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Adam Fleming, Laura Kuenssberg and friends discuss the week's biggest stories.

Adam Fleming, Laura Kuenssberg and friends discuss the week's biggest stories.

Adam Fleming, Laura Kuenssberg and friends discuss the week's biggest stories.

The prime minister has faced questions over the U.S. president's health at a Nato summit, committed to releasing prisoners early and is facing pressure over defence spending promises.

Laura, Paddy and Adam also give us their take on the latest in the Tory leadership race, and how Suella v Kemi has shaped up this week.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg, Paddy O'Connell and Adam Fleming. It was made by Purvee Pattni with Teodora Agarici . The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

Plus, Tory leadership infighting starts again

Adam Fleming, Laura Kuenssberg and friends discuss the week's biggest stories.

Alexei's mission is to break the golden rule of travelling by train and actually talk to his fellow passengers, in a quest for conversations with strangers that will reveal their lives, thoughts, dreams and destinations.

Along the way, Alexei holds a finger into the wind of the interests of the great British travelling public. There's hilarity, humour, sadness and surprise as people reveal what is going on in their lives and, as Alexei passes through familiar towns and cities, he also delves into his own personal stories of a childhood in Liverpool and a long career as a comedian, actor and author.

Alexei has a life-long ticket to ride in his DNA, as his father was a railway guard. As a child, Alexei travelled on trains with his mum and dad, not only in the UK but also abroad. While other children in Liverpool at the time thought a trip to Blackpool was a big adventure, Alexei travelled to Paris, experienced the Orient Express, had summer holidays in Czechoslovakia and visited mysterious cities with unpronounceable names in the farthest corners of Europe.

In this programme, Alexei meets Robert who is on a trip to Londonderry to explore its history with his family. Robert tells Alexei how, at age 15 after he left school with no qualifications, his father took him to be interviewed by a local butcher for his first job. Now on the verge of retiring age he looks back on spending his whole working life as a butcher, work he disliked at first but grew to love as the local butcher in a close knit community Alexei also meets Sheri and Howard from Florida who spend many months each year travelling the world; William and Heather, who tell Alexei how Belfast has become a hugely successful tourist destination: Gabriel and Kate who are visiting a relative in hospital after a major operation - with Kate describing how she is one of the many cross border workers who live in the Republic but work and pay taxes in Northern Ireland- and Judith and Lisa who are married with a young son and feel they are part of a new future for their country.

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Alexei Sayle meets strangers on a train as he travels from Belfast to Londonderry

Alexei Sayle takes a train journey and reveals the stories of his fellow passengers.

Adam Fleming and friends discuss the week's biggest stories.

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Alexei Sayle takes a rail journey from Belfast to Londonderry across the beautiful countryside of Northern Ireland - to meet strangers on a train and reveal their personal stories.

Alexei's mission is to break the golden rule of travelling by train and actually talk to his fellow passengers, in a quest for conversations with strangers that will reveal their lives, thoughts, dreams and destinations.

Along the way, Alexei holds a finger into the wind of the interests of the great British travelling public. There's hilarity, humour, sadness and surprise as people reveal what is going on in their lives and, as Alexei passes through familiar towns and cities, he also delves into his own personal stories of a childhood in Liverpool and a long career as a comedian, actor and author.

Alexei has a life-long ticket to ride in his DNA, as his father was a railway guard. As a child, Alexei travelled on trains with his mum and dad, not only in the UK but also abroad. While other children in Liverpool at the time thought a trip to Blackpool was a big adventure, Alexei travelled to Paris, experienced the Orient Express, had summer holidays in Czechoslovakia and visited mysterious cities with unpronounceable names in the farthest corners of Europe.

In this programme, Alexei meets Robert who is on a trip to Londonderry to explore its history with his family. Robert tells Alexei how, at age 15 after he left school with no qualifications, his father took him to be interviewed by a local butcher for his first job. Now on the verge of retiring age he looks back on spending his whole working life as a butcher, work he disliked at first but grew to love as the local butcher in a close knit community Alexei also meets Sheri and Howard from Florida who spend many months each year travelling the world; William and Heather, who tell Alexei how Belfast has become a hugely successful tourist destination: Gabriel and Kate who are visiting a relative in hospital after a major operation - with Kate describing how she is one of the many cross border workers who live in the Republic but work and pay taxes in Northern Ireland- and Judith and Lisa who are married with a young son and feel they are part of a new future for their country.

