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LBC Presenter Mocks Trump Over Iran War Failures

LBC Presenter Mocks Trump Over Iran War Failures

Published by Sam Flores

Donald Trump’s apparent failure to foresee one of the main consequences of the war in Iran has been mocked by an LBC presenter. James Hanson said it “beggars belief” that the US president did not think Tehran would end up charging oil tankers for passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The key waterway, which normally carries around one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquid gas supply, has been effectively closed by Iran since shortly after the start of the war. Under the terms of a two-week ceasefire agreed on Tuesday night, Iran is supposed to have re-opened the strait. But in a post on his Truth Social on Thursday, Trump said: “There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!” In a follow up post, the president added: “Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the agreement we have!” …

LBC Host Criticises Trump For Recent UK Remarks

LBC Host Criticises Trump For Recent UK Remarks

Published by Sam Flores

A presenter on LBC delivered a brutal reality check to Donald Trump after his latest attack on the UK over the Iran war. The US president repeated his claim that Nato countries – especially the UK – “weren’t there for” America in the past. In a post on Truth Social, Trump hit out at “all of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran”. “You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the USA won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us,” he said. But speaking on his LBC show, Iain Dale said he was “getting sick and tired of the abuse” from the president – and pointed the times over the past 35 years when Britain has supported American military action. He said: “Donald Trump has spent quite a bit of time over the past week insulting various Nato countries. OK, mainly Britain. “He’s warned the UK …

Kemi Badenoch tears into Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband over North Sea | Politics | News

Kemi Badenoch tears into Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband over North Sea | Politics | News

Published by Sam Flores

She insisted it is “not rocket science” and that the Prime Minister and Energy Secretary need to “get a grip” as Britons face soaring prices. Mrs Badenoch told LBC: “A lot of people don’t know that quite a lot of your bills aren’t coming from the wholesaler or the energy company, it’s actually the Government that’s put loads of taxes on that. “We think that those taxes need to come off. They’re being used to subsidise things that in my view don’t need subsidies. “Why don’t we just bring your bills down by drilling in the North Sea? It’s not rocket science but Labour don’t seem to even want to think about it. “It’s important for our energy security, our financial security, our national security.” She went on: “Instead they want to raise fuel duty in September. They’re telling people they’ve extended it for five months, we froze it for 14 years, in fact we cut it in 2022. “So there’s a lot that can be done. People out there are struggling. I’m very worried …

RAJARs Q4 2025: Strong audience growth for Talk and GB News

RAJARs Q4 2025: Strong audience growth for Talk and GB News

Published by Sam Flores

Kevin O’Sullivan interviewing Trevor Kavanagh, former political editor at The Sun. Picture: Youtube screenshot on 4 February 2026. News UK’s Talk (formerly Talkradio) recorded the highest average hours per listener in the final quarter of 2025 of any speech station, according to the latest quarterly RAJAR listening figures. Talk also recorded the biggest increase in total listening hours year on year (up 35%) and quarter on quarter (up 39%), reaching seven million hours, and saw the second-highest year-on-year growth in weekly reach, up 12% to 565,000. RAJAR defines weekly reach as the number of UK adults who listen to a station for at least five minutes during an average week. Talk also posted the highest yearly and quarterly growth for its 6am-10am breakfast show, up 23% and 19% respectively to 336,000 weekly listeners. The station highlighted news coverage such as its undercover migrant documentary, and debate programming on topics including US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace deal and the Labour government’s first Budget. It also claimed 383 million views on Youtube in the quarter. GB News  remains …

Top news apps in UK: Exclusive ranking for 2026

Top news apps in UK: Exclusive ranking for 2026

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The top apps for engagement retention: The Times and The Sunday Times, Daily Mail and Mail+ The Daily Mail and The Times have the most engaged app users of any newsbrand in the UK, according to data from Ipsos iris. But in terms of overall popularity, BBC News remains the biggest app in the UK with 15 million users followed by Apple News on 14 million. Google’s smartphone-based aggregation tool Discover may well be the most popular news app in the UK but does not appear in the Ipsos ranking because it is part of the suite of Google products embedded in most mobile devices (not a separate app). Samsung News, the default news app on Samsung devices since April 2025, does not yet appear in Ipsos Iris data. Daily Mail’s newspaper editions app, Mail+, recorded the most average minutes spent per person (758 minutes) followed by The Times and Sunday Times (539 minutes). The Times and The Sunday Times app saw a redesign and relaunch in April 2025. Speaking to Press Gazette in December, …