Happy New Year Listeners.

With a new year, brings new change, new leaders and new relationships. And we, at the Bylines Network, are no different.

This month's episode, we're speaking to the Network's brand new Managing Director, Ben Dickenson.

We ask about what drew him to the Network, what his plans are and what he sees as the Network's role in an ever increasingly dishonest world.

Join Julian and Chris on the first of may episodes of the Bylines Network, bringing you news in your local area, written by people in your local area.

Another year has been and gone, at last.

And while there were plenty of news stories from the last 12 months, it's very hard to remember the good news stories as those aren't thhe ones people click on.

So, in our end of year round up, our hosts look at good news stories from 2024, highlight some of the ones that made us feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Happy New Year everyone, here's to 2025 and all it shall bring.

At every election, there's always a few parties that seems to reurn the same amount of MPs, Plaid Cymru is one of them.

As Englishmen, our hosts know very little about the Welsh Party so we call upon our friends in Bylines Cymru to tell us about them.

What are their policies? Are they the Welsh version of the SNP? And can they have an impact in this general election? listen to our latest episode to find out.

This week on election Fever, we look at the SNP with the host of our Podcast across the border, Ronnie Barbour.

A few weeks before an election was called, the previous First Minister Humza Yousaf stepped down following an impolsion of the deal made with the Scottish Greens.

Now they have a new leader facing the same problems, will they come back to bite him or will he navigate his way through this election relatively well?

In this episode, we look back on and preview two elections.

Julian and Chris look back on some major results from the Local elections that took place at the beginning of May and react to the news that broke at the end of May.

What could this mean for the Tories? Is there any battlegrounds that Labour could lose? Will we get Election Fever done before July 4th?

Check out our latest episode to find out

At the Local Elections, interesting things have been happening for the Green Party.

They continued to rise in terms of councillors, gaining 74, and came very close to gaining the Bristol City Council.

However, the most interesting result could be incoming. With all the Councillors in teh newly created Bristol Central constituency now Green ones, with two more contituencies targeted.

Continuing our Election Fever miniseries, we ask the question can the Green Party replicate gains in Westminster?

Welcome to the Bumper Episode where our hosts look at the Mayorals and the Council elections, and what they could mean for our PM.

There are brand new positions being made that could be targets as well as interesting elections happening in Bristol and London.

In March, we saw the Chancellor announce the last budget before the next General Election.

Our host comb through some of the major announcements, including the abolishment of None-Dom status, whether these policies will help those who need it the most and whether or not this spells an early General election.

This episode also features an interview by our friends, the Bylines Scotland Podcast, talking to Polly Jones, Head of the Trussell Trust, please do give them a follow.

There's an election happening in 2024. But who's running? What are their policies? Are they really doing as good or as badly as the media say?

Welcome to our new mini-series, Election fever, wghere our hosts look at each of the main political parties and anaylyse their chances when the British public go to the polls.

First up are Reform UK. Hot off the heels of getting their first MP, Reform UK have been in the media a lot lately, with their leader Richard Tice setting out their plan to "wipe Tories out at polls". But can they really make an impact? Are they really on a huge a rise as the newscasters think?

Happy 2024 Everybody!

This year, 4 billion people will be voting in either Executive, Legislative and Referendum elections.

These elections will cover 65 countries across all 6 habited continents. While we can't cover all of them, leaving out elections in places like India, North and South Korea, Iran, Indonesia and Taiwan, we chose the 4 that interested us the most.

In our first episode of the year, we will be looking at 4 elections that interest us that we think will determine the, not just the path the country will take, but the path the world will take until the next election cycle.

It's been 7 years since the landmark referendum that saw the UK, eventually, leave the European Union. And it's still a decision that affects us to this day. In our last episode of 2023, we talk to three university students contributing to North West Bylines, to talk about how Brexit has affected the young and what can be changed and done about it in the future. We hope you find this episode interesting and we hope to see you in 2024.

Sunak has changed up his cabinet before an anticipated General Election next year.

In this episode, Chris and Julian discuss those leaving, those coming in, the unsurprises and surprises of both.

