https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/today-s-news-from-the-national-wireless-service--7253213enNewsCopyright national-wireless-servicehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ca8ac030cd21d8d33c1f5d0b07374849.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/today-s-news-from-the-national-wireless-service--7253213Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:11:30 +0000national-wireless-servicenational-wireless-servicenational-wireless-service@protonmail.comThe News of the day from the National Wireless Servicefalse0cdb45bf-e2da-5887-b863-6a713c65c8b2episodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-28-august-2026-21-45--74739907
Good evening. We begin tonight with affairs at Westminster, where the question of assisted dying continues to occupy the attention of members of the House of Commons ahead of a vote due in a fortnight's time. Mr Andrew Burnham, the Prime Minister, has confirmed that he will not himself be casting a vote on the matter, taking the view that this is...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74739907Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:10:29 +0000national-wireless-serviceThe National Wireless Service presents the news for Friday, the twenty-eighth of August, twenty twenty-six, read this evening by Cedric Fairweather. Good evening. We begin tonight with affairs at Westminster, where the question of assisted dying...
Good evening. We begin tonight with affairs at Westminster, where the question of assisted dying continues to occupy the attention of members of the House of Commons ahead of a vote due in a fortnight's time. Mr Andrew Burnham, the Prime Minister, has confirmed that he will not himself be casting a vote on the matter, taking the view that this is...]]>798falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-27-august-2026-21-12--74739794
We begin tonight with grave news from Nepal, where catastrophic flash flooding has claimed a very heavy toll of life and left a great many still unaccounted for. Nepali police report that some three hundred and fifty-nine bodies have now been recovered, while in excess of thirteen hundred persons remain missing across the stricken districts. Among those...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74739794Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:45:00 +0000national-wireless-serviceThis is Cedric Fairweather, with the news from the National Wireless Service, for Thursday, the twenty-seventh of August, twenty twenty-six. We begin tonight with grave news from Nepal, where catastrophic flash flooding has claimed a very heavy toll...
We begin tonight with grave news from Nepal, where catastrophic flash flooding has claimed a very heavy toll of life and left a great many still unaccounted for. Nepali police report that some three hundred and fifty-nine bodies have now been recovered, while in excess of thirteen hundred persons remain missing across the stricken districts. Among those...]]>645falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-26-august-2026-20-52--74704605
We begin tonight with grave tidings from the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, where flash floods and mudslides have brought catastrophe to the Rasuwa region. Nepalese police report that no fewer than ninety-five persons have lost their lives following torrential rains which struck in the early hours of Wednesday morning, sweeping away villages and mountain...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74704605Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:33:59 +0000national-wireless-serviceHere is the news for Wednesday, the twenty-sixth of August, twenty twenty-six, read by Cedric Fairweather, for the National Wireless Service. We begin tonight with grave tidings from the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, where flash floods and mudslides...
We begin tonight with grave tidings from the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, where flash floods and mudslides have brought catastrophe to the Rasuwa region. Nepalese police report that no fewer than ninety-five persons have lost their lives following torrential rains which struck in the early hours of Wednesday morning, sweeping away villages and mountain...]]>737falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-25-august-2026-21-29--74687810
We begin this evening in Northern Ireland, where the High Court has quashed a decision by the Parades Commission to restrict the annual Drumcree parade. The Commission had proposed to bar the July procession from entering the Garvaghy Road, an area of chiefly nationalist sentiment, a determination which, it may be observed, has been...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74687810Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:48:08 +0000national-wireless-serviceGood evening. Cedric Fairweather here, at the National Wireless Service's microphone, with the news for Tuesday, the twenty-fifth of August, twenty twenty-six. We begin this evening in Northern Ireland, where the High Court has quashed a decision by...
We begin this evening in Northern Ireland, where the High Court has quashed a decision by the Parades Commission to restrict the annual Drumcree parade. The Commission had proposed to bar the July procession from entering the Garvaghy Road, an area of chiefly nationalist sentiment, a determination which, it may be observed, has been...]]>659falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-24-august-2026-18-32--74659852
We begin this evening with domestic political matters, before turning to affairs upon the Continent, the wider world, and thence to home news, commerce, and the arts.

