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Really proud of our excellent team who worked on our overnight programme America Decides: US Election 2024. With Calum Macdonald and Darryl Morris anchoring things in the studio, and John Pienaar in Washington, Andrew Neil in New York and Rosie Wright at the watch parties in London we covered the extraordinary story of the night, putting it all in context, and ensuring that from 3am we were telling our listeners that a Trump presidency was well and truly on the cards. Thanks also to Emma Sherry our brilliant producer and AP Cat Woolley and apprentice James Lee who worked so hard and made editing the programme a real pleasure - and Andrew Wright keeping the show on the road from the control room, and maker of our fab opening sequence and other audio touches. I think I’m happy to have a little break from elections now! Times Radio #TheElectionStation

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📣 The Times and The Sunday Times are opening the paywall for 48 hours! 📣 As the results start to roll in for one of the most unpredictable and contentious US elections, The Times and The Sunday Times are opening the paywall this Wednesday and Thursday! 🇺🇸 This will allow everyone free access to real-time coverage, expert analysis, and evolving stories. For 48 hours, the entire site will be free to all, offering an opportunity for non-subscribers to experience The Times and The Sunday Times’s world-class journalism across news, commentary, and in-depth election analysis. 🗳️

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October@news was another jam-packed month! 🗞️ Our brands hosted a number of incredible events, including The Times Earth and Tech Summits, The Sun’s IAB Digital Upfront, and the Cheltenham Literature Festival among many others. 🎉 We launched new campaigns, such as The Sun’s Winter Fuel SOS campaign, and established new partnerships, including Chris Evans’ Virgin Radio UK show partnering with the National Lottery. 💫 As always, we were at the forefront of breaking news, covering international conflicts, catastrophic natural disasters, and politics. 🎙️ Watch our October@news video to catch all the highlights!

The third Times Earth Summit took place this October, sponsored by L'Oréal and National Grid, and was set against a backdrop of the biggest election year in history, with over half of the world's population casting a vote in 2024. The governments voted in this year will hold power during a crucial period for the net zero transition: a time when emissions have to start declining. This transition will be theirs to accelerate, and all our futures will be affected by whether or not they do so. This full-day summit featured panel sessions and keynote speakers from sustainability experts across politics, policy and business. In the morning we heard from Chris Stark Head of ‘Mission Control’ for Clean Power 2030, UK department for Energy Security and Net Zero about the new government's plans to deliver 100% clean energy by 2030. Later in the day, we spoke with Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, on his plans to make London’s waterways clean enough to be swimmable within a decade, and from Dr. Frederike Otto, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, who will outline how decisive actions over the next few years could shape the trajectory of climate change and discuss her critical work at the frontiers of climate science. We heard from Rob Salter-Church, Director of Regulation National Grid to consider the opportunities of getting the energy transition right and how it will reindustrialise parts of the country. And we heard from businesses including Natalia Agathou, Sustainability Director for L’Oreal UK about how they have worked to continue driving the net zero transition. You can view the full on-demand content from The Times Earth Summit by registering here: https://lnkd.in/e-riWfxF

Rachel Reeves, the UK’s first female chancellor, has presented Labour’s first budget in 14 years. She said that the budget would raise taxes by £40bn. Before her speech, the deputy speaker took the chair and gave Labour a rap on the knuckles for leaking the key measures. Here are the key points 👇 🔗 Read our summary in full: https://lnkd.in/eEs85F-Y

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US Election Night Live on Times Radio 📻 Stay up with Calum Macdonald and the Times Radio team for real-time results, expert analysis, and updates as the US election unfolds on Nov 5th. Hear from John Pienaar and Andrew Neil on the ground in the US. 📅 Don’t miss a moment of history - Tune in live https://lnkd.in/eV-V3SGD