A journalist who has investigated the uk Blood Scandal for her book, the poison line. And Blood Scandal victim stephen smith, who contracted hepatitis c from a contaminated Blood Transfusion when he was 22. He told me how the issues began after he had a Blood Transfusion in 1985 after losing four pints of blood when he accidentally put his foot through a glass door. I had a Blood Transfusion fuor Blood Transfusions in total and i would say probably six months after that. So probably 1986, i started some notice that my mood was changing and i was getting very lethargic. Did do sport back in the day. So ijust thought you might be sport that made me tired. So i didnt realise. And it went on for 36 years until i did find out which as a hell of a shock. Well, thats an incredible amount of time to wait before you found out what went wrong. Could you describe the moment you were told . I used to live in essex and i moved four years ago whilst i was in essex, having in and out. Always in conve
Surprise a bit there. Well, i was pausing out of politeness, so alex could go first. Ladies first. So, you know the other day there, we started our new feature, which was getting people to email in where theyd seen politicians at gigs . In where theyd seen 0h, right. In where theyd seen and then that very night, antony blinken, the us secretary of state, played a gig in kyiv, almost like hed been listening to newscast on his armoured train from poland. Well, he might have been. Whos to say he wasnt . Well, paul was. He said, i was backstage at live aid when i got locked in the portaloo gents with charles kennedy. The main door got stuck. We listened to Coldplay Sing fix you, as we pulled on the door with force and eventually freed ourselves. Thats quite the story i mean, theres a whole other thing there, not just politicians at gigs, but locked in a loo with a politician. I dont know, could that be a. . A side genre. Heres another one. This is from alex on email. Good name. Last year,
Water or sanitation. More than a million palestinians had taken refuge in the city after it was designated a safe zone early on in the conflict. This Development Comes as israels military says its recovered the body of another hostage inside gaza. The remains have been identified as ron binyamin, who the military says was killed in the october 7th attack by hamas. And in a further development, the israeli war cabinet minister, benny gantz, is threatening to bring down Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus government if he doesnt agree to his post war plan for gaza within three weeks. Heres what he said. Translation the people of israel are watching translation the people of israel are watching you. Translation the people of israel are watching you. You translation the people of israel are watching you. You must translation the people of israel are watching you. You must choose i are watching you. You must choose between zionism and cynicism, between zionism and cynicism, between unity and
Ronda rousey is an icon of the Mixed Martial Arts world and a trailblazer for women in combat sport, an olympic medallist injudo. Commentator ronda rousey, the usas first womens olympic medallist. The first woman to win an Ultimate Fighting Championship title, a professional wrestler. Now a Tv Personality and hollywood actress and a regenerative farm owner. But despite rondas Seismic Success and achievements, shes had to embrace deep challenges throughout her career something she hasnt shared openly until now. I always thought that i could will my body to do whatever i needed it to do and it was at that point itjust kind of quit on me. Sometimes, when youre the only woman in the room, its easy to feel out of place, but you have a right to be there. To understand her incredible journey, youve got to go back in time. Whats the first memory where you felt fighting would be a part of your life . Oh, god. Erm, it was actually the first day that i did judo. My mom went to go visit all of her