Starmer battles to keep job | BAFTA roundup | Four-day week to combat obesity?
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
Sky News
4.0 • 224 Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Today could end up being a defining day for Sir Keir Starmer's premiership, as pressure grows on him to step down.
Labour MP and foreign minister Catherine West is threatening to launch a leadership challenge unless a major speech by the PM hits the mark.
Peace between the US and Iran appears unlikely after Donald Trump said proposals put forward by Tehran are "totally unacceptable".
Twenty British nationals who were evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are now self-isolating for 72 hours at a hospital on Merseyside.
And British drama Adolescence wins even more awards after cleaning up at the TV BAFTAs.
Plus: could working a four-day week tackle the obesity crisis? Scientists have found the hours someone works can be linked to their weight.
Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:05.0 | A critical day ahead once again for the Prime Minister as he plans to make a speech to try and quell the leadership challenges. |
| 0:21.1 | We are back to a stalemate in the Middle East as the US and Iran reject each other's peace plans. |
| 0:28.6 | Hello, you're listening to Cheat Sheet, a 10-minute podcast on the day's news. |
| 0:31.8 | It's Monday the 11th of May. I'm Wilfred Frost. |
| 0:34.3 | I'm Sophie Ridge. Also today could afford a working week cut obesity levels in the UK. |
| 0:40.0 | Today at 10 a.m., the Prime Minister will make a speech. |
| 0:46.4 | And essentially there's one big aim of this to try and move the conversation on from the huge losses his party suffered at the local |
| 0:56.6 | elections last week and with it attempt to move the conversation on from questions about |
| 1:03.0 | whether he is still the right man to occupy Danisry. |
| 1:06.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:07.1 | So the briefing we've got on the speech, which I should say is make or break, |
| 1:11.0 | is that Kirsteimer will vow to put Britain at the heart of Europe while sticking to his red lines on free movement and the single market membership. |
| 1:18.6 | I mean, what I would say is that even when his premiership is on the line, it feels a little bit like you can't say anything that interesting. |
| 1:27.2 | Because that is, I mean, |
| 1:28.2 | if that briefing is right, then that is not the speech that is going to save his premiership |
| 1:33.4 | as it. Let's be honest. And I think that it, I guess, goes to the heart of why Labor and P's |
| 1:39.4 | are getting twitchy about Kirstalman's leadership, because they've had this colossal loss of seats, |
| 1:47.4 | councillors leaking to reform on the right, |
| 1:50.1 | the Greens on the left, |
| 1:51.1 | it feels kind of existential almost for Labour ahead of the election |
| 1:54.8 | and they're looking to their Prime Minister |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 2 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sky News, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Sky News and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.