Show Notes
Cheat Sheet - all the news you need to know in 10 minutes. On today's episode, Wilfred Frost and Rob Powell discuss how the US has removed all its bomber planes from RAF Fairford. The decision comes just over a week after the arrest of five men near the base sparked a counter-terror investigation. Meanwhile, Green Party leader Zack Polanski has been banned from Israel after party members approved a motion that defines Zionism as racism. A list of all the candidates in the upcoming by-election in Holborn and St Pancras is available here: https://news.sky.com/story/all-the-holborn-and-st-pancras-by-election-candidates-13586291. Wilf and Rob also discuss the Conservative conference, the presidential election in Brazil and how tickets for Glastonbury 2027 sold out in just 42 minutes.
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