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Our two stories of the month are election related

First we look at the Tory Leadership Election, which was won by Right Wing Kemi Badenoch. Our hosts look at her record and what it could mean for the next 4 years or even if she will last that long.

But it is the election of the United States of America that draws our attention for most of this episode. Julian and Chris discuss the result, what went wrong and what the next 4 years could mean for both Europe and the American People.

Throughout last month, by-elections happened. One in Scotland and two in England.

We bring in Martin Roche of our friends across the border, Bylines Scotland, to discuss the results once again and do they confirm what we suspect might happen in the upcoming 2024 General Election.

We do apologise for the lateness of this episode, we had some behind the scenes technical issues, we plan to keep up our end of month schedule from now on.

In the past week, the Prime Minister has made some startling u-turns on Net Zero commitments.

The main policy shifts were delaying the ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035, pushed back the transition away from fossil fuel boilers to the same year, and scrapped energy efficiency targets on homes.

Mr Sunak advertised these changes as “Long-term decisions for a brighter future” but they seem to be anything but. This seems, to Julian and Chris who host this week, like a bad plan to capitalise on supposed success in the recent by-elections, which we've previously covered in an episode.

Listen to us this week as we discuss why this happened, why now and what it could mean for Britain's reputation as a Global Leader on Green Targets.

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In July, three By-Elections took place and all the results were interesting. Each of the major parties won one constituency each.

The big attention was, of course, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, where the Conservatives just managed to hold onto the constituency by a mere 495 votes. Even though the party tried to play this off as a victory, it's very much a hollow one.

The others however were a bit more straight forward. Labour took a seat from the Conservatives in Yorkshire and the Lib Dems did the same in the South West, with Ed Davey and his props making a comeback to celebrate the victory.

What does this all mean for a general election? Join Julian and Chris this week for our political analysis.

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In this month's hour-long episode, we hear from a host of special guests including Carla Denyer, Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, Ryan Jude, a Labour Party Councillor for Lancaster Gate, and Leo Murray, Co-founder and Director of Innovation and Engagement at Possible.

At this event, each of the guests discuss what they think should be the priority out of 4 options they all agree should take place in order for the UK to achieve its Green targets and make the country a more eco-friendly place.

The Event was hosted by Louise Houghton, Editor-in-Chief of Yorkshire Bylines and was original broadcast on the 13th June 2023.

If you wish to see a video version of the event, you can find it on the Bylines Network YouTube page. Please subscribe to them, as well as the other publications with a presence there, West England Bylines and Bylines Scotland.

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This month, Julian and Chris celebrate pride month by bringing you some Pride themed articles or articles written by Queer authors.

The articles this month include a discussion about gender from North West by Isabelle Goodhand, the function of Pride in the 2020s, especially with encroaching of LGBT+ rights from Central Bylines by Bryan Manley-Green, and a queer filmmaker’s examination of dealing with disability from Bylines Cymru by Abigail Luxford-Noyes. Please give all of these a read.

However, half way through the episode we also try something new and recommend you Pride themed shows, films and books that we think you should read.

Happy Pride Month everyone, please join us next time.

After a long Hiatus, we're back and once again talking about Politics. Julian and Chris return to discuss key areas of interest to them, Brighton & Hove and the County of Hertfordshire. What were the results in these areas? Do they spell success for the Conservatives? Or, indeed, any of the major parties? And what do these results mean for a future General Election? Listen to our new episode and find out!

On this week’s podcast, Julian Greenbank interviewed the UK LGBT poet laureate, Trudy Howson. Trudy started her life as an actress, looking to make it big in London during the 1970s. She then found a new life with the local LGBTQ+ community.
Through it, she went to the first Pride march in 1972 and met so many people, including Sir Ian McKellen and human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell. She has worked with many human rights organisations, such as Stonewall and Amnesty.
LGBT poet laureate
In 2016, she was named the LGBT poet laureate. She uses her role to bring awareness to many political movements and travesties, such as the rise of LGBTQ+ hate crime in the UK and the rounding up of LGBTQ+ people in Chechnya.
Her work has featured in films (such as the YouTube film We are Means Happy, directed by Craig Heathcote) and even had her work cited in a cross-party debate about LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya, after she protested the treatment of LGBTQ+ people in the region outside the Russian Embassy.

