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Behind the Headlines
Hosted by Bauer Media · EN
Behind The Headlines takes you deeper into breaking news stories across the UK.
We have reporters across the country bringing you the story direct from the scene as well as teams of journalists investigating the issues that matter to you.
Our reporters go behind the headlines to the scene of the story to talk to the people involved and bring you the very latest - whenever and wherever it happens.
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Teen Social Media Curfew: Would You Opt Out?
4d ago00:05:57Tap to summarizeMost 16 and 17-year-olds say they’d opt out of the government’s planned overnight social media curfew After a third night of unrest in Thetford, Norfolk, police continue patrols Plus, farmers warn the bluetongue outbreak is worsening in the hot weather, and we head to Bristol’s International Balloon Fiesta
Transcribe →Body in Concrete: Farmer Jailed for Life
5d ago00:12:12Tap to summarizeA 73-year-old farmer who shot dead his lodger and hid his body in concrete for six years has been jailed for life.We also meet a Telford police officer and his two teenage daughters, honoured for rescuing a man from the sea in Cornwall.Plus, the government’s plan for 150 new mental health centres, pressure on families facing rising school uniform costs, calls for Northern Ireland’s first safe refuge for male domestic abuse victims
Transcribe →Missing boxers after Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
6d ago00:14:11Tap to summarizeWednesday 5th August, 2026: reaction to increase in antisemitic incidents across the UK; Scotland's First minister's plea to missing Commonwealth Games athletes; we hear both sides of the argument as single-sex space laws change; and we're at the opening of the Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall.
Transcribe →Driving in Flip-Flops: Risky or Just a Myth?
1w ago00:12:42Tap to summarizeBehind the Headlines - Tuesday 4th August 2026
Transcribe →Threatened by a six year old with a knife!
1w ago00:10:02Tap to summarizeBehind the Headlines - Monday 3rd August 2026
Transcribe →48 hours into the Suffolk wildfires, jail for a corrupt funeral director, and we're on exercise with the RAF
2w ago00:12:40Tap to summarizeBehind The Headlines - Friday 31st July 2026
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No Dignity After Death: The Legacy Funeral Scandal
2w ago00:09:50Tap to summarizeMore than 250 families trusted a funeral director in Hull to lay their loved ones to rest. Instead, police say bodies were stockpiled, ashes were falsified, and charity money was stolen — a case officers described as “something from a horror scene”.Senior reporter Rebecca Quamby takes you inside the Legacy Independent Funeral Directors investigation, from the raid on Hessle Road to the arrest at Heathrow, and the discovery of deceased people and suspected human ashes.You’ll hear from parents and relatives left questioning whether they ever received the right remains, and from the community members holding monthly vigils for those affected.Robert Bush was charged with 64 offences involving 254 individual victims and has today been sentenced to 20 years behind bars.
Transcribe →Stop scrolling! The message from kids to their parents this summer
2w ago00:16:12Tap to summarizeBehind the Headlines - Thursday 30th July 2026
Transcribe →Half of England in drought and wildfires still burning
2w ago00:16:23Tap to summarizeIn today's episode, we delve into the case that's seen a fan of the TV serial killer Dexter sentenced for multiple murders. We discuss FIFA's plan to sell stakes in its major football competitions and we've investigated how bed blocking's now affecting homeless services. There's also an update on a fire in the Scottish Highlands, that's been burning for two weeks now. And hear from a young man who has gone viral for his moves while mopping the courts at the Commonwealth Games.
Transcribe →Luckiest man alive? £50k hole-in-one win
2w ago00:15:26Tap to summarizeBehind the Headlines - Tues 28th July 2026
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