The Reform party has announced that, were it to hold the levers of local administration, it would give preference to British-born applicants in the allocation of social housing. The...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74659852Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:15:13 +0000national-wireless-serviceCedric Fairweather speaking, from the National Wireless Service. Here is the news for Monday, the twenty-fourth of August, twenty twenty-six. We begin this evening with domestic political matters, before turning to affairs upon the Continent, the...
We begin this evening with domestic political matters, before turning to affairs upon the Continent, the wider world, and thence to home news, commerce, and the arts.

The Reform party has announced that, were it to hold the levers of local administration, it would give preference to British-born applicants in the allocation of social housing. The...]]>713falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-23-august-2026-21-20--74599369
Good evening. We begin this evening, as is our custom, with matters of state and governance here at home, before proceeding to the Continent, to the wider world, and thence to matters of business, culture, and the weather that awaits us in the coming hours.

The Ministry of Housing has this week announced that mayors across England are to be granted new...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74599369Sun, 23 Aug 2026 20:45:37 +0000national-wireless-serviceThis is Cedric Fairweather, with the news from the National Wireless Service, for Sunday, the twenty-third of August, twenty twenty-six. Good evening. We begin this evening, as is our custom, with matters of state and governance here at home, before...
Good evening. We begin this evening, as is our custom, with matters of state and governance here at home, before proceeding to the Continent, to the wider world, and thence to matters of business, culture, and the weather that awaits us in the coming hours.

The Ministry of Housing has this week announced that mayors across England are to be granted new...]]>762falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-21-august-2026-19-56--74474835
We begin this evening with matters of domestic policy. His Majesty's Government has given its approval to a substantial solar generating station, notwithstanding a chorus of objection from residents of the locality and their Member of Parliament, who had argued strenuously against the scheme. The decision, taken in London, reflects the government's...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74474835Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:17:08 +0000national-wireless-serviceCedric Fairweather speaking, from the National Wireless Service. Here is the news for Friday, the twenty-first of August, twenty twenty-six. We begin this evening with matters of domestic policy. His Majesty's Government has given its approval to a...
We begin this evening with matters of domestic policy. His Majesty's Government has given its approval to a substantial solar generating station, notwithstanding a chorus of objection from residents of the locality and their Member of Parliament, who had argued strenuously against the scheme. The decision, taken in London, reflects the government's...]]>630falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-20-august-2026-17-44--74413986
We begin this evening with domestic politics, and a proposal from the Reform party concerning the training of the nation's young workers. The party has put forward a scheme whereby firms taking on apprentices would receive a rebate upon their taxation, intended as an inducement to industry to invest once more in skilled labour rather than...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74413986Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:50:31 +0000national-wireless-serviceGood evening. Cedric Fairweather here, at the National Wireless Service's microphone, with the news for Thursday, the twentieth of August, twenty twenty-six. We begin this evening with domestic politics, and a proposal from the Reform party...
We begin this evening with domestic politics, and a proposal from the Reform party concerning the training of the nation's young workers. The party has put forward a scheme whereby firms taking on apprentices would receive a rebate upon their taxation, intended as an inducement to industry to invest once more in skilled labour rather than...]]>645falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-19-august-2026-21-22--74339758
We begin this evening with news from Downing Street, where the Prime Minister, Mr Andy Burnham, has unveiled a scheme intended to see rough sleepers taken off the streets of England before the Christmas season. The plan, which draws heavily upon the "Everyone In" arrangements adopted during the recent public health emergency, will see local authorities...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74339758Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:03:56 +0000national-wireless-serviceThis is the National Wireless Service. Here is the news for Wednesday, the nineteenth of August, twenty twenty-six, read by Cedric Fairweather. We begin this evening with news from Downing Street, where the Prime Minister, Mr Andy Burnham, has...
We begin this evening with news from Downing Street, where the Prime Minister, Mr Andy Burnham, has unveiled a scheme intended to see rough sleepers taken off the streets of England before the Christmas season. The plan, which draws heavily upon the "Everyone In" arrangements adopted during the recent public health emergency, will see local authorities...]]>641falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-18-august-2026-20-45--74268797
We begin this evening with matters at home, in Westminster and across the Commonwealth.

Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children's Commissioner, has today issued a pointed warning concerning the government's Prevent scheme, that programme established to identify young persons thought to be at risk of drifting toward political violence. Dame...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74268797Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:03:41 +0000national-wireless-serviceGood evening, listeners. This is Cedric Fairweather of the National Wireless Service, with the news for Tuesday, the eighteenth of August, twenty twenty-six. We begin this evening with matters at home, in Westminster and across the Commonwealth....
We begin this evening with matters at home, in Westminster and across the Commonwealth.

Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children's Commissioner, has today issued a pointed warning concerning the government's Prevent scheme, that programme established to identify young persons thought to be at risk of drifting toward political violence. Dame...]]>690falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-17-august-2026-21-24--74224812
We begin tonight with troubling word from the Persian Gulf, where the President of the United States, Mr Donald Trump, has issued a most pointed warning to the Sultanate of Oman, a nation with which His Majesty's Government has long maintained cordial and profitable relations. Mr Trump has let it be known, in characteristically forthright terms, that...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74224812Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:38:58 +0000national-wireless-serviceCedric Fairweather speaking, from the National Wireless Service. Here is the news for Monday, the seventeenth of August, twenty twenty-six. We begin tonight with troubling word from the Persian Gulf, where the President of the United States, Mr...
We begin tonight with troubling word from the Persian Gulf, where the President of the United States, Mr Donald Trump, has issued a most pointed warning to the Sultanate of Oman, a nation with which His Majesty's Government has long maintained cordial and profitable relations. Mr Trump has let it be known, in characteristically forthright terms, that...]]>716falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-16-august-2026-18-12--74136443
We begin tonight with grave news from the Continent, where Moscow has confirmed that its forces launched what is being described as the largest series of strikes against Ukraine since the turn of the year. Reports reaching us this evening indicate that at least seven persons have been killed as fires broke out across the Ukrainian capital,...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74136443Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:29:46 +0000national-wireless-serviceGood evening. Cedric Fairweather here, at the National Wireless Service's microphone, with the news for Sunday, the sixteenth of August, twenty twenty-six. We begin tonight with grave news from the Continent, where Moscow has confirmed that its...
We begin tonight with grave news from the Continent, where Moscow has confirmed that its forces launched what is being described as the largest series of strikes against Ukraine since the turn of the year. Reports reaching us this evening indicate that at least seven persons have been killed as fires broke out across the Ukrainian capital,...]]>650falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-15-august-2026-18-04--74078497
We begin this evening with grave tidings from the Dutch East Indies, where a powerful earthquake, registering some seven point seven upon the measuring scale employed by seismologists, has struck the island of Flores in the eastern reaches of that vast archipelago. At the latest reckoning, no fewer than forty-seven persons are confirmed to have perished,...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74078497Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:49:02 +0000national-wireless-serviceThis is the National Wireless Service. Here is the news for Saturday, the fifteenth of August, twenty twenty-six, read by Cedric Fairweather. We begin this evening with grave tidings from the Dutch East Indies, where a powerful earthquake,...
We begin this evening with grave tidings from the Dutch East Indies, where a powerful earthquake, registering some seven point seven upon the measuring scale employed by seismologists, has struck the island of Flores in the eastern reaches of that vast archipelago. At the latest reckoning, no fewer than forty-seven persons are confirmed to have perished,...]]>860falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-14-august-2026-18-08--74005321
Good evening. We begin tonight with affairs closer to home, in the corridors of Westminster and across the Commonwealth, before turning to news from further afield, matters of trade and industry, some lighter items of culture and curiosity, and finally the weather, which continues to occupy a good deal of the nation's attention this week.

We start with a...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74005321Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:25:22 +0000national-wireless-serviceThis is Cedric Fairweather, with the news from the National Wireless Service, for Friday, the fourteenth of August, twenty twenty-six. Good evening. We begin tonight with affairs closer to home, in the corridors of Westminster and across the...
Good evening. We begin tonight with affairs closer to home, in the corridors of Westminster and across the Commonwealth, before turning to news from further afield, matters of trade and industry, some lighter items of culture and curiosity, and finally the weather, which continues to occupy a good deal of the nation's attention this week.

We start with a...]]>674falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-13-august-2026-18-07--73927093
Good evening.