As the celebration of Ramadan comes to a close, the Bylines Network podcast team has a look at the meaning and story behind the celebration. We also speak with
Kamran Shezad from the Bahu Trust, about their efforts to make the celebration a more sustainable event. 

A special extra episode, provided by East Anglia Bylines' Jessica Walsh.

Jessica speaks with Simon Feneron, manager of the Banningham Crown, about a journey which he made to the Ukrainian border to deliver aid to refugees fleeing the conflict.

Please consider donating to the Banningham Crown's crowdfunder, and checking out Jessica's write-up of the interview for East Anglia Bylines. 

The Bylines Network Podcast's recent episode looks at the International Day of Forests, telling the unique efforts of different speakers. 

On the 21st of March a variety of events honor and promote awareness of the value of forests, as well as trees outside of forests, for the sake of present and future generations. Every year, countries are urged to arrange local, national, and international activities involving forests and trees, such as tree-planting programmes. 

Sanjive Mahandru gave us an insight into how something as simple as using a bike instead of a car can make a big statement. Sanjive is a volunteer at the Birmingham Friends of the Earth campaign, protesting environmental issues in Birmingham. After ten years of volunteering, the estate agent thinks the biggest polluters of Birmingham are council owned and they don’t follow the same agenda they do. 

The team also spoke with Peter Gilbert, the Green Party Candidate for the Eccelesall Ward in Shefield. The social care worker was on the frontline of the protests stopping Sheffield council demolishing street trees and is preaching for his home to be more natural again.  

Be sure to follow us on social media @BylinesPod, and our guests, @PeterGilbertUK and @Bham_FOE

Last year, there was uproar as Bannau Brycheiniog National Park decided to use its Welsh name on all its advertising.

A few weeks ago, one of our hosts noticed similar headlines as there was discussion about whether to change the official name of Wales to Cymru.

So, to counteract those headlines, Chris and Julian invited Gwern Gwynfil of Bylines Cymru to talk about the history of what Tolkien called "the senior language of the men of Britain", the efforts made to save it and why changing its name to Cymru is not that big a deal.

As February comes to a close, the Bylines Network takes a look at LGBT+ History Month, which was celebrated this month. In the episode, the team speaks with Clive Duffy, one of the co-founders of Herts Pride and co-founder of the pro-LGBT awareness charity Ask For Clive, and also with Kaylee Golding, the founder and presenter of the ONYOURGAYDAR podcast.

31st January marks the start of seven days of celebration for Lunar New Year. A hugely important celebration, this year marks the start of the Year of the Tiger. To open our new podcast series, the team speaks with Pei Tong from Movema, who is helping organise celebrations for Lunar New Year in Liverpool. 

Thank you to Anna, Henry, and Maddy, for recording the episode, and to Jules for producing and editing. 

Welcome to the sixth audio edition of the Bylines Network podcast. Thank you to all of our writers for penning these great articles, to our readers for recording them, and to Julian Greenbank for editing! Please find the articles compiled for this edition linked below:
0:27 This Culture of Racism is not Cricket- Nabeela Akhtar (West England Bylines) read by Nabeela Akhtar
6:13 Tangkahen Last Forest Initiative; Deteriorating ecotourism in Indonesia - Rasdi Wangsa (Central Bylines) read by Maddy Griffiths
10:21 Action at last on second homes? - Martin Waller (East Anglia Bylines) read by Steve Whitley 

Welcome to the sixth audio edition of the Bylines Network podcast. Thank you to all of our writers for penning these great articles, to our readers for recording them, and to Julian Greenbank for editing! Please find the articles compiled for this edition linked below:
0:28 Bristol City Council approves its Clean Air Zone
- Julian Greenbank (West England Bylines) read by Julian Greenbank 
7:16 Sunderland’s local hero, Martin Longstaff, gets a surprise call to support Deacon Blue Graham Clarke (North East Bylines) read by 
10:03 Would you walk across hot coals for Peter? Anna Girolami (Central Bylines) read by Maddy Griffiths 