A Ride production for BBC Radio 4

Alexei Sayle meets strangers on a train as he travels from Belfast to Londonderry

Alexei Sayle takes a train journey and reveals the stories of his fellow passengers.

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The UK's flagship daily news podcast from the BBC.

Alexei Sayle takes a rail journey from Belfast to Londonderry across the beautiful countryside of Northern Ireland - to meet strangers on a train and reveal their personal stories.

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Alexei's mission is to break the golden rule of travelling by train and actually talk to his fellow passengers, in a quest for conversations with strangers that will reveal their lives, thoughts, dreams and destinations.

Along the way, Alexei holds a finger into the wind of the interests of the great British travelling public. There's hilarity, humour, sadness and surprise as people reveal what is going on in their lives and, as Alexei passes through familiar towns and cities, he also delves into his own personal stories of a childhood in Liverpool and a long career as a comedian, actor and author.

Alexei has a life-long ticket to ride in his DNA, as his father was a railway guard. As a child, Alexei travelled on trains with his mum and dad, not only in the UK but also abroad. While other children in Liverpool at the time thought a trip to Blackpool was a big adventure, Alexei travelled to Paris, experienced the Orient Express, had summer holidays in Czechoslovakia and visited mysterious cities with unpronounceable names in the farthest corners of Europe.

In this programme, Alexei meets Irene and Marie, two old friends who share a love of owning horses. Irene has severe eyesight problems and they are on their way for her treatment appointment. Despite this, Irene still rides as she says her horse always knows the way. Marie tells Alexei of the unexpected pregnancy of the horse she recently bought and how all her colleagues at the hospital where she works were avidly following the new foal's birth.

Alexei also meets: David, who is on his way to chair an adoption panel and, remarkably, remembers dancing with Alexei at a party in the 1980s; Lottie and Miriren, two girls on a shopping trip to Aberdeen with their parents, who surprise Alexei by telling him they never watch television; Fathia, who is originally from Tunisia and loves Scotland but still has problems with the weather and is scared of snow; David, an academic, who has just written a book interpreting religious art; Will and Rob, who moved away from Aberdeen to a quiet village nearby because their dog didn't like the busy city; and Sheila, who introduces Alexei to Doric, the local dialect of north-east Scotland.

And, on his coastal journey by train, Alexei also passes through the town which lays claim to being the birthplace of the deep fried Mars bar.

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Alexei Sayle meets strangers on a train as he travels from Edinburgh to Aberdeen.

Alexei Sayle takes a train journey and reveals the stories of his fellow passengers.

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LIVE at the Edinburgh Festival!

Alexei Sayle takes a rail journey from Edinburgh to Aberdeen and breaks the golden rule of travelling by train - he talks to his fellow passengers to reveal their personal stories.

The UK's flagship daily news podcast from the BBC.

Starmer Tells Laura the NHS is Broken

Alexei's mission is to break the golden rule of travelling by train and actually talk to his fellow passengers, in a quest for conversations with strangers that will reveal their lives, thoughts, dreams and destinations.

Along the way, Alexei holds a finger into the wind of the interests of the great British travelling public. There's hilarity, humour, sadness and surprise as people reveal what is going on in their lives and, as Alexei passes through familiar towns and cities, he also delves into his own personal stories of a childhood in Liverpool and a long career as a comedian, actor and author.

Alexei has a life-long ticket to ride in his DNA, as his father was a railway guard. As a child, Alexei travelled on trains with his mum and dad, not only in the UK but also abroad. While other children in Liverpool at the time thought a trip to Blackpool was a big adventure, Alexei travelled to Paris, experienced the Orient Express, had summer holidays in Czechoslovakia and visited mysterious cities with unpronounceable names in the farthest corners of Europe.

