Learning English from the News Podcast
Learn the language you need to understand news stories in English.
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Episodes to download
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A minimum price for alcohol in Scotland
Tue 1 May 2018
Neil and Catherine explain vocabulary and talk about Scotland's new health-related change
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It's a boy! Royal baby born
Tue 24 Apr 2018
Neil and Dan explain the language used to discuss the new royal
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Justin Trudeau apologises for wrongful killing
Tue 27 Mar 2018
The Canadian prime minister apologised for the 1864 unjust hanging of indigenous leaders
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Last male northern white rhino dies
Tue 20 Mar 2018
The future of the northern white rhino looks bleak after the last known male has died
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Britain must diet, say health officials
Tue 6 Mar 2018
Health officials in the UK ask the food industry to cut calories to reduce obesity
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'The Beast from the East' blankets UK
Tue 27 Feb 2018
A band of extreme cold and snow has hit parts of Europe and the UK
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How do vampire bats survive on blood?
Tue 20 Feb 2018
Scientists have discovered how vampire bats can survive on a blood-only diet
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South Africa: reports ANC ask Zuma to go
Tue 13 Feb 2018
Reports from South Africa say that the ANC have asked President Zuma to step down
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100 year anniversary for women's rights
Tue 6 Feb 2018
Rob and Dan teach you the language the world's media is using to discuss this story
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Koreas talk for first time in two years
Tue 9 Jan 2018
North Korea has agreed to send a delegation to the Winter Olympics in the south
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Hollywood's campaign against harassment
Tue 2 Jan 2018
Rob and Neil teach you how to use language from this news story in your everyday English.
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Used rocket launched into space
Boxing Day 2017
Would you like to travel to space in a second-hand rocket?
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Gatlin team doping allegations
Tue 19 Dec 2017
Allegations of drug taking connected to world-record holder Justin Gatlin have been made.
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Macron renews global warming fight
Tue 12 Dec 2017
French president Macron hopes to re-energise the fight against global warming
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Stopping the environmental apocalypse
Tue 5 Dec 2017
An international delegation meet to avert environmental catastrophe
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A royal romance
Tue 28 Nov 2017
Prince Harry, fifth in line to the throne, is going to marry Meghan Markle
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President defies a nation
Tue 21 Nov 2017
The Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, refuses to step down
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The Russian Revolution: 100 years on
Tue 7 Nov 2017
It's 100 years since the October Revolution in Russia
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Human health affected by climate change
Tue 31 Oct 2017
Changing climate is causing heat waves, poor diet and spreading disease
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Toxicity tax for Londonβs polluting cars
Tue 24 Oct 2017
London has introduced a tax to combat air pollution
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Ancient stellar collision makes waves
Tue 17 Oct 2017
Two stars hitting each other has been described as βcataclysmicβ. What does that mean?
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Racial inequality in the UK
Tue 10 Oct 2017
Learn how to use the language from the latest news stories in your everyday English.
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Spain in crisis after Catalan vote
Tue 3 Oct 2017
The Spanish region of Catalonia has voted for independence in an unofficial referendum
