SINGAPORE - Catch up on 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.

The show is helmed by multimedia correspondent Hairianto Diman and assistant video editor Olivia Quay, and airs live from ST's digital studio.

In his maiden speech in Parliament as Leader of the Opposition on Monday (Aug 31), Mr Pritam Singh said the Workers' Party (WP) does not have enough MPs in Parliament to form a shadow Cabinet, but it will organise itself to scrutinise policies in five areas important to Singaporeans.

The five areas are: health, ageing and retirement adequacy; jobs, businesses and the economy; education, inequality and the cost of living; housing, transport and infrastructure; and national sustainability, a broad area about how to ensure Singapore continues to thrive far into the future for successive generations.

We will speak to assistant news editor Lim Yan Liang on what stood out in Mr Singh's speech.

Bellagraph Nova Group's bid to take over Premier League club Newcastle United looks increasingly in doubt in light of its questionable marketing material.

In the meantime, Axington requested that trading in its shares be suspended pending an announcement. Journalist Sue-Ann Tan will be sharing more.

Topics covered in previous episodes of The Big Story include the future of nightlife in Singapore, and the rights of a retrenched worker.