Lou Macari runs a homeless shelter in Stoke-on-Trent, but when Covid-19 came along the former footballer was forced to shut it down.
With 46 residents with nowhere to go, he came up with this solution.
Read more from his interview with
@StephenNolan
Mother to Freddie.
Wife to Steve.
Our treasured colleague Rachael Bland has died.
She inspired so many with her blogs, the chart-topping podcast
#YouMeBigC
and certainly put the can in cancer.
We will miss her dearly.
‘I put up a wall and locked it away’
@BurnleyOfficial
forward
@JonWalters19
opens up about the death of his mother when he was just 11-years-old
Full interview:
"I can never have that moment back."
A journalist told
@gareththomas14
‘s parents about his HIV status before he had. This is what it means to him.
🎧 Listen via
@BBCSounds
#YouMeBigC
podcaster. Journalist. Fundraiser.
Our friend and colleague Dame Deborah James has died.
She created an incredible legacy: breaking the poo taboo and raising awareness of bowel cancer.
We are heartbroken, and our condolences are with her family.
"It is time, perhaps, for an uncomfortable conversation"
@tonylivesey
, a huge
@BurnleyOfficial
fan, talks about the anger he felt seeing a 'White Lives Matter Burnley' banner being towed over his teams match vs Man City at the Etihad stadium.
📲 More:
🗣️ “Anyone listening to this who doesn’t wear their mask – they have blood on their hands”.
Strong words from intensive care professor
@hugh_montgomery
, who tells
@RachelBurden
what’s happening in his unit right now.
🎧 Listen
@BBCSounds
Former footballer Clarke Carlisle was reported missing by his wife earlier this year and was found safe as he struggled with his mental health.
We’re pleased to say that Clarke has had some good news as he welcomed his new baby daughter 👶🍼
#5liveDaily
A heated discussion between Boris Johnson backer Daniel Kawczynski MP and
@EmmaBarnett
over whether free trade is possible under Gatt 24 in a no deal Brexit.
🗣️“I don’t believe he is incorrect”
🎙️“Because you don’t believe facts?”
“It was my duty to step up as a high profile Muslim”
New Zealand rugby star
@SonnyBWilliams
tells
@tonylivesey
he wanted to “preach positivity” and “represent the Muslim community” after the Christchurch mosques attack.
@TOwolfpack
#SBWTO
🎧Listen via
@BBCSounds
A young lad innocently kicks a ball towards
@elisjames
and
@nomadicrevery
as they film for
#footballfocus
What happens next will bring tears to the eyes
Luckily, the kid is fine. Elis, on the other hand, hasn't left the depths of his own Shame Well since Saturday
#elisandjohn
"People say, 'How do you take it? Someone writing blogs about you?'"
🤣 Comedian
@rickygervais
tells
@TherealNihal
how he deals with criticism of his work.
Busy week for
@MarcusRashford
.... his free meals petition has more than 1 million signatures, first career hat-trick and today it's his birthday
Some of those who he's inspired wanted to wish him a happy birthday🥳🎂🎉
📲Read more
"You can’t dress it up. I said: ‘Mummy’s died’"
Sky Sports anchor
@SimonThomasSky
, who lost his wife to cancer tells
@AnnaeFoster
about breaking the "horrendous" news to their young son Ethan.
You can hear the full interview here:
.
@teamginola
has been paying tribute to Justin Edinburgh. He told
@StephenNolan
that without Edinburgh playing alongside him, he wouldn't have won the 1999 Players' Player of the Year award. He said "Justin, it's yours. This award is yours. It's not mine anymore."
"He was a brilliant comic, he was a wonderful man - a very kind, generous friend and I miss him greatly."
Comedian
@BillBailey
pays tribute to his "dearest friend" Sean Lock, who has died from cancer at the age of 58.
“If YouTube remove his channel…It would be a very big statement to make”
@Tom_Harlock
says
@LoganPaul
’s video - which apparently shows a corpse - breaks
@YouTube
’s terms of service, and they are “within their rights to remove his channel”
“That was the end of my childhood”
Money saving expert
@MartinSLewis
opens up to
@tonylivesey
about the death of his mum, three days before his 12th birthday
Full interview:
Why I've decided to come out at the age of 91 🌈
Former civil servant Barbara Hosking worked for two prime ministers.
