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Nigel Farage has had a tricky summer. With his party down in the polls and beset by scandal, it hasn’t been ideal preparation for Thursday’s by-election. Ahead of it, we headed down to the seaside in Essex to see how locals are feeling about the vote, before asking one of our politicos if the whole stunt has actually backfired.

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Guest: Josh Glancy, associate editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Rosie Wright.
Producers: Harry Stott.
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Read more: To stop Reform’s slump, Nigel Farage needs to win places like this
Further listening: Posh George: the criminal behind Farage
Clips: The Telegraph / Youtube, LBC, BBC, Whitehall Sources, Rupert Lowe / X.
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The UK produces around half of the food we eat but this year's droughts have led to shriveling crops and farmers struggling to feed their animals. Is our changing climate jeopardising our food security?

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Guests:

Olly Harrison, cereals farmer.
Ben Cooke, environment correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.

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Read more: Drained reservoirs may not prevent harvest being worst on record
Further listening: Why young high achievers are leaving Britain
Clips: Sky News.
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This week, Jason Arday, who made history as Cambridge’s youngest black professor, resigned after facing serious allegations of plagiarism. How did Arday's dramatic downfall unfold? And why has this academic row sparked global headlines?

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Guest: Emma Yeomans, news reporter, The Times
Host: Manveen Rana
Producer: Sophie McNulty
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Read more: Jason Arday: Times analysis finds ‘impossible’ data in his work
Clips: Channel 5, Sky News, Channel 4, BBC, The Telegraph.
Photo: Joshua Bratt for The Times.
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The Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila smashed the speed record for the world’s 14 highest peaks. But soon after, her career unravelled. Could she have done more to help another mountaineer in trouble?

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Read by: Matthew Campbell, foreign features editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Emily Webb.
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In the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, citizens are facing escalating missile attacks from Russia and the country is out of interceptor missiles to prevent them. But behind the scenes, Ukraine has been plotting to bring down Russia’s biggest online retailer, Wildberries. If successful, it could be ruinous for the Russian economy.

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Guest: Catherine Philp, world affairs editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Emily Webb.
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Read more: Ukraine is hammering Wildberries warehouses. What is its strategy?
Clips: BBC, Sky News, CNN, The i Paper, Radio Free Europe, CBC.
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