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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.

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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.

    Unreliable Witness: Who is Ellie Williams?

    Unreliable Witness: Who is Ellie Williams?

    It’s the height of lockdown, 19-year-old Ellie Williams claims on social media she's been raped and exploited by an Asian grooming gang across the north of England. Photos of her alleged injuries add to the outrage and the post goes viral - shared more than 100,000 times.  

    Social media rumours lead to attacks on Asian men and businesses in her hometown of Barrow-in-Furness. But when she's arrested for perverting the course of justice, things really explode and there are protest rallies and claims of a cover-up.  

    At her trial, the prosecution say she lied, faked text messages and even caused the catalogue of injuries to herself.    

    In season 6 of StoryCast, Sky News' Jason Farrell and Liz Lane, who reported on the case at the time, return to Barrow to investigate what could have led her to make these claims and if, underneath it all, there is some other truth buried among the lies.  

    With access to her family, police investigators and those most impacted by her allegations, we ask: Is Ellie Williams a villain - or a victim of something else? And what happened after the trial - once all the media attention died down and new allegations began to emerge?   

    This is episode one of Unreliable Witness. For the full season, follow Unreliable Witness wherever you get your podcasts.   

    • 32 min
    Water woes: Could sewage in the sea lead to higher bills?

    Water woes: Could sewage in the sea lead to higher bills?

    The amount of raw sewage being spilled into England’s waterways has hit a record high – more than doubling since last year.
      
    Water companies are allowed to do this, but only in exceptional circumstances to prevent sewage washing back up into our homes.  

    But, there’s growing evidence sewage is being routinely dumped by water firms when it’s not needed, polluting England’s waters more to the point where rowers in this year’s Oxford and Cambridge boat race have been warned not to go into the Thames. 
     
    Customers could end up paying more too – as water companies in England and Wales want bills to increase to fund the necessary infrastructure upgrades.
      
    On this edition of the Sky News Daily, Leah Boleto is joined by climate reporter Victoria Seabrook and business correspondent Paul Kelso to explain how England’s rivers and seas have got to this state and what this could mean for our water bills.   

    Producer: Alex Edden 
    Assistant producer: Iona Brunker  
    Senior podcast producer: Annie Joyce 
    Editor: Paul Stanworth 

    • 17 min
    Baltimore bridge collapse: Expert view on what happened

    Baltimore bridge collapse: Expert view on what happened

    In the early hours of Tuesday morning, a cargo ship leaving the US city of Baltimore catastrophically struck a major bridge. The entire middle section of the 1.6-mile-long Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River. 
     
    The ship lost power as it left the port, but the crew had enough time to make a mayday call so officials on the bridge were able to shut it to most traffic. Two people were rescued from the water but several people are still missing. 
     
    There are now questions about how such a large vessel lost control and how the huge structure of the bridge crumbled so quickly.  
     
    On today's edition of the Sky News Daily, Leah Boleto speaks to our US Correspondent Martha Kelner in Baltimore and our Science Correspondent Thomas More. Plus, Ben Schafer, a structural engineer at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University explains why the bridge fell so quickly.   

    Senior producer: Annie Joyce 
    Assistant producer: Iona Brunker  
    Editor: Wendy Parker 

    • 19 min
    How will Putin react to the Moscow concert attack?

    How will Putin react to the Moscow concert attack?

    Four men have been charged with carrying out an attack at a concert in Moscow on Friday that killed more than 130 people. They all appeared in court on Monday heavily bruised with swollen faces and black eyes – with one attending in a wheelchair wearing a hospital gown.
      
    The Islamic State group said it carried out the attack on the Crocus City Hall, but President Putin has insisted Ukraine was involved.
     
    President Zelenskyy has strongly denied the claims and hit out at the Russian leader and others in Moscow, describing them as “scum”.
       
    Questions are now mounting for President Putin as it emerged the US government warned Russia two weeks ago that an attack by extremists on “large gatherings including concerts” was imminent.
      
    On this edition of the Sky News Daily, Leah Boleto is joined by international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn and international correspondent in Moscow Diana Magnay to discuss the mood in the Russian capital and how President Putin could react.

    Producer: Alex Edden 
    Assistant producer: Iona Brunker  
    Editor: Paul Stanworth  

    • 16 min
    US Gaza ceasefire vote - why did it fail?

    US Gaza ceasefire vote - why did it fail?

    The US has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the first time as secretary of state Antony Blinken lands in Tel Aviv for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. An American-sponsored resolution demanding a truce was rejected by the UN Security Council. The US policy change comes amid fears the Palestinian territory could be on the brink of famine. On the Daily, Niall Paterson talks to our Middle East correspondent Alistair Bunkall about how much US support for Israel is wavering.  

    Plus, Sky’s special correspondent Alex Crawford discusses the importance of being able to report freely from inside Gaza - something she and other foreign journalists have been unable to do since Hamas's attack on southern Israel on 7 October.   
    The war has meant images and information from inside Gaza have mostly come from a few Palestinian journalists in the territory. Foreign journalists can only report in Gaza while accompanied by Israeli authorities, who say it is for safety reasons. 

    Senior producer: Annie Joyce  
    Producer: Alex Edden and Sydney Pead 
    Assistant producer: Iona Brunker 
    Editor: Wendy Parker  

    • 21 min
    Kate’s cancer diagnosis – what we know

    Kate’s cancer diagnosis – what we know

    The Princess of Wales has issued a personal message revealing that she has been diagnosed with cancer
    following her abdominal surgery earlier this year and that she is undergoing preventative chemotherapy.

    The news comes after many weeks of speculation about the health of the 42-year-old future queen, who has not been seen on official duties since Christmas.

    On the Sky News Daily, Jonathan Samuels is joined by our Royal Correspondent, Rhiannon Mills to discuss how this news will impact the Royal Family and when we can expect to see Catherine resume full duties.

    Producer: Rosie Gillott
    Editor: Wendy Parker

    • 14 min

Customer Reviews

4.1 out of 5
396 Ratings

396 Ratings

MartyMcPayne ,

Great mid-form discussion of Current News

Niall is an excellent host and interviewer, asking important questions and providing a balanced, thoughtful opinion.

Manpss ,

Brilliant stuff

Niall is such a great journalist (and interviewer). Always a pleasure to listen

Politicalgeek ,

Biased!

Biased left wing reporting. Not worth listening to.

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