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Andy Zaltzman hurls the week's headlines at a panel of comedians and journalists.By BBC Radio 4
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01/07/2022 Boris Johnson has suspended a Conservative MP who allegedly groped two men.
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Boris Johnson has suspended a Conservative MP who allegedly groped two men.By BBC Radio 4
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240. Berkshire's Leading Hedgehog Clinic, with Beth Rigby.
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This week on the Fortunately podcast, Fi and Jane speak to Beth Rigby, Sky News Political Editor. Beth joins them to discuss her podcast Beth Rigby Interviews, in which she sits down for a conversation with figures from politics and beyond. Beth also tells Fi and Jane about a Cornish Love Island photoshoot with Robert Peston, her penchant for Danis…
Show Notes (contains affiliate links): Field Day Debrief On this week's episode of Ham Radio Crash Course, a podcast roughly based on amateur radio but mostly made up of responding to emails from listeners, hosted by Josh Nass - KI6NAZ and his reluctant wife, Leah - KN6NWZ, we talk about portable antennas, who will you turn away in an emergency and…
Aparna Sen joins us in the studio. She's one of India's best loved and most successful film directors. Her career has spanned 40 years and she's explored issues around mental health, sexual abuse and infidelity. Aparna is in England for the London Indian Film Festival.The number of NHS midwives in England has fallen by over 600 in a year, according…
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Greg Jenner is joined in Ancient Greece by special guests Prof Michael Scott and comedian Alice Fraser as they examine the start of democracy with the Athenians. Aside from it obviously being a system that only benefitted men, they find out why you’d want to avoid red ropes and broken pots and why the Romans disliked the very idea of it. And they t…
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01/07/22 - The 'environmental fruit-print'
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To round off a week of programmes from Clock House Farm in Kent, this programme focuses on the environmental footprint of fruit.Charlotte Smith looks round the packhouse which handles the farm's produce, and packs 13,000 tonnes of soft fruit every year. She also finds out how the farm is trying to reduce it's use of water and agrochemicals.Presente…
Al Smith's multi award winning drama set in an ambulance call centre. Carrie is a call handler for the ambulance service,cool and collected when dealing with the emergencies that each call brings. But with pressure mounting on the staff to reach targets and her daughter apparently caught in an act of self harm it makes for an explosive mix.Carrie .…
In today’s ever-evolving digital world, social media can sometimes feel like a frightening place. But is it all bad? As our online and offline lives are becoming increasingly blurred perhaps it is time we looked at the ways social media can be used for good?Ruby Rare is a sex educator and author who has delivered relationships and sex education wor…
To mark the start of the Women's Euros on the 6th July, Laura Grimshaw and Eilidh Barbour round up the best in Women's Football Podcasts.By BBC Radio 4 Extra
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30/06/2022 Mum, stepdad sentenced for boy's murder
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A mother and stepfather must each serve nearly thirty years in prison for the murder of a five year old boy, Logan MwangiBy BBC Radio 4
Society itself and the ways we live have been transformed in 70 years of science. Marnie Chesterton, Andrea Sella, and Gemma Milne take a tour of the archive to evaluate some of the biggest hits on Inside Science's jubilee list. What did we miss?Presented by Marnie Chesterton.Assistant Producer Emily BirdProduced by Alex Mansfield…
A small jar of this sticky stuff can cost anything from around ten pounds to over a thousand. Some brands claim it can help with sore throats, skin problems, hay-fever and poor sleep. Other producers curiously make no health claims at all about their manuka products. So what’s buzz about and is there any science behind it? Listener and beekeeper Da…
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Ukraine - what should western countries do next?
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Ukraine - what should the west do next?It's 125 days since Russia's tanks rolled into Ukraine in a full scale invasion of the country. Since then the world has watched, appalled by the bloodshed, the destruction of towns and cities, the 12 million refugees. At first there was relief that the Ukrainians had beaten back the attack on the capital Kyiv…
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Annie Lord, Menovests, Roe v Wade, The Fellowship
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How do you heal and get through a break up? Annie Lord is Vogue’s dating columnist. She joins Emma Barnett to talk about her debut book, Notes on Heartbreak. A candid exploration of the best and worst of love, she talks about nursing a broken heart and her own attempts to move on in the current dating climate; from disastrous rebound sex to sending…
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Bonus episode - This Is How You Do It: Naomi Larsson Piñeda
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Warning: Some strong language Media Storm hosts Mathilda and Helena meet their mainstream media matches! In this crossover bonus series with The Guilty Feminist, they interview journalists trying to make an imperfect industry a little bit less so, about their noble goals and - you guessed it - the hypocrisies and insecurities that undermine them! B…
The Schloss Elmau in the Bavarian Alps hosted dignitaries as they tried to present a united front against Russian aggression and tackle the global food crisis. James Landale also found the castle had an interesting story of its own when he was reporting from the summit.Russian soldiers have employed brutal tactics throughout the Ukrainian invasion.…
In a programme first broadcast in 2021, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the collection of poems published in 1609 by Thomas Thorpe: Shakespeare’s Sonnets, “never before imprinted”. Yet, while some of Shakespeare's other poems and many of his plays were often reprinted in his lifetime, the Sonnets were not a publishing success. They had to make thei…
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30/06/22 - A shortage of labour in the fruit sector
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The government's Seasonal Workers Scheme has been extended to provide 40,000 six-month visas for people coming to work in the UK on fruit, veg and flower farms as well as in food processing - but will it be enough? Charlotte Smith is on a fruit farm in Kent, asking how they've been effected by a shortage of labour.Presented by Charlotte SmithProduc…
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29/06/2022 US deploying thousands more troops to Europe
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The US is deploying thousands more troops to Europe, as part of the biggest change to Nato strategy since the end of the Cold WarBy BBC Radio 4
How do you tighten the purse strings when you've always been a big spender? Could your hang-ups be holding you back? And how could changing your mentality help your wallet and your mental health?Ruth Alexander and a panel of experts chat to listeners and find our just how to change your money mindset.Panel:Norma Cassius - Psychotherapist and Founde…
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Ghislaine Maxwell sentencing, Minister for Justice in Ireland, Dame Deborah James, Trans sport, music education
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Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping former financier Jeffrey Epstein abuse young girls. We speak to Equality Lawyer Georgina Calvert Lee about her statement in court where she said she empathised with the victims, and hoped her prison sentence would allow them "peace and finality". The killing of Ashling Murphy in…
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Covid climb, childcare costs and why can’t the French count properly?