Welcome to the sixth audio edition of the Bylines Network podcast. Thank you to all of our writers for penning these great articles, to our readers for recording them, and to Julian Greenbank for editing! Please find the articles compiled for this edition linked below:
0:28 COP26: What will climate change look like in East Anglia by 2050? - James Graham (East Anglia Bylines) read by Stephen Tomlin 
5:16 1 in 6 work from home due to petrol shortages says new research - Chloe Davies (North East Bylines) read by Yvonne Wancke 
9:23 How Sussex can rediscover its wild side…
Ross McNally (Sussex Bylines) read by Nicola Tipton 

Welcome to the sixth audio edition of the Bylines Network podcast. Thank you to all of our writers for penning these great articles, to our readers for recording them, and to Julian Greenbank for editing! Please find the articles compiled for this edition linked below:

0:28 - The North East on Screen: Get Carter (1971) - Phil Coghill (North East Bylines) read by Stephen Tomlin
4:25 - Will the Commonwealth Games be good for Birmingham? - Sam Chandler (Central Bylines) read by Alex Toal
8:33 - Who will police the police? - Allegra Chapman (Sussex Bylines) read by Nicola Tipton 

Welcome to the fifth audio edition of the Bylines Network podcast. Thank you to all of our writers for penning these great articles, to our readers for recording them, and to Julian Greenbank for editing! Please find the articles compiled for this edition linked below:

0:28 Climate crisis: time’s running out - Liyanah Riaz (North East Bylines)
6:05 Walsall Council facing wave of fury - Steve Pottinger (Central Bylines)
9:33 Mimmo Lucano Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison! - Hazel Pennington (West England Bylines) read by Steven Tomlin
13:38 The fires of London - Suzanne Fairless-Aitken (North East Bylines) read by Janine Birkett

Welcome to the fourth audio edition of the Bylines Network podcast. Thank you to all of our writers for penning these great articles, to our readers for recording them, and to Julian Greenbank for editing! 

What goes on at Labour conference? What will conference mean for the party? Will this be the year that Labour pledges to support electoral reform? 

Join us this week, as we speak with Owen Winter and Mike Buckley about Labour conference, starting tomorrow. Owen, part of Labour for a New Democracy, has been campaigning for proportional representation since 2015, and is a key part of the effort to get Labour to vote for it this year. Mike, Director of Labour for a European Future, is intimately familiar with Labour politics, and breaks down what conference will mean for the leadership. 

If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to give it a review and to subscribe. Thanks to our wonderful editor, Julian Greenbank. Be sure to follow us @BylinesPod on all social media. 

With the mainstream media attention diverted from Afghanistan, this week the Bylines Network podcast looks at the situation on the ground, and what has changed since the Taliban took over the country in August. With a new administration installed, and clampdowns on women's rights and the right to protest, it is important to keep an eye on the situation, and not let it drift off the attention.

This week, we also spoke with Martin Waller at East Anglia Bylines. Martin, wrote a piece for East Anglia Bylines this week on how to fund social care, and we spoke about the problems with the government's plans, and possible solutions.

Be sure to read the article here and to follow Martin at @martinwaller10, and us at @BylinesPod 

Back from recess, much like our MPs, and we are thankful nothing controverisal that warrented discussion happened since then.

All the major parties have had their conferences and all gave off different vibes as they all look to the future and what the next steps are.

The first bills will be passing through parliment as well, by the reports, the Renter's Bill and Better Bus Bill will be amongst the first.

Here's all our thoughts on all of that and more in this month's episode.

Welcome to the third audio edition of the Bylines Network! Thanks to our writers for producing these articles, our readers for recording them, and our editor, Jules, for putting them all together.