She told
@EmmaBarnett
why she's enjoying becoming a 'gay icon'
#EmmaBarrnettShow
#ValentinesDay
Today, we said goodbye to our dear colleague and friend Rachael Bland.
#RaiseAGlassToRach
is our way of giving a big burst of love to Rachael’s family and remind the world how she touched the lives of the people who knew her and listened to her.
#RachaelBland
#YouMeBigC
"We tried absolutely everything"
As
#YouMeBigC
's Deborah James [
@bowelbabe
] stops active cancer treatment, she catches up with Producer Mike [
@mikeholt12
] one last time
You, Me and the Big C | Listen on
@BBCSounds
A heated exchange between Conservative MP and Boris Johnson backer Rishi Sunak and
@EmmaBarnett
over whether Mr Johnson is avoiding broadcast interviews.
“Do you not feel a tiny bit uncomfortable?”
“The idea he is not subjecting himself to scrutiny is clearly silly”
“He’s got some pretty significant wounds on his hand”.
The wife of a Texan man who was bitten by a severed rattlesnake head says it turned around to look at him before striking.
“We still don’t know from Boris Johnson himself, whether he has five children or six… Why can’t he be more transparent?”
Supporter
@JohnnyMercerUK
tells
@EmmaBarnett
why Mr Johnson is “well within his rights“ not to talk about his private life, even though he wants to be PM.
The gloves are off 🥊
Heated scenes as Lord Digby Jones tells
@EmmaBarnett
he stands by his comment, not one job will be lost due to Brexit.
🎙“You stand by a statement that's no longer true"
🗣“4500 jobs are not going to happen overnight... they're not all down to Brexit"
Andy Murray will partner Serena Williams in the mixed doubles at
#Wimbledon
🎾
Their combined titles:
Australian 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
French 🏆🏆🏆
Wimbledon 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
US 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Olympics 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
👏👏👏
#5livebreakfast
|
#bbctennis
Passengers in Perth are preparing for the first non-stop flight from Australia to the UK, which will last 17 hours. ️🇦🇺🇬🇧
Look at how it compares to the original ‘kangaroo route’ ✈
#5liveBreakfast
5 live listener Matthew wrote to Prof Stephen Hawking to settle a debate.
"If you've got two cars travelling at the speed of light, and the car at the back turns its headlights on, would the light reach the car in front?"
Matthew said no, his friend said yes. Here's the reply:
“80% of the British public support this deal….
“I’m producing a number to try to illustrate what I believe…
“I totally apologise for that and I take that back”
Bizarre moment as Govt minister
@RoryStewartUK
invents
#Brexit
stat in interview with
@EmmaBarnett
.
‘He was an extraordinary, wonderful dog’
Maxwell, who
@NickyAACampbell
says changed his life, has died at nearly 16. Nicky’s been speaking to 5 Live listeners about their experiences of pet bereavement.
Listen on
@BBCSounds
🎙️
🗣️“I don’t know the precise details of exactly what we will do, and even if I did I wouldn’t tell you”
The moment International Trade Secretary Liz Truss tells
@EmmaBarnett
she doesn’t know how the UK will legally achieve a No Deal Brexit
📲Read more
‘Millionaires in their mansions shouldn’t lecture normal people’
@rickygervais
tells
@TherealNihal
how he's finding the lockdown and why he won't be singing 'Imagine' anytime soon. 🤣
🎧
@BBCSounds
-
“It’s only when you do the normal things that you would have done with them and you suddenly realise that they’re not there.”
Sophie, Countess of Wessex becomes emotional as she tells
@TVNaga01
of her grief for the Duke of Edinburgh.
📲
Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, was asked by Jane in London whether his party would guarantee protecting safe spaces for women.
