign aid means people can't get access to HIV medication and costly tariffs is causing havoc to the economy – both of which are costing lives. Sky News' Africa correspondent Yousra Elbagir has been to Lesotho to find out how decisions in Washington are hitting a country thousands of miles away. Click here to hear more from You...
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Can anything stop the ketamine crisis?
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Incontinence and chronic pain are just some of the life-altering effects caused by heavy ketamine use – which is at record levels.The drug, used in clinical settings as an anaesthetic, sedative and pain reliever, can create hallucinations in users. But those who become addicted to ketamine also face severe bladder and kidney problems.As the government considers reclassifying ketamine to a Class A substance, Shingi Mararike, our North of England correspondent, has been speaking to people suffering life-changing health consequences, and the people trying to help them.He joins Niall Paterson o...
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History Girls: How football came home... again
Monday, 28 July 2025
After claiming back-to-back European titles, the Lionesses are now the first senior England football side to win a major tournament away from home. The team had to overcome physical and psychological adversity throughout the tournament – from poor performances and penalty drama to a player being subjected to horrendous racial abuse. So how did inspirational manager, Sarina Wiegman, beat the odds once more? On today's episode, our sports correspondent, Rob Harris, relives the highs and lows of Euro 2025 and we speak to the former FA Head of Women’s Football, Baroness Sue Campbell – one of...
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Why is Lucy Bronze the Lionesses' golden girl?
Friday, 25 July 2025
33-year-old defender Lucy Bronze has been at the heart of the England team for over a decade, with 140 caps so far. She played a crucial role in helping the Lionesses win back-to-back European titles - somehow managing to play the entire tournament in Switzerland with a broken leg. Shirts with her name on the back are amongst the most commonly worn by England fans, a testament to her contribution to the growth of the women's game. On today's episode, Niall Paterson learns about Bronze's work ethic and the challenges she's overcome, with former teammate Lianne Sanderson and Sky News sport...
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Doctors strike – what's different this time?
Thursday, 24 July 2025
The doctors' union, the British Medical Association, is calling for a pay rise of 29.2% to reverse "pay erosion" since 2008/09. The government has offered 5.4%. In previous strikes, around 1.5 million appointments were cancelled or rescheduled, but this time hospitals have been told to cancel non-urgent work only in "exceptional circumstances". In today’s episode, Niall Paterson talks to Sky’s health correspondent Ashish Joshi about how the NHS will deal with the walkout and also to resident doctor Bhasha Mukherjee about why she voted for strike action. Producer: Emily Hulme Editor: Wendy...
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How Ozzy Osbourne made Birmingham the birthplace of metal
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Ozzy Osbourne made a musical genre. For millions of metal fans, Ozzy and Black Sabbath came up with the sound which influenced countless others. Heavy metal will always be linked with Birmingham – Ozzy's home city, where he returned to perform in early July. On this Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson looks at how a working-class lad from Aston became a cultural icon and gave the city its own musical identity. Niall speaks to Sky News entertainment reporter Gemma Peplow who covered the "Back To Beginning" gig and to Jez Collins, a historian at the Birmingham Music Archive. Producer: Emma Rae...
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Why are far-right white nationalists on the rise in the US?
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Warning: This episode contains themes of racism and homophobia which listeners may find upsetting. No gays, no Jews, and definitely no non-whites. It’s messaging that reminds us of a segregated United States – a time that apparently ended in the 1960s. But a community in Arkansas, called Return to the Land, wants to establish a whites-only town, and think they have the legal standing to do so. The group says it’s about freedom and community - but critics say it’s “pure white supremacist rhetoric”. Tom Cheshire, our data and forensics' correspondent, went to visit this whites-only communit...
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Does water's 'Great Stink' moment pass the sniff test?
Monday, 21 July 2025
A critical review into England and Wales's broken water system has been released - and it says we are in the midst of the "Great Stink" of the 21st century. The report includes 88 recommendations - including a new single integrated regulator to replace existing water watchdogs, mandatory water metering, and a social tariff for vulnerable customers. In this episode, Niall Paterson asks Sky's business correspondent Paul Kelso if after decades of ill-treatment, finally can new regulation bring our water back to health. Plus, the Consumer Council for Water’s chief executive Mike Keil l...
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Can Lamine Yamal handle the heat of stardom?
Friday, 18 July 2025
Teenage sensation Lamine Yamal has been flagged as football's next superstar. At just 18-years-old, he has already helped Barcelona FC to success in the Spanish league LaLiga and played a pivotal role in his home nation's triumph at Euro 2024. He's also been awarded the No.10 jersey, previously worn by none-other-than Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho. But the early success has come at the cost of extreme scrutiny. Yamal's lavish 18th birthday celebrations were overshadowed by the threat of legal action from a disability activist group after a group of people with dwarfism were hired to entertai...
