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

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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

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Published on Friday, 16th October 2026.

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