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Time-poor? Never get around to watching or reading the news? Aware you’re not quite as on top of what’s happening in the world as you should be? Well, The Weekly News In Brief from SheerLuxe.com is the weekly podcast bringing you the scoop on the breaking news and current affairs you need to know. Subscribe, keep listening and stay informed. You can also get your daily dose of news sent straight to your inbox each morning by signing up to The Daily News In Brief newsletter here

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    The UK's financial disruption continues: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 15:10


    From the latest in the war on Ukraine to toe-wrestling championships, here are the week's biggest stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The UK in potential financial crisis: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 15:30


    From the latest in the war in Ukraine to a £171m EuroMillions jackpot winner, here are this week's biggest stories. from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The UK in potential financial crisis: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 15:00


    From the latest in the war in Ukraine to a £171m EuroMillions jackpot winner, here are this week's biggest stories. from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 14:11


    From the latest in the war in Ukraine to Gordon Ramsay's gin launch mishaps, here are this week's biggest stories. from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    In memory of Queen Elizabeth II: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 14:40


    From King Charles III's accession to the throne to the UK poet laureate's tribute poem to the Queen, here are this week's biggest stories.from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Truss becomes prime minister: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 12:28


    From the latest in the war in Ukraine to the world's loneliest tree aiding climate research, here are this week's biggest stories.from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Johnson's Last Week As PM: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 10:44


    From Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak's final days as leadership hopefuls to catastrophic floods in Pakistan, here are this week's biggest stories. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Sunak refuses to hypothetically back Truss: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 10:24


    From the latest in the cost of living crisis to the funniest joke at Edinburgh fringe, here are this week's biggest stories.from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Liz Truss on UK productivity: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 13:10


    From the latest in the cost of living crisis to an 89-year-old working as a porter at Asda, here are this week's biggest stories. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The FBI searches Trump's home: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 12:20


    From the latest in the war in Ukraine to the Victoria line being the loudest Tube line, here are this week's biggest stories.From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Pelosi visits Taiwan amid Chinese furore: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2022 10:51


    From the latest in the Conservative leadership race to Premier League players taking the knee less, here are this week's biggest stories.From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Sunak & Truss battle in TV debates: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 12:32


    From the continued UK rail strikes to Margot Robbie returning to Neighbours for the soap opera's finale, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Sunak & Truss remain in PM race: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 10:21


    From the latest in the UK heatwave to a British ticket holder's record EuroMillions win, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Mordaunt & Sunak lead PM race: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 11:32


    From the latest in Ukraine to Sir Mo Farah revealing how he came to the UK, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    No 10 amid cabinet resignations: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 12:05


    From the latest in Ukraine to suits being banned at the cinema, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Putin still wants most of Ukraine: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 13:15


    From the 2021 UK census results to NASA launching its first rocket outside of the US, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    The nationwide rail strikes: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022 13:15


    From the latest in the Afghanistan earthquake to Primark selling children's clothes online, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    First Rwanda flight grounded: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 12:31


    From the latest over the Northern Ireland protocol to the Isles of Scilly hosting its first-ever Pride, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe.7 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    PM survives confidence vote: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 13:04


    From the latest in Ukraine to KFC replacing lettuce with cabbage in their wraps, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    PM refuses to quit: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 24:29


    From the release of Sue Gray's long-waited ‘Partygate' report to the cost-of-living crisis, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    First war crimes trial in Ukraine: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 18:58


    From inflation hitting 9% to Blackpool footballer Jake Daniels coming out as gay, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    The 'beergate' scandal continues: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 24:16


    From the latest on the Northern Ireland protocol to Ncuti Gatwa becoming the next Doctor Who, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    EU announces total ban on Russian oil: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 21:00


    From the US supreme court leak on repealing Roe v Wade to teenagers filming TikToks on the motorway, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Russia makes advances in eastern Ukraine: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 25:19


    From the latest in the Covid-19 care homes scandal to Ed Sheeran performing at the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Last Mariupol stronghold hangs on: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 23:15


    From the latest in the ‘partygate' scandal to Wimbledon banning Russian and Belarusian tennis players, here are this week's biggest stories.from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    The War In Ukraine Continues: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2022 26:43


    From the latest fines issued in the government's ongoing ‘Partygate' scandal to the cost-of-living crisis, here are this week's biggest stories. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Russia accused of war crimes: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 22:02


    From the rise in national insurance payments to the return of Charles Darwin's notebooks, here are this week's biggest stories.From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    The Spring Statement: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 25:20


    From the war in Ukraine to Russia's last-minute Euro 2028 bid, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    The war in Ukraine continues: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2022 25:46


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    The war in Ukraine continues: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 26:35


    From the government seizing Roman Abramovich's UK assets to one of the greatest undiscovered shipwrecks being discovered, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    The War In Ukraine Continues: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 27:01


    From rising oil prices to Shenkin the Royal Welsh goat, here are this week's biggest stories.from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Russia invades Ukraine: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 25:27


    From Boris Johnson being officially under police caution to North Korea hacking cryptocurrency exchanges, here are this week's biggest stories. From The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Nato warns of Russian invasion: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 21:48


    From Prince Andrew settling his civil sexual assault case with Virginia Giuffre to a record number of centenarians in Sardinia, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Macron and Putin meet to discuss Ukraine: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 22:47


    From former prime minister Sir John Major calling on Boris Johnson to resign to Primark announcing a clothing collaboration with bakery chain Greggs, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    The aftermath of Sue Gray's party report: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 20:55


    From Biden sending more troops to eastern Europe to New York Times buying hit online game Wordle, here are this week's biggest storiesfrom The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    PM faces call to resign over partygate scandal: News Round-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 20:10


    From escalating tensions between Russia and the West to a Briton winning gold in Alpine skiing, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    A Lively PMQs: News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 26:18


    From the ongoing ‘Partygate' scandal to the lifting of ‘Plan B' Covid-19 measures, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    The BYOB party scandal: News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 22:23


    From controversy over Djokovic's visa to fish driving cars, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Omicron data: News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 24:48


    From Piers Corbyn getting arrested to 4G on the Underground, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    The omicron variant : News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 21:44


    From pressure on Johnson's leadership to tornadoes in the US, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Plan B: News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 18:07


    From illegal Christmas parties at Downing Street to multiple volcanic eruptions in Indonesia, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    The Omicron Variant: News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 22:39


    From Sir Keir Starmer's cabinet reshuffle to Rihanna being declared a national hero, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Johnson's Social Care Plan: News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2021 21:14


    From dangerous migrant crossings to Nasa testing planetary defences, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Liverpool hospital bombing: News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 21:22


    From MPs voting on second jobs to increases in childhood obesity, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    MP Conduct Scandal: News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 22:14


    From the final week of Cop26 to a man being eaten by a shark, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Cop26: News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 23:47


    From a HPV vaccine which reduces cancer to finding a missing four-year-old girl, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Cop26: News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 23:47


    From a HPV vaccine which reduces cancer to finding a missing four-year-old girl, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    The Autumn Budget: News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 16:45


    From the capture of Colombia's most wanted drug trafficker to a damning report on NHS Test and Trace, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Sir David Amess: News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 22:43


    From climate investment promises to a 900-year-old crusader sword, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    The MP Covid-19 Report: News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 22:01


    From the Northern Ireland protocol to William Shatner in space, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    The Conservative Party Conference: News Roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 21:23


    From the explosive Pandora Papers to a life-changing malaria vaccine, here are this week's biggest stories from The Daily News In Brief by SheerLuxe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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