Police review Mandelson misconduct | Merger for Musk
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
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🗓️ 3 February 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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The Prime Minister is set to chair a cabinet meeting today as police investigate allegations that his former US Ambassador, Lord Mandelson, leaked sensitive government information to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Sarah Ferguson’s charity, Sarah’s Trust, has announced it will close for the "foreseeable future” just days after new details emerged of her friendship with Epstein.
Meanwhile, the pressure grows on Ferguson's ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to testify before Congress, as former president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary have announced they will do so.
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is merging his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into one single company.
And Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly on strike at his club Al Nassr, despite being on £500,000 a day.
Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:44.6 | The full story first. The Full Story First Hello, you're listening to Cheechy. I'm Sophie Ridge. |
| 0:48.1 | And I'm Wilfrid Frost. It's Tuesday the 3rd of February. Here's what's happening. |
| 0:54.2 | Police investigate claims that Lord Mandelson leaked sensitive government information to Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 1:01.1 | Meanwhile, the Clintons will now appear before Congress to testify on the Epstein saga. |
| 1:05.2 | Could Andrew Mountband Windsor or Peter Mandelson be next? |
| 1:15.4 | And Elon Musk, the tech entrepreneur, is merging two of his companies, an AI-1 and also his space exploration venture. |
| 1:24.7 | It's been another absolutely extraordinary 24 hours of news coming out of the Epstein files. |
| 1:32.8 | Before we get into it, I think it is actually quite important to say what we need to say that is just being named in these files is no indication of wrongdoing. |
| 1:36.4 | There's all kinds of people, all kinds of documents and emails that are in these files, |
| 1:39.3 | and just being named in them is not a case of wrongdoing. And in particular, we're going to mention Andrew Matt Band, Windsor, Peter Manderson and the Clintons, |
| 1:44.0 | all of |
| 1:44.4 | whom deny any wrongdoing. That said, pressure is continuing to build on Lord Mandelson. |
| 1:52.6 | Some of the emails coming out are extraordinary. And the focus is now shifting as to whether or not |
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