The UTV Podcast

On this episode of Going the Extra Mile, Carol is joined by Coirle Butler and Rachel Elliott from The Gaitway Organisation, a west Belfast charity supporting children and young adults with cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions. Set up by families in 2019, the charity has gone from horsebox to a permanent base, helping hundreds of young people every year.

In an exclusive interview following her resignation from the party, Carla Lockhart tells UTV the DUP are out of step with the unionist people.

All eyes are on the Chancellor in the hope that tomorrow's budget at Westminster might help close the funding gap facing Stormont.

Retirement can be a tricky time. For many, the absence of a 9 to 5 is a blessing, for others it means swaths of time to fill. For Stephen Graham, after two months of DIY and pottering around the house, he decided a trip was in order and off he went to Downpatrick Museum.

Unionist parties meet again with the Chief Constable to discuss the fallout from the Drumcree dispute. Has Jon Boutcher managed to allay their concerns?

The Lady Chief Justice has described the legal journey of the A5 road project as 'long and tortuous'. She ruled that the scheme could go ahead.

On the latest edition of Going the Extra Mile, Carol is joined by Emily Wilson, a campaigner from Belfast who after the death of her late husband Jim has become an advocate for better diagnosis and improved support services for those who develop early onset dementia. Working alongside the Alzheimer’s Society, she has been awarded a British Empire Medal for her dedicated awareness-raising and voluntary work within the community. Catch it on ITVX or wherever you get your podcasts.

We have the latest from Drumcree as the stalemate playing out in Portadown threatens the stability of the Stormont institutions.

The Justice Minister confirms she will meet the family of a man whose killer absconded while on temporary release later this week. We have an extended interview with Naomi Long.DUP Leader Gavin Robinson joins me following his party conference at the weekend.Our commentators are Suzanne Breen, Ben Lowry, and Ursula Savage.

After losing two close friends to suicide, medical student Paddy McClintock turned intense grief into a mission to save lives. Recognising the power of exercise to heal both body and mind, he launched Check In On a Mate—a movement using sport to break the stigma around mental health and make deep, supportive conversations second nature.To spark national awareness, Paddy pushed his physical limits to the extreme, running 650km across the length of Ireland in just 14 days. Today, he visits schools and universities across Northern Ireland and England, using his endurance feat and personal story to remind everyone of a simple, life-saving act: check in on your friends, and always ask twice.Watch it on ITVX or whereever you get your podcasts.