Silly season 2025... or was it? What happened in the news this summer

While the rest of Britain was busy incinerating sausages and arguing over who forgot the sun cream, Westminster went one better and set itself on fire.

What’s usually the media’s quiet season — when journos are forced to turn “seagull steals chip” into a front-page exclusive — turned into a summer blockbuster of political scandals, power plays and panic stations.

In this episode of Stop The Press!, we look back at the UK’s summer of 2025: the non-stories that filled the airwaves, the headlines that refused to die, and the politicians who probably wish they’d booked a longer holiday.