The News Meeting
Every Monday and Friday three journalists battle it out to try and convince the editor that their pitch should lead the news. Discover what goes on behind the scenes in a newsroom. Why do some stories dominate, while others fail to make the cut?Tell us if you agree with the final running order - email [email protected] Book your place at a news meeting live in our newsroom - https://www.tortoisemedia.com/our-events Executive Producer: Rebecca MooreProducer: Casey MagloireSubscribe to...
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Will the fight for Keir Starmer’s seat make or break the Green Party?
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How vulnerable is global shipping?
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How will the drought affect our food supply?
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Is football’s soul for sale?
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What's behind India's 'cockroach' protests?
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Why aren’t Gen Z buying rounds at the pub?
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Nigel Farage v Count Binface: Who could win?
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Is Taylor Swift’s wedding getting women into betting?
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Why does Andy Burnham want to move part of Downing Street?
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Why does the Putney Pusher remain anonymous?
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What’s driving disorder in Belfast?
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Who can actually afford to go to the World Cup?
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Why is Pope Leo against AI?
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Why has Married at First Sight UK been pulled off air?
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Who might challenge Keir Starmer’s leadership?
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How worried should we be about hantavirus?
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How will Britain respond to a rise in anti-semitic terror attacks?
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Why are Trump and the Pope feuding?
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How dangerous is Anthropic’s new AI?
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Antisemitism and the return of Kanye West
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How did a woman sue Meta and Google and win?
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Does the US have plans for Cuba?
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What’s behind the mass displacement of people in Lebanon?
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What’s in the Mandelson files?
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Who is the new supreme leader of Iran?
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Has Russia launched World War 3?
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The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
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Did Russia poison opposition leader Alexei Navalny?
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Did the government make it harder for graduates to pay off student loans?
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Why does Keir Starmer face a perilous week ahead?
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Will Peter Mandelson bring down Keir Starmer?
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Will Peter Mandelson’s Epstein links see him removed from the House of Lords?
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Is ChatGPT introducing porn?
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Is the Trump administration lying?
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Donald Trump’s second term one year on
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What next for Venezuela?
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What will be the biggest stories of 2026?
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