0:23: Unite’s new general secretary – new dawn for Labour, or cold war? - Jane Thomas (Yorkshire Bylines) read by Alex Toal 
5:20: Hauliers dismiss ‘bring in the army’ plans to stock supermarket shelves
Peter Thurlow (East Anglia Bylines) read by Stephen Tomlin
11:44: The Covid Climate Crisis - Amber Hill (West England Bylines) read by Julian Greenbank 
16:44: The woman who haunts Sunderland Empire Theatre Peter Lathan (North East Bylines) 

Welcome to the third part of our miniseries on the state of higher education in the pandemic. In this episode, John and Alex speak about the "marketisation" of higher education, with the introduction of tuition fees. What does it mean to "get a degree", and how does the university experience weigh up to how it is sold? Then, Alex speaks with Nick Hillman of the Higher Education Policy Institute on the broader impacts of the reintroduction of tuition fees. 

Welcome to part 2 of our education mini-series, focusing on the lives of students during the pandemic. In this episode, we focus student housing: throughout Covid many students were either forced into mass-produced university accommodation, or trapped in run down private housing. With discussion of rent rebates, strikes, and evictions, Paige and John speak with: 
- Brandon Olufowobi (Unite Students) 
- Louise Jennifer (University of Leicester Rent Strike) 

If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to leave us a review and follow us on @BylinesPod on social media! 

We're delighted to be introducing the first ever audio edition of the Bylines Network! This week, we're taking four articles from across the network, and bringing them to life with the voices of our hosts.

0:50: Anti-vaxxers, past and present - Pen Hemingway (Yorkshire Bylines) read by Alex Toal
7:56: A 3% pay rise is not enough for NHS England - Louise Brown (North East Bylines) read by Gareth Kearns
11:10: For those in peril at sea: the Seafarers Centres - Ann C Holland (Central Bylines) read by Julian Greenbank
14:35: Conservatives and Labour are deceiving women on rape sentencing - Dr Stella Perrott (Yorkshire Bylines) read by Paige Furlonge-Walker 

We're delighted to bring you the first episode of our new education miniseries! Our hosts Paige, Connor, and John have all been in university for the past year of Covid, and have put together a four-part series on the reality of being a student during the biggest crisis in a generation. 

In the first episode, Connor, Paige, and John give personal testimonials of the last year. The unique challenges of online learning, and the social consequences of moving back in with your parents and losing contact with all of your friends. 

Be sure to follow us on social media @BylinesPod, and to give us a review if you enjoyed the episode! 

As the final round of unlocking arrives on 19th July, we discuss the challenges which this new stage of the pandemic will pose. Cases are soaring, and with them the risk of Long Covid and of vaccine-resistant mutations.

For our article of the week, we speak with Mo Kanjilal of Sussex Bylines about her recent piece Playing For England: Football and national identity. In the light of the recent racist incidents which occurred after the Euros final, we discuss the reality of being a person of colour in England during big international tournaments, and also the unifying effect which this team had on the country. 

Check out Mo on social media (@Mo_Kanjilal) and to follow us @BylinesPod. If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to leave a review! 

Our Article of the Week for this week is by Mo Kanjilal, written for Sussex Bylines. We'll be speaking with Mo about the article and the week's news this week, we hope you enjoy this little preview here! Be sure to check out the full article here. 

This week, four bills appeared in Parliament and were scrutinised by MPs: 
- The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which passed its Third Reading this week and is now in the Lords. 
- The Dissolution and Parliament Bill, which went through its Second Reading this week.
- The Nationality and Borders Bill and the Elections Bill, which both went through their First Readings this week. 

With such a busy week in Parliament, we sat down with a series of experts to talk about what the bills set out to do, and what the actual implications of them will be. Listen as Alex speaks with: 

Tom Brake, Director of Unlock Democracy, on the Elections Bill 
Mitchell Westra, Operations Director at Open Britain, on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 
and Stella Perrott, former Civil Servant and writer at Yorkshire Bylines, on the Nationality and Borders Bill. 

Be sure to follow us @BylinesPod on social media, and thanks to Jules for editing the episode! 

Tune in for this week's episode of the Bylines Network podcast as we break down the result of the Batley & Spen by-election! 

Katrina speaks with Alex, who spent a few weekends campaigning in Batley & Spen, about the situation on the ground, why Labour managed to eek out a win, and what the result means for Labour. 

