INVESTIGATION: The black market for fake driving tests thriving in the UK
Almost 700,000 people are waiting to book their driving test in the UK, a record backlog which is being exploited by scammers. Our reporter Emma Kirwan found victims across the UK have already paid ou...
6 Nov 202525min
The pre-budget back-pedal
Rachel Reeves has paved the way for potential tax rises. In a speech three weeks before the budget, the chancellor refused to commit to Labour’s manifesto promise to not raise National Insurance, inco...
5 Nov 202531min
How the Huntingdon train attack unfolded - and what comes next
On Saturday evening, passengers on a train from Doncaster to London King’s Cross suddenly found themselves in the path of a man wielding a large kitchen knife. In the terrifying minutes that followed,...
4 Nov 202525min
The millennial Mayor who wants to remake New York
Tomorrow is election day for the mayor of New York and the frontrunner is 34-year-old Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani. But are his plans to remake America's biggest city achievable - or a pipe dr...
3 Nov 202527min
I hired a male escort for my 70th birthday - The Sunday Story
Gail Rice had given up on dating apps and was dreading old age. Then the psychologist had an idea — book a hotel room for a landmark birthday and pay a stranger to turn her on. Would it work?This podc...
2 Nov 202524min
The Story presents: Planet Hope - Restoring movement after paralysis
This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is hosted by The Story released as a bonus weekly se...
1 Nov 202535min
Andrew & Epstein - The King acts
This episode is from The Story's sister podcast The Royals.He will now be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. The man formerly known as Prince Andrew is being stripped of his titles and remove...
31 Okt 202530min
The children taking Wegovy
Since January, one clinic in the UK has started prescribing the weight-loss medication Wegovy to 12-17 year-olds. For some, the results have been life-changing. But without evidence about the long-ter...
31 Okt 202529min
