Breaking the News - Jay Lafferty, Mark Nelson, Eva Peroni and Stuart McPherson

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Des and the teams break apart this week's news, including: a successful student uprising in Serbia; some outrageous claims from Liz Truss; the best cover band names and the surprising reason mummies have been removed from a Scottish museum.

Lead Writer: Jennifer Walker

Additional Material: Lucy Rycroft-Smith & Chris Willshaw, Dan Welton & Sarah Tattersall, Alan Hazlie, Lucienne Cummings. Mike Cooper, Claire Cox, Nathan Cowley, Neil Bratchpiece and Gregor Paton

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

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Published on Friday, 30th October 2026.

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