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On 22 July 2005, when Patricia da Silva learned that police marksman had killed a man at Stockwell Underground Station in London, she had no reason to second-guess news reports describing the deceased as a terrorist. The capital then was on high alert. Just two weeks earlier, a series of bomb attacks killed 52 people, injured hundreds and London was left reeling.
Then, on 21 July 2005, four men targeted the capital’s transport network in a carbon-copy style attack.
This time, the terrorists' bombs failed to explode and they fled.
So less than 24-hours after that failed attack, when Patricia left for work, she knew from news reports that police were in a race against time to catch the bombers.
She’d absolutely no idea that the block of flats where she lived on Scotia Road in Tulse Hill was already under intense surveillance; that it had been linked by police to one of the terrorists — Hussein Osman, the target of the police shooting in Stockwell.
Or was he?
Critically, Scotia Rd, Tulse Hill was much more than a location of police interest, it was home to Patricia, and her cousin — Jean Charles de Menezes, an electrician also from Brazil.
On the morning of 22 July, when Patricia learned of the shooting, she couldn’t have imagined that a catastrophic chain of events had already cost Jean Charles de Menezes his life.

CREDITS -

The Shooting was produced by Rob Mulhern and Tom Gillespie.
Story originator, Tom Gillespie.
Special thanks to our contributors, Patricia da Silva and Mark White
Archive, Robert Fellowes
TV treatment, Victoria Hudson-Grant
Digital, Tom Gillespie
Head of Radio, Sky News, Dave Terris
Design and graphics, Brian Gillingham
Social media, Samuel Gould
Email: storycast@sky.uk
For more on this story, go to www.skynews/storycast21
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In November, the government announced scaled-back plans for its high speed rail line from the Midlands to Leeds. The eastern leg of HS2 had been hailed as a cornerstone of the Tories’ ‘levelling-up’ agenda, so without it, can the North of England - and one town in particular – hope to flourish?

On the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we are joined by Labour leader of Bradford City Council Susan Hinchcliffe and Bradford-based business owner Jon King to discuss the potential impact.

Daily podcast team:
Senior podcast producer - Annie Joyce
Podcast producer - Rosie Gillott 
Podcast producer - Soila Apparicio
Junior podcast producer - Aishah Rahman 
Interviews producer - Alys Bowen
Archive - Simon Windsor
Archive - Nelly Stefanova 
Archive - Rob Fellowes
​​​​​​​Music - Steven Wheeler

More than four years on from the Grenfell fire, thousands of people are still living in blocks with unsafe building materials. The Government has announced funding to help make these homes safe, but what impact is the wait having on leaseholder’s finances, and their mental health?

On the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, our correspondent Charlotte Lomas speaks to some of those impacted by the cladding scandal and looks at what the next stage of the Grenfell Inquiry could mean for them.

Daily podcast team:
Senior podcast producer - Annie Joyce
Podcast producer - Rosie Gillott
Podcast producer - Soila Apparicio
Junior podcast producer - Aishah Rahman
Interviews producer - Alys Bowen
Archive - Simon Windsor
Archive - Nelly Stefanova
Archive - Rob Fellowes

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions now simply isn't enough to turn back time and prevent the impacts of climate change. For many people, its impacts are being felt right now, and the world needs to adapt to a warming planet.

On this week's episode of Sky News ClimateCast, host Anna Jones speaks to Tricia Thorpe, a resident of Lytton in Canada, a small town that has been devastated by both wildfires and floods in the space of six months. She's building a net-zero house in the hope she can protect her family from whatever climate change throws at her next.

Meanwhile in Uganda, Noah Ssempijja is teaching communities across the country to farm sustainably for the benefit of both the planet and their crop yields. He tells us how he's learned to adapt to the extreme weather he’s experienced.

Are we doing enough to adapt to climate change? We ask climate scientist Dr Xi Hu from the University of Oxford.

The former lover and friend of convicted celebrity sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is in court in the US. But how did she become so entangled in his life?

On the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we are joined by journalist Daphne Barak, legal expert Professor Kim Wehle, and now-retired photojournalist Ken Lennox.

Daily podcast team:
Senior podcast producer - Annie Joyce
Podcast producer - Soila Apparicio
Podcast producer – Rosie Gillott
Junior podcast producer – Aishah Rahman
Interviews producer – Alys Bowen
Archive - Simon Windsor
Archive – Nelly Stefanova
Archive – Rob Fellowes
Music - Steven Wheeler

In September 2004, Jason Hatch dressed up in a Batman costume and broke into the grounds of Buckingham Palace. The Queen's home is protected by some of the tightest security measures in the world - but they weren't tight enough for this caped crusader, who climbed on the iconic building and made his way to the main balcony. A casual observer might have been forgiven for thinking Batman had stolen into the palace to execute a daring rescue.
But in reality Mr Hatch was risking his life because he hadn't seen his children in more than eight years - and this superhero dad was set to stage a protest that would soon be beamed around the world.
Would the British establishment bend to the will of Batman?


In 2021, Sky News is marking some of the century’s biggest news events through the personal stories of lives defined by unforgettable moments from the last 21-years.
Batman raids Buckingham Palace is episode 17 of the 21-part series StoryCast ’21

CREDITS -

Batman Raids Buckingham Palace was recorded by Tom Gillespie and Rob Mulhern.
Production, writing and sound design by Rob Mulhern
Special thanks to our contributors Jason Hatch and Martin Brunt
Archive, Daniel Franklin
TV treatment, Victoria Hudson-Grant
Digital, Tom Gillespie
Sky News Head of Radio, Dave Terris
Design and graphics, Brian Gillingham
Social media, Samuel Gould
Email: storycast@sky.uk
For more on this story log on to www.skynews/storycast21
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