Learning English News Review Podcast
News Review shows you how to use the language from the latest news stories in your everyday English. Published every Tuesday by BBC Learning English.
Episodes to download
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Notre-Dame fire under control
Last Tuesday
Dan and Catherine bring you the language from the latest headlines around this story.
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Sudan protests continue
Tue 9 Apr 2019
Tom and Catherine bring you the language from the latest news headlines on this story.
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New blood test can save pregnant women's lives
Tue 2 Apr 2019
A blood test for this condition is more accurate and faster than previous methods.
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BA flight to Germany mistakenly flies to Scotland
Tue 26 Mar 2019
Tom and Dan discuss the story and teach you vocabulary to talk about it.
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South African power outages continue
Tue 19 Mar 2019
Dan and Catherine teach you the language the media is using to discuss this story.
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Why are female penguins getting stranded?
Tue 8 Jan 2019
Why are female penguins found stranded so far from home? Neil and Tom discuss this story.
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Stopping the cyber-criminals
Tue 16 Oct 2018
Tom and Catherine teach you language the media is using to discuss this story.
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Trump apologises to Kavanaugh for 'lies'
Tue 9 Oct 2018
Neil and Tom teach you language the media is using to discuss this story.
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Hurricane Florence forces evacuation
Tue 11 Sep 2018
Neil and Dan teach you the language the media is using to discuss this story.
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Nike and the Colin Kaepernick controversy
Tue 4 Sep 2018
Dan and Catherine teach you the language the media is using to discuss this story.
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World's oldest message in a bottle
Tue 28 Aug 2018
Neil and Catherine teach you the language the media is using to discuss this story.
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North and South Korean family reunions
Tue 21 Aug 2018
Dan and Catherine discuss the key language from this story.
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Turkish lira falls: who's to blame?
Tue 14 Aug 2018
Dan and Catherine discuss the key language from this story.
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Neymar admits exaggerating
Tue 31 Jul 2018
Neil and Catherine discuss the key language from this story.
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Human embryo DNA editing OK, panel says
Tue 17 Jul 2018
Dan and Catherine discuss the key language from this story.
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Apple to hinder Facebook web tracking
Tue 5 Jun 2018
Dan and Catherine bring you the language you need to talk about this story.
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Brazilian trucker strike continues
Tue 29 May 2018
Sian and Dan bring you the language you need to talk about this story.
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Salamander 'being eaten to extinction'
Tue 22 May 2018
Neil and Catherine bring you the language you need to talk about this story.
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Royal wedding: Markle's father may not attend
Tue 15 May 2018
Dan and Catherine bring you the language you need to talk about this story.
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Tourism's carbon footprint
Tue 15 May 2018
Catherine and Dan discuss the environmental impact of tourism
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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
