Andy Burnham: Fix test and trace in August, or close pubs
The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham tells Stephen Nolan that we have the month of August to get track and trace sorted out or we should be closing pubs when schools go back.
8 Aug 202025min
Hiroshima bomb remembered 75 years on
The Hiroshima bomb, known as "Little Boy" devastated an area of five square miles. The initial blast killed nearly 120,000 people - with the after-effects of radiation killing many thousands more. A...
6 Aug 202021min
Beirut explosion: Reaction in Lebanon and the UK
Rescue workers in Lebanon are searching for more than a hundred people who are missing after a huge explosion devastated the port area of the capital Beirut on Tuesday.The blast killed at least 100 pe...
5 Aug 202047min
New Covid restrictions: Your questions answered
Millions of people in parts of northern England are now facing new restrictions, banning separate households from meeting each other at home after a spike in Covid-19 cases.The rules impact people in ...
31 Jul 202048min
Football stars open up about mental health
Colin Murray is joined by Dean Ashton, Gail Emms and Keith Gillespie to discuss the importance of talking about mental health.They talk about bereavement, the pressures of social media, looking after ...
30 Jul 202055min
Wiley anti-Semitic tweets: Emma Barnett and callers react
Rapper Wiley’s Twitter account has been temporarily locked while Instagram said it had deleted some of his content, after a long series of anti-Semitic posts on both platforms on Friday and Sunday. ...
27 Jul 202047min
Coronavirus: Your Spain travel questions answered
Holidaymakers are facing disruption following a decision to require travellers arriving in the UK from Spain to quarantine for 14 days.To help people make sense of the situation, 5 Live's Rachel Burde...
27 Jul 202045min
Bernice King on racism, not giving up and non-violent action
Bernice King, the daughter of civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King Jr. and CEO of Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change talks to 5 Live's Colin Murray about the importance of...
22 Jul 202024min
