President of audio at bauer. Paul is in charge of a whole host of stations, such as magic, kiss, absolute, and many, many others. Paul, you cant have the time to listen to all of those every morning, so do you vary the Clock Radio or do you just compromise and listen to the Today Programme . You can be honest, you are amongst friends. I have the privilege of listening to Fabulous Radio from the uk and across seven other countries around europe where we operate as well. So four nordic countries, most recently the republic of ireland, poland and slovakia, and everywhere we are, we find that radio as a medium, as a platform, is enduring and growing. Very diplomatic answer. You are not naming one. But also with us today are Iain Lee and Katherine Boyle, presenters of the late Night Alternative. Iain, for our listeners who are not familiar, how would you describe the programme . It is a surreal, psychedelic Phone In Show, where instead of Stirring Hate and pointing out others that look and
On his biggest challenge 7 to prove The Game he loves has caused his dementia. Commentator look at this Alix Popham drives for the line hes there Alix Pophams Rugby Career seemed timed to perfection. As he started playing, The Game went professional. He was able to turn his passion into a well paid job. But he says after more than a decade of putting his body on the line, hes paying a high price. So these are the memories, yeah . That one is my last game for wales, against englAnd in 2008, my last game. Do you remember The Game . No, nothing. I know we won. Ive seen the jerseys with me with my hAnds in the air at twickenham, but i cant remember being on the pitch. So you played in The Game, youve got the shirt, but you dont remember The Game at all . At all. What ive been told is my brain was so inflamed at that period. And most. Most of my career, ive said before, i cant remember because we were doing so much contact, my brain was inflamed. So you. The memories werent storing. So you
Correspondent, clive myrie. Good to have you all with us. And you at home, thank you very much for watching. Now, have thousands of people died in the uk during the Covid Pandemic because of things the British Government did ordidn t do . Dominic cummings thinks the answer is yes since he was, until six months ago, prime Minister Boris johnsons closest adviser. His extraordinary seven hour testimony before parliamentarians wednesday has the potential to be highly damaging, not least to his former boss. Borisjohnson is, according to Dominic Cummings, unfit to lead the country. Steve richards, there was huge Build Up to this testimony. Did it deliver in terms of an informed critique about how government functioned at one of the toughest times civilian governments have experienced 7 yes, i think it did. You say there was a huge Build Up. You and i have waited for many of these political dramas, and they were anti climactic when they happened, so i assumed this was going to be one of those
Heres matt taylor. Evenif even if its a bit on the cloudy side out there, its warm enough for most of you to stop temperatures above where they should be at this time of year. Later in the uk this week, the red appears, temperatures climbing further, and so does humidity. Increasingly humid during the second half of the week. You will notice that at night. The North And West will see greater chance of some patchy rain. The Rain Today mainly across parts of eastern england, Lincolnshire North and into south east scotland. Heavy and thundery showers developing into the evening. Away from that, spells of Hazy Sunshine, cloudy in the english channel. Warm in the sunshine where you have it. Temperatures widely into the 20s. Further showers this evening will fade away into the north sea. Most places dry tonight. Thicker cloud in the North West of scotland bringing patchy drizzle by The End of the Night Keeping Temperatures up in Northern Ireland. Elsewhere, dropping into single figures in th
Of a pandemic. Packed airports and queues for tests. The dash for british Holiday Makers to get back from portugal before quarantine starts tomorrow. Over the top. The Prime Minister and the Culture Secretary criticise the suspension of Bowler Ollie Robinson for racist and sexist tweets from the past. Child migrants arriving in dover may be turned away as the Local authorities struggles to cope with an influx of people crossing the channel. And love them or loathe them, E Scooters are to be rented out as part of a trial in uk cities. Good Afternoon And Welcome to bbc news. A double Child Killer, who was the first murderer to be convicted using dna evidence, has been deemed ready for release after a decision by the Parole Board. Colin pitchfork was jailed for life for killing two 15 Year Olds, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth, in leicestershire in the 1980s. At the time of his conviction, the Lord Chiefjustice said he doubted it would ever be safe to release him. Today, the government has i