Russell Brand: On Trial

As Russell Brand goes on trial, Sky News brings together two award winning journalists to cover the case. Together this pair has more than 30 years experience reporting on the most high profile criminal cases.
Sky News’ crime commentator Martin Brunt and entertainment correspondent Katie Spencer will be at Southwark Crown Court to hear the prosecution case, witnesses testimonies and Brand’s defence.
He faces three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges and denies the allegations against him.
Our eyes and ears in court, Martin and Katie will guide us through the maze of the justice system and this case with clarity and insight.
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LEDs were supposed to be one of the great environmental success stories: a revolutionary technology that uses a fraction of the energy of traditional light bulbs. But have they really saved the world?
In our new podcast Stuff Matters, economics and data editor Ed Conway takes an object, cracks it open and reveals the world shaping forces hidden inside.
Each episode follows a trail of ideas that stretches beyond the object itself, uncovering far reaching economic powers that shape how we live.
Along the way, Ed meets fascinating characters, from brilliant inventors to Latin American revolutionaries. He dives into their personal stories and reveals how they’ve changed the course of industries and economies.
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Sophy Ridge and Wilf Frost bring you the Cheat Sheet to the day’s news in 10 minutes.
On this first episode, they look at the Huntington mass stabbing and hear from an eye witness. Sophy’s spoken to the sole survivor of the Air India crash which killed 241 people back in June. And Wilf’s heard from the US ambassador to the UK Warren Stephens, who wants the UK to keep drilling for oil and gas. And India’s women bring home the cricket World Cup.

For more than a decade, London mum Anna has led a secret double life as a brothel keeper. But in 2024, a break-in at her brothel sparks a potentially deadly chain of events.

Pitted against both criminals and the police, can Anna untangle herself from this hidden world with both her secret and her safety intact? 

The first episodes of The Brothel are out soon.

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EPISODE 7: A new court case finally exposes abuse in Barrow. Jason and Liz have known about these allegations for years but they can only reveal the facts now. The case involves three brothers and it's taken their victims more than a decade to get justice. Now we can tell the story of their crimes and follow a thread leading back to Ellie Williams. She's out of jail and not allowed to talk to the media. But Jason and Liz find her old diaries raise fresh questions.  
  
Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence and sexual abuse, explicit language, and a reference to suicide  
  
From Sky News Storycast, Unreliable Witness is presented by Jason Farrell and Liz Lane. 

Episode Producer: Soila Apparicio 
Executive Producer: Louise Cotton  
Sound Design: Matt Wareham  
Sky Podcasts Editor: Paul Stanworth