We begin tonight in Westminster, where His Majesty's Government has found itself defending a robust piece of maritime enforcement upon the high seas. Ministers have confirmed the seizure of a tanker believed to belong to what officials describe, somewhat colourfully, as an "irregular fleet" - vessels operating under flags of...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73927093Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:27:41 +0000national-wireless-serviceThe National Wireless Service presents the news for Thursday, the thirteenth of August, twenty twenty-six, read this evening by Cedric Fairweather. Good evening. We begin tonight in Westminster, where His Majesty's Government has found itself...
Good evening.

We begin tonight in Westminster, where His Majesty's Government has found itself defending a robust piece of maritime enforcement upon the high seas. Ministers have confirmed the seizure of a tanker believed to belong to what officials describe, somewhat colourfully, as an "irregular fleet" - vessels operating under flags of...]]>587falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-12-august-2026--73859931
We begin this evening in the Gulf of Oman, where American forces have taken direct and forceful action against a vessel accused of running the blockade maintained around the Persian coast. United States Central Command has confirmed that one of its helicopters fired upon a cargo ship flying the flag of Panama, striking the vessel's engine room with the...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73859931Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:32:30 +0000national-wireless-serviceHere is the news for Wednesday, the twelfth of August, twenty twenty-six, read by Cedric Fairweather, for the National Wireless Service. We begin this evening in the Gulf of Oman, where American forces have taken direct and forceful action against a...
We begin this evening in the Gulf of Oman, where American forces have taken direct and forceful action against a vessel accused of running the blockade maintained around the Persian coast. United States Central Command has confirmed that one of its helicopters fired upon a cargo ship flying the flag of Panama, striking the vessel's engine room with the...]]>764falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-11-august-2026--73827956
We begin this evening at Westminster, where the new Prime Minister, Mr Burnham, has been grappling with what commentators are already calling the thorniest question of his young premiership: the vexed matter of prisoners released before the completion of their sentences. Mr Burnham has told the House that he remains, in his own words,...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73827956Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:56:25 +0000national-wireless-serviceGood evening, listeners. This is Cedric Fairweather of the National Wireless Service, with the news for Tuesday, the eleventh of August, twenty twenty-six. We begin this evening at Westminster, where the new Prime Minister, Mr Burnham, has been...
We begin this evening at Westminster, where the new Prime Minister, Mr Burnham, has been grappling with what commentators are already calling the thorniest question of his young premiership: the vexed matter of prisoners released before the completion of their sentences. Mr Burnham has told the House that he remains, in his own words,...]]>656falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-10-august-2026--73776749
We begin this evening with matters closer to home, and with news from the Channel coast that will occasion no little disquiet among those charged with the defence of our shores. The Home Office has confirmed that a single small vessel put across the Channel over the weekend carrying no fewer than two hundred and thirty souls, believed to be the largest number...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73776749Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:29:00 +0000national-wireless-serviceThis is the National Wireless Service. Here is the news for Monday, the tenth of August, twenty twenty-six, read by Cedric Fairweather. We begin this evening with matters closer to home, and with news from the Channel coast that will occasion no...
We begin this evening with matters closer to home, and with news from the Channel coast that will occasion no little disquiet among those charged with the defence of our shores. The Home Office has confirmed that a single small vessel put across the Channel over the weekend carrying no fewer than two hundred and thirty souls, believed to be the largest number...]]>675falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/news-broadcast-9-august-2026--73757943
Good evening.

We begin tonight with affairs at Westminster, where the question of reform to the House of Lords continues to occupy those in political circles. Mr Anas Sarwar, the former leader of the Labour party in Scotland, has told a wireless interviewer north of the border that he remains of the view that the upper chamber ought to be abolished...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73757943Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000national-wireless-serviceThe National Wireless Service presents the news for Sunday, the ninth of August, twenty twenty-six, read this evening by Cedric Fairweather. Good evening. We begin tonight with affairs at Westminster, where the question of reform to the House of...
Good evening.

We begin tonight with affairs at Westminster, where the question of reform to the House of Lords continues to occupy those in political circles. Mr Anas Sarwar, the former leader of the Labour party in Scotland, has told a wireless interviewer north of the border that he remains of the view that the upper chamber ought to be abolished...]]>798falsefull