5 Live's invited the leaders of the seven main parties to talk directly to you with Nicky Campbell.
Labour MP
@lloyd_rm
changes his mind over whether fellow Chris Williamson MP has been anti-Semitic, after
@EmmaBarnett
read examples live on air.
🎙️“Why was that so hard for you to say from the beginning?”
🗣️“You reminded me of some of the details”
🎙️'Your government came out again and again...and told the British public that all preparations for a no-deal Brexit were made'
🗣️'Yes'
🎙️'Were they lying?'
🗣️'Well it wasn't correct'
@EmmaBarnett
questions
@MPIainDS
about the government's no-deal
#Brexit
preparations
“I’ve stopped fighting for Britain”
Olaya has worked as an NHS nurse for fifteen years.
Now she and her family are moving to Spain because of the “unchallenged abuse” she’s received since the
#Brexit
vote
Fridays. 1-3pm. From May 31. Got plans? Cancel them!
Elis James and John Robins are joining 5 Live!
@nomadicrevery
and
@elisjames
will present an entertainment show (also released as a podcast). In summer, they will launch an additional podcast.
More:
“My goal is to just carry on Jack's legacy"
A year on from the London Bridge attack and the deaths of Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt, Rosca Onya, a close friend of Jack has released a song in his memory.
Watch the story of their incredible friendship.👇
@TherealNihal
@BBCSounds
"You should wash your hands with soap and hot water... for as long as you're singing either 'Happy Birthday' or 'God Save The Queen."
Health Secretary
@MattHancock
on how to stop the spread of coronavirus.
@BBCkatyaadler
🗣️"Everybody should probably take a breath, including you by the way"
Things get heated as ex-No 10 Director of Politics & Communications
@CraigOliver100
and
@EmmaBarnett
discuss yesterday's lobby walkout of a Downing Street press briefing
📲Read more
"In her selfless determination that others should benefit from her crappy predicament she broke taboos, raised spirits, laughed in the face of cancer and gave us a right rollicking if we didn't laugh with her."
@tonylivesey
's tribute to
@Rachael_Hodges
🎙️“You don't know what Jeremy Hunt's
#Brexit
proposition is?"
🗣️“We’ll have to find out what the EU [says]”
🎙️“So it’s a blind leap of faith”
🗣️“That’s a crazy thing to say”
@EmmaBarnett
grills Jeremy Hunt backer Mark Garnier MP over Hunt's Brexit plan.
"I've got to thank you for being there for me, and all of us, day in and day out"
@Emmabarnett
thanks her listeners as she ends her final show on
@BBC5live
📻
@BBCSounds
🎙“Do you trust Jeremy Corbyn?”
🗣“I don’t think he's someone who can be trusted with our... country's future”
🎙“Don't you owe Jeremy Corbyn an apology?"
A fiery exchange between Brexit Minister Robin Walker and
@EmmaBarnett
ahead of
#Brexit
talks.
#LFC
fan Dave Evans has unfortunately been diagnosed with bile duct cancer. Three weeks ago he was told he only had two weeks to live.
Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp decided to send Dave a message just before the
#UCLFinal
Dave has been speaking to
@StephenNolan
.
🎙️"Did you not look up how you might get to the European Parliament?"
🗣️“Weirdly it did not cross my mind”
@EmmaBarnett
asks Brexit Party MEP
@DrDavidBull
why he complained about the “insanity” of his “eight-hour” commute to his new job in Strasbourg.
🗣️"I didn't expect to get a reply from Jürgen Klopp at all"
10-year-old Daragh Curley tells Adrian Chiles his shock at the
@LFC
manager's personal reply to his letter asking him lose⚽️
Eddie Jones best watch out as he's Daragh's next target
📲Read more
'To our hero daddy, Rob'
👇Watch
@Rob7Burrow
's daughter Macy read out loud a birthday card she had given to her dad.
🗣The family take part in 5 Live's Read Out Loud challenge.
Rob said he “loved” his children reading to him.
#BBCWordMatters
Former England cricket captain Andrew Strauss's wife died of lung cancer in December
He's launching the Ruth Strauss Foundation to raise money for rare forms of the disease
"She was incredibly strong and brave. Her focus was preparing myself and the kids for life without her.”
