Breaking the News - Felicity Ward, Mark Nelson, Kathleen Hughes and James Gardner

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Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: the latest events in the Middle East, new ferry contracts for Ferguson Marine, the use of AI in customer service, research into ‘baby brain’, an exciting new reality show and more.

Lead Writer: Gregor Paton

Additional material: Stephen Holford, Chris Stanners, Uttom Chowdhury & Steve Trott, James Docherty, Gordon Watson, Nathan Cowley, Cooper Mawhinney Sweryt, Lucienne Cummings, Robbie Taylor-Hunt, Claire Cox, Rachel Powell

Producer: Chris Quilietti
Senior Producer: David Flynn
Researcher: Jodie White
Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson

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Published on Friday, 6th March 2026.

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