Podcast Episodes

Q&A: What we know (and don't know) about Trump's Iran talks

As the war with Iran rumbles on, are ceasefire talks back on or is that ‘fake news’? What’s in America’s 15 point peace plan? Could an Iranian missil…

1 week, 3 days ago

INVESTIGATION: On the line - Whack-a-mole

In the final episode of our county lines series, we hear how county lines drug gangs are continuing to shift their business model to avoid detection.…

1 week, 4 days ago

INVESTIGATION: On the line - Mike

Mike started selling drugs for a county lines gang when he was just a teenager. After being arrested and getting stabbed, he left that life behind. B…

1 week, 5 days ago

INVESTIGATION: On the line - the loophole

Children aren't just running drugs for county lines gangs - sometimes they're running the lines themselves.

Today The Sunday Times's northern editor D…

1 week, 6 days ago

INVESTIGATION: On the line - the never-ending battle

Today we go inside Operation Titan, as North Yorkshire Police fight back against county lines drugs gangs. But with each line the police shut down, a…

2 weeks ago

INVESTIGATION: On the line - a family business

Part one of a five-part special investigation into county lines drug dealing, running in audio, video, print and digital from The Times and The Sunda…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

The world is looking for the Kinahan drug lords. We found them

After years in hiding, The Sunday Times has obtained images of Christy and Daniel Kinahan, leaders of the all-powerful Kinahan cartel, living freely …

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Kent's meningitis outbreak - how it exploded, can it be stopped?

What began as an evening out at a nightclub in Kent has rapidly spiralled into a "super-spreader" event that has left doctors stunned and two young p…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Inside Lebanon as Israel and Hezbollah wage war

On Monday, Israel announced it's preparing a ground offensive into Lebanon. Fighting between the Israeli military and Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy gro…

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Has Trump miscalculated over Iran?

The war in the Middle East has now entered its third week and shows no sign of ending any time soon. Oil prices have soared and transatlantic relatio…

2 weeks, 5 days ago