This week, it's the wonderful Sunil Patel joining Ian in the studio!

Headlines this week include the discovery of a DOUBLE BANANA, and some shopkeepers in Sunil's hometown of Bath with an attitude problem.

Sunil's Radio 4 series Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide To Living Forever is out this summer. To keep up to date with this and other upcoming work follow him on Instagram @sunilpatelsolutions

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 crossedwires.live.

Got a juicy story from t'North? Email it to northernnewspod@gmail.com.

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Produced, recorded and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.

Assistant Producer is Amy Townsend-Lowcock.

Artwork by Welcome Studio.

Photography by Jonathan Birch.

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