SINGAPORE - Catch up with the hottest topics on The Straits Times' weekday talk show.

The Big Story, broadcast every weekday at 5.30pm on Facebook and YouTube, has reporters and senior editors discussing the top stories of the day, in the heart of the newsroom.

Helmed by multimedia journalist Hairianto Diman, the episode airs live from ST's digital studio.

On Tuesday's (Nov 12) episode, journalist Michelle Ng talks about the latest Housing Board (HDB) flats sales exercise which saw the biggest sale of Build-To-Order (BTO) flats for the year.

Next, journalist Cheryl Teh talks about the accessibility of illegal steroids in Singapore, and gym-goers getting hooked on them due to vanity reasons.

Lastly, senior social affairs correspondent Theresa Tan discusses the findings of a study that found 1,000 homeless people sleeping on the streets in Singapore, and what has been done so far to help them.

In a new segment of the show called #WhatsTrending, multimedia journalist Dylan Ang shares more on the stories that are trending on the Internet.

Today, he talks about Hong Kong riot police firing tear gas at University campus amid unrest, when the next General Election will be, and an ex-baggage handler charged for swopping the tags of 286 pieces of luggage.

Topics covered in previous episodes include the latest updates on the Hong Kong protesters who were shot by the police during the morning clashes; the accusation by the chief of Qatar Airways that Jewel Changi Airport's designs were stolen; the situation on the ground on the first day of the ban on electric scooters on public footpaths; and marijuana and its dangers.