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Can Tesla survive without Trump?
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Elon Musk's Tesla faces the loss of billions of dollars in government subsidies, following his fallout with Donald Trump. This is after the president cut state support for green industries. Subsidies have been central to Tesla's success from upstart manufacturer to the world's largest vehicle maker in less than 20 years. But now the president's cuts could leave a significant gap in its future earnings. Sky's business correspondent Paul Kelso and Kate Schneider from our Data and Forensics unit have been looking into the Tesla business to figure out how it makes money. Producer: Soila Appari...
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Should the children of online sex offenders receive more support?
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
"John" is a convicted sex offender. "Ava" is his daughter. She was only told about her father's crimes weeks after his arrest. But the impact of those crimes could last a lifetime.Online sex offenders receive counselling as part of their rehabilitation, as do their victims. However, there is currently no support for the families of those perpetrators – despite the devastation they have caused.In today's Sky News Daily, our correspondent Katerina Vittozzi tells us about her in-depth interviews with both John and Ava (not their real names) and examines the system that offers more help to offe...
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Why was the MoD data leak kept secret for 600 days?
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
It was a mistake that endangered thousands of people who had supported British forces in Afghanistan - and the Afghans' families.For the first time, the Ministry of Defence has admitted it was responsible for a data breach that has been kept a secret for years - at huge expense to taxpayers - with the help of a super injunction that prevented media or parliamentary scrutiny.Almost 7,000 Afghan nationals are being relocated to the UK following the blunder by the British military.Mark Austin is joined by Sky’s security and defence editor Deborah Haynes, as well as one of the lawyers represent...
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Can the BBC move on from its mess on Gaza?
Monday, 14 July 2025
The BBC breached its own editorial rules when it did not explain that a 13-year-old used to narrate a documentary about Gaza was, in fact, the son of a Hamas official. A review has found that the independent production company, Hoyo Films, bears most of the responsibility for what happened – but that BBC bosses should have had more oversight of the film. The corporation says it is taking action but, so far, nobody has lost their job.However, it is creating a new management role called 'Director of News Documentaries' as a result of the review. Niall Paterson speaks to Sky's correspondent Ka...
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What’s the truth of The Salt Path?
Friday, 11 July 2025
It's the bestselling book that's in the middle of its own seismic plot twist. Raynor Winn's The Salt Path spent 85 weeks in The Sunday Times Bestsellers List and has just become a film.But the author's life-affirming account of how her husband's illness and losing their money and home put them on a 630-mile coastal walk has been called into question.The Observer has claimed that not all of the couple's story stacks up - something strenuously denied by the author.Niall goes through the claims with Sky News arts and entertainment producer Jayson Mansaray and hears from a journalist who has in...
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Destroyed, dismantled or dangerous: Is Iran still a global threat?
Thursday, 10 July 2025
A government report has warned that the threat of physical attacks by Iran on people living in the UK has increased "significantly" since 2022. Iran rejects what they call, hostile allegations. Has the recent 12-day war between Israel and Iran changed the hierarchy in the Middle East and its attitude towards the West? On today’s episode, Niall Paterson speaks to home editor Jason Farrell, who attended the briefing for the report. He then discusses Iran’s current global ambitions with Professor Michael Clarke. Producer: Emily Hulme Editor: Mike Bovill
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The fly-tippers turning trash into cash
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
If you've paid to have rubbish taken away from your home - where do you expect it to end up?A Sky News investigation has tracked down some of those behind the dumping of people's waste illegally and discovered how they are making thousands of pounds from it. On this episode, Niall hears the back story to how we went from digging through dumped waster to confront a suspected flytipper - and how TikTok played a part.He's joined by correspondent Rachael Venables and our Open Source Investigations (OSINT) editor, Adam Parker.
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Anorexia, bankruptcy, suicide – how the Horizon IT system ruined lives
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
The public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has published its first report into what went wrong and how the victims should be properly compensated. The inquiry's chair, Sir Wyn Williams, has found that at least 13 postmasters may have taken their own lives after being accused of wrongdoing based on evidence from the Horizon IT system which both the Post Office and its maker, Fujitsu, knew could be false. In today's episode Niall Paterson speaks to our business correspondent Paul Kelso about just how damning these findings are and also to former postmistress Janet Skinner ...
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How I reported the 7/7 bombings
Monday, 7 July 2025
On the morning of 7 July 2005, four suicide bombers targeted London's transport network.We now know that three bombs were detonated on the underground and an hour later a fourth exploded on a bus, killing 52 people and injuring hundreds of others. But on the day itself, there was confusion for hours about the details of the scale and nature of the attacks. On today's Sky News Daily, Gareth Barlow speaks to our crime correspondent Martin Brunt, who recalls his experience of reporting for Sky News on that day and considers its lasting impact. Producer: Soila Apparicio Editor: Wendy Parker
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