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Helen Pidd

Helen Pidd is a presenter of Today in Focus, the Guardian's award-winning daily podcast. She was the North of England editor from 2013-2024

August 2024

  • BRITAIN-CHILDREN-POLICE<br>Residents look at floral tributes for the victims of a deadly knife attack in Southport, northwest England, on July 31, 2024. Violent clashes broke out in the northern England town where a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event claimed the lives of three children. Police have said they are not treating the attack as terror-related, but have not released any details of the suspected attacker other than that he is 17 years old and originally from Wales. (Photo by PETER POWELL / AFP) (Photo by PETER POWELL/AFP via Getty Images)

    Today in Focus
    How Southport’s horror and grief was hijacked by the far right – podcast

    After the killing of three little girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, the town was in mourning. But after rumours and disinformation flooded social media a riot broke out. Josh Halliday reports

July 2024

  • Rachel Reeves speaks during a press conference at the Treasury (Photo by Lucy North/AFP)

    Today in Focus
    Rachel Reeves and the £22bn black hole – podcast

  • Mina Smallman

    Today in Focus
    The mother who forgave her daughters’ killer – but not the police – podcast

  • Adam Peaty of Great Britain competing in the Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships

    Today in Focus
    Team GB’s plan for Paris? Air con, ice vests and baristas – podcast

  • Charli XCX

    Today in Focus
    The ‘brat’ summer takeover – podcast

  • Today in Focus
    The Conservative party: rows, resignations … and a tilt right? - podcast

  • Today in Focus
    Joe Biden and the Democrats’ dilemma – podcast

  • Today in Focus
    Keir Starmer’s first weekend in power - podcast

  • Today in Focus
    Labour’s landslide victory – podcast

  • Today in Focus
    Marina Hyde and John Crace on the 2024 election campaign – podcast

  • Today in Focus
    The 14 years that broke Britain, part 2 - podcast

June 2024

  • A still image taken from video shows Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, sitting next to Prime Minister David Cameron after presenting his Budget to the House of Common (Photograph: REUTERS/UK Parliament via REUTERS TV)

    Today in Focus
    The 14 years that broke Britain, part 1 – podcast

  • The high street of Leigh with a few people wandering past the pawnbrokers and bank branch

    Today in Focus
    Returning to Leigh: can Labour rebuild the red wall? – podcast

  • Two women outside an amusement arcade hold up placards reading: 'Britain needs Reform' and 'Vote Reform on July 4th'. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

    Today in Focus
    Has Clacton fallen for Nigel Farage? – podcast

  • German players celebrate a goal during their opening Euro 2024 game against Scotland

    Today in Focus
    Germans are divided. Can Euro 2024 unite them? - podcast

  • Jenga, dodgeball and no phones: a London school’s radical 12-hour day

  • Today in Focus
    The phone-free, 12-hour school-day experiment – podcast

  • Today in Focus
    Labour takes on the SNP in Scotland – podcast

  • Today in Focus
    Election 2024’s battleground: your family WhatsApp group – podcast

  • Today in Focus
    From child refugee to Guardian reporter: one journalist’s extraordinary story

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