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Black Country Talking News
The Black Country Talking News is a free service which is produced each week for people living with sight loss to help them keep in touch with their community.
Episodes
- Black Country Talking News
Black Country Talking News 28th October 2026
In this week's edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. There's some fascinating news and nostalgia from across the Black Country…
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Black Country Talking News 21st October 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. There's some fascinating news and nostalgia from across the region…
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Black Country Talking News 14th October 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed, including an update from a familiar friend of the Black Country Talking…
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🚀🚀 World Space Week - A Space Jam: Space, Sight and Discovery 🚀✨
🚀🚀 Visionaries Among the Stars: Exploring accessibility, eye health and the future of life beyond Earth. 🚀✨
- Black Country Talking News
Black Country Talking News 07th October 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. There's some fascinating news and nostalgia from across the region. The…
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Black Country Talking News 30th September 2026
In this week's edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed, including the October edition of the Lifestyle Newsletter with Dan. There's…
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Black Country Talking News 23rd September 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. There's some fascinating news and nostalgia from across the region. You’ll…
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Black Country Talking News 16th September 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. From solar farms in the Black Country to biscuit’s made from waste plastic…
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Black Country Talking News 09th September 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. There’s some fascinating news and nostalgia from across the Black Country…
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Black Country Talking News 02nd September 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon including the Lifestyle Newsletter for September with Dan. With next week marking Sensory Awareness…
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Black Country Talking News 26th August 2026
In this week's edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. There's some fascinating news and nostalgia from across the Black Country…
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Black Country Talking News 19th August 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. There is some fascinating news and nostalgia from across the Black Country…
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Black Country Talking News 12th August 2026
In this week's edition, we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. Theres some fascinating news and nostalgia from across the Black Country…
- Black Country Talking News
Beacon Update: The Partial Solar Eclipse 12th August 2026 - safe viewing methods, local events and accessible tools
This week marks a significant celestial event. The solar eclipse on August 12, 2026, will be a rare and spectacular event for the UK, marking one of the…
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Black Country Talking News 05th August 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. There's some fascinating news and nostalgia from across the Black Country…
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Black Country Talking News 29th July 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed; including the lifestyle newsletter for August with Dan. From JRR Tolkien…
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Black Country Talking News 22nd July 2026
In this week’s edition: We find out what’s been happening at Beacon with the latest update from Helen and Muhammed. There’s all the latest news from across the…
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Black Country Talking News 15th July 2026
In this week’s edition: We find out what’s been happening at Beacon with the latest update from Helen and Muhammed. There’s all the latest news from across the…
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Beacon Update: FIFA World Cup 26, Evening Light & Eye Health
After the footballing theatre from the early hours of Monday morning, this FIFA World Cup keeps shifting our evenings and stretching our screen time well…
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Black Country Talking News 08th July 2026
In this week’s edition: We find out what’s been happening at Beacon with the latest update from Helen and Muhammed. There’s all the latest news from across the…
Black Country Talking NewsBlack Country Talking News 01st July 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon; with the lifestyle newsletter for July with Dan. Some fascinating news and nostalgia from across…
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Black Country Talking News 24th June 2026
In this week’s edition: We find out what’s been happening at Beacon with the latest update from Helen and Muhammed. There’s all the latest news from across the…
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Black Country Talking News 17th June 2026
In this week’s edition: We find out what’s been happening at Beacon with the latest update from Helen and Muhammed. There’s all the latest news from across the…
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Black Country Talking News 10th June 2026
In this week’s edition: We find out what’s been happening at Beacon with the latest update from Helen and Muhammed. There’s all the latest news from across the…
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Black Country Talking News 03rd June 2026
In this week’s edition: We find out what’s been happening at Beacon with the latest update from Helen and Muhammed. We have all the latest news from across the…
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Black Country Talking News 27th May 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon, including the lifestyle newsletter for June with Dan. Some fascinating news and nostalgia from…
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Black Country Talking News 20th May 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. We have some fascinating news and nostalgia from across the Black Country…
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Black Country Talking News 13th May 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. We have some fascinating news and nostalgia from across the Black Country…
- Black Country Talking News
Black Country Talking News 06th May 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. Some fascinating news and nostalgia from across the Black Country. You’ll…
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Black Country Talking News 29th April 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed; including the lifestyle newsletter for May with Dan. We have some…
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Black Country Talking News 22nd April 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. We have some fascinating news and nostalgia from across the Black Country…
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Black Country Talking News 15th April 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed; as well as an update from Dan. There’s some fascinating news from across…
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Black Country Talking News 08th April 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All an update from Beacon with Dan. There's some fascinating news from across the Black Country, including the 2nd episode of a…
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Black Country Talking News 01st April 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen Some fascinating news from across the Black Country, including a lowdown on some of the…
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Black Country Talking News 25th March 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed; as well as the Beacon Lifestyle Newsletter for April, with Dan. From the…
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Black Country Talking News 18th March 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. From health and wellbeing to free events and sight-seeing, we have the…
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Black Country Talking News 11th March 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. From health and wellbeing to free events and sight-seeing, we have the…
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Black Country Talking News 04th March 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen. From health scans to the forthcoming elections, we have the latest news from across the…
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Black Country Talking News 25th February 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed, plus Beacon’s Lifestyle Newsletter for March 2026, with Dan. Some…
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Black Country Talking News 18th February 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Muhammed and Helen. From the fifties to the fifteen hundreds, and from our roads to our skies…
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Black Country Talking News 11th February 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed, including information about how to access the RNIB’s Access to Work Survey…
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Black Country Talking News 04th February 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed. We have the latest news, nostalgia and innovation from the Black Country…
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Black Country Talking News 28th January 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Helen and Muhammed, plus Beacon’s Lifestyle Newsletter for February, with Dan. The latest news…
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Black Country Talking News 21st January 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Dan and Helen. From The Beatles to The Traitors, to our Towns and our Trains. We have some…
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Black Country Talking News 14th January 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Muhammed and Helen. We have some fascinating nostalgia and all the latest news from the Black…
- Black Country Talking News
Black Country Talking News 07th January 2026
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Muhammed, Dan and Helen. We have some fascinating nostalgia and all the latest news from the…
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Black Country Talking News Festive Edition 17th December 2025 Episode 1
In this edition We have tales of Christmas’ past from 100 years of our newspaper archives, An update from Beacon, A festive quiz with TNF soundings contributor…
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Black Country Talking News Festive Edition 17th December 2025 Episode 2
In this edition we have some: Christmas cracker jokes full of festive fun and cheer, and a topical Brainteaser for the winter season in the form of an…
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Black Country Talking News Festive Edition 17th December 2025 Episode 3
In this edition we have quite a musical journey: Finding out how Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody stormed the charts in 1973 and turned four West Midland lads…
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Black Country Talking News 10th December 2025
In this week’s edition we have: All the latest from Beacon with Muhammed. We have some fascinating nostalgia and all the latest news from the Black Country…
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Black Country Talking News 03rd December 2025
In this week’s edition we have: We have all the happenings from Beacon. We have some fascinating nostalgia and all the latest news from the Black Country. With…