<p>This week, Ian is joined by special guest host Stuart Laws!</p><br><p>Headlines this week include a man who eats 3kg of fizzy cola bottles and (unsurprisingly) ends up in hospital, and a dramatic helicopter incident in otherwise sleepy Chalfont St Peter.</p><br><p>Stuart is heading up to the Edinburgh Fringe this summer with a series of shows titled <em>Late Night with Stuart Laws</em>, where he'll be performing a completely different show every night. For tickets and dates head to <a href="https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/late-night-with-stuart-laws" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">edfringe.com</a>.</p><br><p>And Ian is bringing his Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated show <em>Foot Spa Half Empty </em>to London's Soho Theatre from 28 April - 1 May. For tickets head to <a href="https://sohotheatre.com/events/ian-smith-foot-spa-half-empty-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sohotheatre.com</a>.</p><br><p>And we'll be heading up t'North to record a live edition of the pod at Crossed Wires Podcast Festival on Saturday 4 July 2026! For tickets head to <a href="https://crossedwires.live/podcast/northern-news" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">crossedwires.live</a>.</p><br><p>Want Extra! Extra! content? Join our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/NorthernNews" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a> for weekly bonus episodes, videos, live show discount codes, BTS clips and more...</p><br><p>Got a juicy story from t'North? Email it to [email protected].</p><br><p>Follow Northern News on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/northernnewspodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@NorthernNewsPodcast</a></p><br><p>Produced, recorded and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.</p><p>Artwork by Welcome Studio.</p><p>Photography by Jonathan Birch.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>