Then, join us for our article of the week, as we sit down with Kim Sanderson of North East Bylines. Kim is a professional translator and an expert on cross-border service provision, and last week wrote an article on the EU Settlement Scheme. Be sure to check it out here: 

https://northeastbylines.co.uk/settled-status-deadline-and-cross-border-services/

Thanks to Jules for editing this week, and be sure to check us out on social media @BylinesPod! 

This week, Chris and Jules dig into the Chesham & Amersham result, as the Liberal Democrats surge to a shock win. With tactical voting from many in Labour and the Greens, what does this say about the future of progressive politics, and the state of the blue wall. 

Then, in place of our "article of the week", Jules speaks to Liz Webster about the new UK-Australia trade deal, and its impact on British farming. 

Be sure to follow us on all social media at @BylinesPod, and thanks to Liz for appearing on the episode! 

Back to our regularly scheduled episodes now, we take a look at the new King's Speech, the first made by a new party in power since 2010.

In it, 40 bills were announced, 35 new laws and 5 new draft laws, showing Labour's proirities in getting the ball rolling when it comes to the task his party now has.

Julian and Chris go over the highlights of these new laws, what they liked, what they didn't like and what was missing.

At the height of pride month, join the team at the Bylines Network podcast, as we discuss the history and state of LGBTQ+ rights in the UK and across the world.    Hosts Chris Davis and Connor Lamb open the discussion with a look at what Pride has become in 2021, the commercialisation of pride and the “pride-washing” which many companies do, making statements supportive of LGBTQ+ rights while acting against queer interests around the world.    Then, listen in as we have our very first Member of Parliament on the podcast: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton Kemptown). Connor and Chris discuss what Pride means to him, in addition to the government’s plan for reforming the Gender Recognition Act. 

Be sure to follow us at @BylinesPod on all social media, and leave a review if you enjoyed the episode! 

This week, Alex and new host Connor Lamb from North East Bylines discuss the resignation of Kevan Collins, the government's education tsar. Why did the government ignore their own advice, and what will the £1.4bn dedicated to closing the education gap actually do? 

Then in our "article of the week" section, we speak with Viv Griffiths of Sussex Bylines about an article which she wrote about plans to convert a Brighton school into an academy. Be sure to check out the article here! 

https://sussexbylines.co.uk/keeping-schools-local-do-we-need-more-academies/

Over the weekend of the local elections, all eyes turned North to Hartlepool and the so-called “red wall”. The weekend’s narrative quickly became one of disaster for Labour, and triumph for Johnson.    However, something very different was happening in the South. The Conservatives lost control of county councils in Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire, and Labour gained the mayoralties in the West of England and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough.    In this episode of the Bylines Network podcast, Alex and Jules ask “are voters in the South turning away from the Conservatives?”. To help answer this, we speak to: 
- The journalist Jonn Elledge (@JonnElledge)
- Liz Brighouse, leader of the Labour group on Oxfordshire County Council
- Liz Webster, former Liberal Democrat PCC candidate in Swindon and Wiltshire, and Chair of Save British farming (@LizWebsterLD) 

Thank you to all of them for appearing on the episode, and be sure to check out their social media! 

Join us for this week’s episode of the Bylines Network podcast, as Alex and Jules discuss the Queen’s speech. Listen as we take a broad look at what bills have been announced, and what they indicate about the government’s plan for the country over the next few years.

In our ‘article of the week’ section, we speak with Brian McHugh, who wrote on the exam arrangements for GCSE and A-Level students this year in Yorkshire Bylines. After a year of schooling in a pandemic, both teachers and students have felt the toll. However, neither the government nor exam providers are doing much to help schools, as profits soar for certification bodies like AQA and Pearson.    Finally, Alex and Jules touch on some topics that they don’t feel are being covered enough in the news: the protests in Colombia, and plans to privatise Channel 4. 

Be sure to check out Brian's piece at: 
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/could-the-covid-class-of-2021-please-stand-up/

And for more info on the violence in Colombia and the privatisation of Channel 4, check out: 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/may/05/colombia-protests-unrest-protesters-police

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/13/channel-4-broadcaster-privatised-oliver-dowden-culture-secretary