"Every life is important. Every survivor is terribly important."
Sophie, Countess of Wessex tells
@TVNaga01
she was in "floods of tears" hearing the story of one survivor of rape in warfare.
📲
🗣️"This is the most dangerous time for that..."
England captain
@leahcwilliamson
talks about increased scrutiny on female players following
@Lionesses
' triumph at Euro 2022 ⚽️
Listen back to her full interview with
@HelenSkelton
on
@BBCSounds
📻
⬇️⬇️⬇️
“I can’t sit back and watch that happen”
Asma has been praised for confronting a man being anti-Semitic to a Jewish family on the Tube.
📲 Read more:
#5LiveBreakfast
🎧 Listen via
@BBCSounds
.
@GoldsmithsUoL
has banned the sale of beef products and put a 10p levy on single-use plastics in an effort to become carbon neutral by 2025.
President of Goldsmiths Students’ Union Joe Leam tells
#5LiveBreakfast
“we need a huge intervention, outright change on a vast level”.
🗣️"There is no way he knowingly ripped off my joke."
In October, James Corden was accused of stealing a Ricky Gervais joke on 'The Late Show.'
However,
@rickygervais
explained to
@TheRealNihal
what he thinks happened⤵️
🎧 Listen back
@BBCSounds
'She wanted the world to be a better place'
🤍Nicola Nuttall, mother of Laura tells
@TonyLivesey
about the legacy her daughter wanted to leave.
Laura raised thousands for cancer charities after being diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer in 2018.
'I hope when I do make mistakes, people will be like ‘she’s human’'
Singer
@doddleoddle
talks about fandom and song writing.
Listen to the whole interview w/
@theRealNihal
👉
🗣️“I don't think anyone in this country should be a billionaire”
🎙️ "Why on earth shouldn't people be able to be billionaires?"
Labour MP
@Lloyd_RM
tells
@EmmaBarnett
how he would like the country to look under a Labour government
📲 Read more
"We were all kicking him and holding him to the ground"
Tour guide Stevie Hurst was one of the people who stopped the
#LondonBridge
attack suspect.
He said they wanted to "make sure... he wasn't going to harm another single human being"
Listen:
Former Chief Superintendent of the
@metpoliceuk
John Sutherland responds to the challenges facing UK police officers today.
He tells
@TherealNihal
, "If policing fails, then what are we left with?"
Listen on
@BBCSounds
"I'm looking at a summer of trying to make ends meet"
@MarcusRashford
has called on the Government to reconsider a decision not to provide free school meal vouchers in England over the summer.
Sonja lost her job due to the pandemic and relies on the vouchers to feed her kids.
“She proved the scar is something to be proud of”
14-year-old Georgie says
#PrincessEugenie
’s decision to wear a wedding dress that showed her scoliosis scar was “inspirational”
#RoyalWedding
“I said ‘I’ll be up in five minutes’, and then I heard [the noise] again.”
Everton legend Duncan Ferguson describes the moment he realised his home was being broken into, and how he confronted the burglars.
Listen to Tony Bellew is Angry on
@BBCSounds
Responding to media reports of increased admissions of children and young people with Covid-19, Professor Russell Viner, President of the RCPCH, has released the following statement.
Read more:
🗣️'To have this announcement come today without having the help in place... is frankly irresponsible.'
Martin Lewis (
@MartinSLewis
) responds to a 5 Live caller asking for help, after news the energy price cap will rise to £3,549.
🎧Listen to
@NickyAACampbell
on
@BBCSounds
⬇️
🏇Should we stop horse racing?
Ben Newman from animal rights group, Animal Rising, protested at the Grand National this weekend.
Horse breeder Kevin Blake asks him what he'd do with the horses if it was banned.
🎧Listen to Nicky’s show on BBC Sounds and watch on BBC iPlayer
Taxi for Pep? 👀
This lucky
@ManCity
fan was asked to give his hero Pep Guardiola a lift home from their treble-winning parade🏆🏆🏆
He told
@EmmaBarnett
about the “crazy” moment.