The Story

In 1996, mother and daughter Lin and Megan Russell were brutally murdered in a picturesque village in Kent. It was a case that shocked 90s Britain, and after a year of searching for the killer, a man called Michael Stone was convicted for their murders. But nearly three decades later, he remains in prison, protesting his innocence. So did he really do it? New advancements in DNA testing may yet reopen the case, in a story which could become one of the UK’s biggest ever miscarriages of justice.

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Guests:
Emily Dugan, special correspondent, The Sunday Times.
Mark McDonald, Michael Stone’s barrister.
Jim Fraser, forensic scientist who originally worked on the case.
Barbara Stone, Michael Stone’s sister.

Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Harry Stott.

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Read more: Who killed Lin and Megan Russell? DNA advances may end doubt
Further listening: Seventeen Years - The Andrew Malkinson story
Clips: BBC.
Photo: Shaun Russell.
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Keir Starmer has said that Donald Trump’s plan to put tariffs on the UK and seven other countries which oppose his takeover of Greenland is ‘completely wrong.’ Europe is considering its response, from counter tariffs to more radical options. So is this the start of a trade war or something even more serious?
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Guest: Oliver Moody, Berlin correspondent, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Olivia Case, Sophie McNulty.

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Read more: Trump-Greenland latest: US president not serious about invasion, says Starmer
Further listening: Can Nato survive a hostile takeover of Greenland?
Clips: CBS, BBC, Al Jazeera, CBC.
Photo: Getty Images.
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China is on the cusp of constructing the biggest embassy in Europe– right in central London– despite a growing chorus of concern it could be used for a number of spying operations. So why is Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer expected to approve the project? And how worried should we really be?

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Guests:
Cindy Yu, columnist and contributing editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Geraldine Scott, assistant political editor, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Micaela Arneson.
Read more:
It’s a mega mistake to allow the new Chinese embassy
Why China’s embassy plan should be approved
Further listening: Will 2026 be the year of China?
Clips: The Mirror, Daily Express, Sky News, Channel 4.
Photo: Getty Images.
Get in touch: [email protected]

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Over forty years ago in a lab in Boston, biochemist Svetlana Mojsov made an astonishing discovery. She'd conjured up a mixture, GLP-1, that successfully increased insulin levels when blood sugars are high - a mammoth breakthrough for diabetes treatment. It's now the secret sauce in weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, which are taken by 1.6 million people. So why wasn't Mojsov recognised for her work? Why was she, like so many women before her, erased from the story?

Guest: Aimee Donnellan, journalist and author 'Off the Scales: The Inside Story of Ozempic and the Race to Cure Obesity'.
Host: Tom Whipple, science writer and special correspondent, The Times.
Producer: Dave Creasey.
Buy Aimee Donnellan's book from The Times Bookshop

Clips: Sky News
Photo: Stephanie Diani for the Sunday Times Magazine.
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A new study has revealed a surprising truth: men’s sex drive peaks in their early forties. As a man hitting this milestone, Ben Machell explores what makes midlife libido so potent, from confidence and emotional stability, to life experience. We dive into why testosterone isn’t everything, how stress affects younger men, and what makes fortysomething men the “libido elite.”

Read by: Ben Machell, features writer, The Times, and Zak Asgard, contributor. The Times.
Producer: Dave Creasey.
Read more: I’m 43. Are men my age really having more sex than anyone else?
Clips: Working Title/Universal.
Photo: Getty.
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