<p>Ian is joined this week by a guest host even more northern than him, Pierre Novellie!</p><br><p>Headlines this week include an all you can eat crisp buffet, and some devastating news for the Isle of Man - a small road is closed. </p><br><p>Pierre is still touring his brilliant stand-up show <em>You Sit There, I'll Stand Here </em>around the UK. For tickets and dates head to <a href="https://www.pierrenovellie.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pierrenovellie.com</a>. Check out Pierre's brand new podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/button-boys/id1827054353" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Button Boys</a> with himself, Glenn Moore and Sarah Keyworth.</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>