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Covid cases are rising once again – how accurately are official figures picking up the new wave and how worried we should be? We discuss inflationary spirals and how much wage and pension increases contribute to inflation. Also how many parents actually struggle with childcare costs? Can long waits at A&E be put down to the pandemic and why the Fre…
Anna Hill is on Clock House Farm in Kent asking what the future holds for fruit production. She visits the research polytunnels where new fruit varieties are being trialled and goes out with a team of robots to treat strawberry plants with UVC light.Presented by Anna Hill Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons…
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Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in jail
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Urban rewilding for wellbeing, oxytocin and kindness, false alarm crowd panic
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What amount of biodiversity in our cities is enough to benefit our wellbeing? Good evidence can be hard to come by. Andrea Mechelli, professor of Early Intervention in Mental Health at Kings College London, together with landscape architect Joanna Gibbons discuss their pioneering Urban Mind citizen science project which adopts a smartphone app to w…
Last month an independent children’s social care review concluded that providing care for children in residential homes 'should not be based on profit'. The government response was that they have no any objection to profit being made as long as standards of care are properly regulated. But is there a difference in the standard of care between ‘for …
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28/06/2022 Scotland Proposes Referendum Date
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Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, names 19 October 2023 as the date for another referendum on independenceBy BBC Radio 4
An AI writes a Nicolas Cage film, a Matt Damon lookalike causes havoc and a story has its climax removed - Josie Long presents short action-driven documentaries and audio adventures.Matt DamonProduced by Jesse Lawson and Arlie AdlingtonOriginally created for KCRW's 24 Hour Radio RaceNic O LasProduced by Suzie McCarthyThe Juicy PartProduced by Jess …
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Andrea Prudente, Zara Aleena, Women in Science, Loo queues at festivals
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An American pregnant woman who was on holiday in Malta this month couldn't get an induced medical miscarriage when she needed it because of the country's strict abortion laws. Andrea Prudente ended up going to Mallorca to get treatment, where she’s recovering in a hotel. She joined Emma. Zara Aleena, 35, was assaulted as she walked home in East Lon…
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Sir Martin Landray on saving over a million lives
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Who could forget the beginning of 2020, when a ‘mysterious viral pneumonia’ emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Soon, other countries were affected and deaths around the world began to climb. Perhaps most alarmingly of all, there were no proven treatments to help prevent those deaths. As the World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 outbrea…
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28/06/22 - The increasing cost of fruit production
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Farming Today comes from a fruit farm in Kent, where Anna Hill find out why the cost of producing strawberries, raspberries and blackberries has gone up by 15%.Presenter by Anna HillProduced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather SimonsBy BBC Radio 4
It was a night of intense negotiation which would change the world order as Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons.Clive Myrie examines what was at stake in Budapest in 1994, how the deal was finally reached and how it went on to shape the world we face today.Three decades ago, the newly independent country of Ukraine was briefly the third-biggest nuc…
In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspectiveBy BBC Radio 4
Some countries have legalised cannabis, often with the hope of kick-starting a lucrative new source of tax revenue - but just how profitable has it been?Aside from a few fact-finding trips, the prospect of legalising cannabis is not on the political agenda here in the UK - but could it be missing out?Advocates say it's a bad call to let criminals c…
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27/06/2022 Ukraine Says Shopping Centre Struck by Russia
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Ukraine says a Russian missile has hit a crowded shopping centre. Ten people are known to have died but up to a thousand are reported to have been insideBy BBC Radio 4
The internet began as an academic tool, made to share information, bring people together and spur on advances that would benefit humans across the world. When it was shared with the masses, the dream was that with enough shared information, enough connection from human to human, we would be able to put aside differences, solve global problems, and …
Dan Saladino and Sheila Dillon dig deep into the details of the newly published Government Food Strategy.Produced by Dan Saladino.By BBC Radio 4