In this programme, Alexei meets ex-teacher Christina, who is returning to Yorkshire after being scared of taking on such a long journey to London - especially the perils of travelling on the underground - but happily found a knight in shining armour to help her at King's Cross station. Alexei also meets train manager Steven who, apart from working on the railway, has carved out a budding career as a playwright; Sally, who spent 24 years in the Army and now works as a philanthropy manager helping a leading cancer charity to raise money for its work; Rahul and Priya, who are heading for Scotland on a short break sightseeing - and tasting whiskey and chocolate; Philomena and Mark who describe the delights of their home town of Dunbar to Alexei; Meg, who was at the start of the computer revolution, demonstrating and programming some of the first office computers; and Gemma who works on the railway, but also has a passion for beauty pageants.

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Alexei Sayle meets strangers on a train as he travels from London to Berwick on Tweed.

Alexei Sayle takes a train journey and reveals the stories of his fellow passengers.

Adam Fleming and friends discuss the week's biggest stories.

The UK's flagship daily news podcast from the BBC.

Alexei Sayle takes a rail journey from London to Berwick on Tweed and breaks the golden rule of travelling by train - he talks to his fellow passengers and reveals their stories.

Adam Fleming, Laura Kuenssberg and friends discuss the week's biggest stories.

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Joining Jay at Woolwich Works are cooks and food writers Melissa Thompson, Tim Anderson, Lerato Umah-Shaylor, and first timer Will Hughes, aka What Willy Cook.

The panel discusses festivals dedicated to mayonnaise, pumpkin recipes to disguise the taste of pumpkin, and whether chicken tikka masala pasta is considered a culinary crime. Later, they share ways to sneak seeds into dishes, and the best recipes for fried chicken.

Also, Adejoké Bakare of the restaurant Chishuru (and the first black woman to be awarded a Michelin star in the UK) shares her love of West African food and talks about its regionality, dishes and key spices.

Producer: Dom Tyerman

Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.

Jay Rayner and his panel of food experts are in Woolwich to answer your culinary questions

Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.

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Jay Rayner is in Woolwich with Melissa Thompson, Tim Anderson, Lerato Umah-Shaylor and Will Hughes, aka What Willy Cook.

The panel discusses the best recipes for preserved lemons, the benefits of using a pestle and mortar, and the ultimate question - to brine or not to brine? They also reveal the best non-spicy seasonings to use when cooking meat, and the most haunting culinary atrocities they've witnessed in the kitchen.

Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock

Producer: Bethany Hocken

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

Culinary Q and A hosted by Jay Rayner featuring the most exciting chefs, cooks and writers

Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.

And Laura gets her hands on an internal Labour memo to candidates.

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Jay Rayner and panel with a postbag edition of The Kitchen Cabinet. The questions include the best recipes for preserved lemons and the benefits of using a pestle and mortar.

The panellists put their minds to an array of cookery concerns, including things to do with blackberries, the best way to give flavour to calamari, and the crucial debate - does oven temperature really matter?

Inspired by Aldershot's monument to the Duke of Wellington, the panel also discusses the multi-step method behind the perfect beef wellington and how to avoid a soggy bottom.

Jay stops to chat to TV presenter and member of the British Army Reserve, Jimmy de Ville who reveals the most inventive modes of cooking while on army duty, what an army lunch may consist of, and the key elements of military ration packs.

Jay Rayner's panel of food experts are in Aldershot to offer their top tips and recipes.

Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.

Recapping a busy week for Sir Keir Starmer.

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Jay Rayner and his panel of chefs and writers are in the army town of Aldershot to discuss their favourite recipes, their top techniques and the process of military meal prepping.

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The panellists share their best ideas for using a pressure cooker and the fool proof way to make homemade piri-piri seasoning, and offer their own twist on the beloved margarita cocktail. They also discuss some alternative uses for date syrup, and why we're constantly instructed in recipes to tear, not chop, basil.

Alongside the panel's advice, Jay chats to local Portuguese chef Diogo Durães, from O Cantinho De Portugal, Stockwell who teaches us about the breadth and regionality of Portuguese cuisine. We also hear about the key ingredients in Portuguese cooking, and his best recipe for the garlicky bread-based soup, Açorda.

Producer: Bethany Hocken

Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

Jay Rayner and a panel of food experts answer questions from a hungry audience in Lambeth.

Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.

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Jay Rayner and the panel answer questions in London's ‘Little Portugal'. The panel share their top tips for the kitchen and explore the Portuguese classic, piri-piri seasoning.

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