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History Girls: How football came home... again

Mon, 28 Jul 2025
After claiming back-to-back European titles, the Lionesses are now the first senior England football side to win a major tournament away from home.  
 
The team had to overcome physical and psychological adversity throughout the tournament – from poor performances and penalty drama to a player being subjected to horrendous racial abuse. So how did inspirational manager, Sarina Wiegman, beat the odds once more? 
 
On today's episode, our sports correspondent, Rob Harris, relives the highs and lows of Euro 2025 and we speak to the former FA Head of Women’s Football, Baroness Sue Campbell – one of the main architects of the Lionesses’ success. 

Producers: Araminta Parker, Emily Hulme
Editor: Mike Bovill

Why is Lucy Bronze the Lionesses' golden girl?

Fri, 25 Jul 2025
33-year-old defender Lucy Bronze has been at the heart of the England team for over a decade, with 140 caps so far. She played a crucial role in helping the Lionesses win back-to-back European titles - somehow managing to play the entire tournament in Switzerland with a broken leg.  
 
Shirts with her name on the back are amongst the most commonly worn by England fans, a testament to her contribution to the growth of the women's game. 
 
On today's episode, Niall Paterson learns about Bronze's work ethic and the challenges she's overcome, with former teammate Lianne Sanderson and Sky News sports presenter Jacquie Beltrao.  
 
Producers: Soila Apparicio and Emily Hulme 
Editor: Wendy Parker  

Doctors strike – what's different this time?

Thu, 24 Jul 2025
The doctors' union, the British Medical Association, is calling for a pay rise of 29.2% to reverse "pay erosion" since 2008/09. The government has offered 5.4%. 

In previous strikes, around 1.5 million appointments were cancelled or rescheduled, but this time hospitals have been told to cancel non-urgent work only in "exceptional circumstances".  

In today’s episode, Niall Paterson talks to Sky’s health correspondent Ashish Joshi about how the NHS will deal with the walkout and also to resident doctor Bhasha Mukherjee about why she voted for strike action. 
 
Producer: Emily Hulme 
Editor: Wendy Parker  

How Ozzy Osbourne made Birmingham the birthplace of metal

Wed, 23 Jul 2025
Ozzy Osbourne made a musical genre. For millions of metal fans, Ozzy and Black Sabbath came up with the sound which influenced countless others. 
 
Heavy metal will always be linked with Birmingham – Ozzy's home city, where he returned to perform in early July. 
 
On this Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson looks at how a working-class lad from Aston became a cultural icon and gave the city its own musical identity. 
 
Niall speaks to Sky News entertainment reporter Gemma Peplow who covered the "Back To Beginning" gig and to Jez Collins, a historian at the Birmingham Music Archive. 
 
Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse  
Editor: Paul Stanworth  

Why are far-right white nationalists on the rise in the US?

Tue, 22 Jul 2025
Warning: This episode contains themes of racism and homophobia which listeners may find upsetting.
 
No gays, no Jews, and definitely no non-whites. It’s messaging that reminds us of a segregated United States – a time that apparently ended in the 1960s. But a community in Arkansas, called Return to the Land, wants to establish a whites-only town, and think they have the legal standing to do so. 
 
The group says it’s about freedom and community - but critics say it’s “pure white supremacist rhetoric”.  

Tom Cheshire, our data and forensics' correspondent, went to visit this whites-only community in Arkansas, and joins host Niall Paterson to tell him about the people he met. Niall also speaks to Dr Heidi Beirich, an expert on the American and European far-right, about Return to the Land’s ideology, and why white nationalism is on the rise in the US. 

Producer: Soila Apparicio 
Editor: Philly Beaumont 
 

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