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This is the official account of PM on @BBCRadio4 . On air 5-6pm weekdays and Saturday 5-5.30pm. #bbcpm

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BBC Radio 4 PM
5 years
Tara Asher is one of only a handful of people who specialise in signing grime songs. She’s been preparing to sign for @stormzy at Glastonbury tonight and gave @bbcpm a sneak preview #glastonbury2019 #SignLanguage
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Coming up on #BBCPM today at 5 – what is happening with government debt? Join us to find out, after this interview on yesterday’s programme by @EvanHD with the Treasury Chief Secretary Laura Trott ⬇️
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What is the point in getting a Gender Recognition Certificate? Laura Kate Dale -- who has one -- explains:
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5 years
"With the greatest of respect, Michael Gove knows politics, I know supply chains and anything other than silky smooth at our borders on Oct 31st will have a significant impact on food availability" Ex-Sainsburys CEO Justin King tells @EvanHD #bbcpm
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"The launch of it was phenomenal... The sight of the PM in the rain... It was fabulous." Private Eye Editor Ian Hislop says the upcoming general election won't be 'boring'. #BBCPM
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Today the #Glastonbury line-up was announced, with #SEVENTEEN making history as the first K-Pop group to play the festival. But who are they? Self-confessed fan @lucyj_ford explains for the #BBCPM listeners who might not know 🔊
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“Our family’s story has a different ending than I’d hoped for” - Rob Delaney on caring for his "beautiful" son Henry who died aged two #BBCPM
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“The phrase aims to deny me citizenship of the only country I have known and loved, because of my race. If that ain’t racism, I really don’t know what is.” @sathnam talks to #bbcbh about the impact of ‘go home’ chants.
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1 year
Why did a government minister suggest local councils will be able to decide how often you can go to the shops at the Conservative conference today? @AndrewBowie_MP , Minister for Nuclear and Networks at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, explained on #BBCPM
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“I couldn’t think of a more deserving candidate, he was an extraordinary human being” #BenedictCumberbatch talks to @BBCPM about the Bank of England putting #AlanTuring on the £50 bank note
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6 years
“MP’s are being asked to walk through the division lobbies to make the country, and their constituents, permanently poorer and less secure” says Tory former minister and co-author of the Conservative 2017 election manifesto, @gummerben , about the #Brexit deal
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8 years
Our tribute to Steve Hewlett who, we are sorry to tell you, has sadly died.
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6 months
"It says something about the relativism that it takes the unlawful killing of seven westerners in this aid convoy to raise this to a head." Former foreign secretary Jack Straw tells #BBCPM it's 'obvious' that Israel has been breaking international law.
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9 months
“This drama has reached people in a way that drama rarely does… And that speaks volumes of the injustice.” Toby Jones, who stars in the ITV drama about the Post Office Horizon scandal, tells #BBCPM the reaction has been ‘quite unlike anything else’.
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4 years
"Met Police didn't care" about my murdered daughters says mother of Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry #BBCPM | @EvanHD
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5 years
"When @BorisJohnson chaired it [HIGNFY] he was so bad at it, he was completely useless, it was hysterical...if this is his idea of coordinating a team, I think we're in for a huge amount of fun” Ian Hislop, editor of @PrivateEyeNews tells @EvanHD #bbcpm
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7 years
What do weather forecasters do in their free time? It seems @Schafernaker has a hidden talent with colouring pencils. Hear more on @BBCPM
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5 years
Senior Tory Ken Clarke tells @bbcpm he would be prepared to lead a Government of National Unity if it was the only way forward. #bbcpm #openpolitics
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7 years
Remembering the great Sir Roger Moore with some archive from @BBCRadio4 Broadcasting House and Desert Island Discs.
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In 1982, BBC journalist Laurie Margolis gave #BBCPM one its biggest exclusives ever - he broke the news that the Falklands had been invaded by Argentina. He explains to @EvanHD how he was able to confirm the invasion by intercepting radio signals from fishermen on the islands.
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"What a voice. My god, what a voice.” Dick Van Dyke @iammrvandy shares his memories of Doris Day, who has died aged 97, with @BBCcarolynquinn . #bbcpm
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Jailed Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Her friend and fellow activist, Masih Alinejad, was also nominated. She told #BBCPM the right person won.
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"You've got 3 and half years now of behavioural data to tell you the guy's nuts... he's hijacked the party and used fear and intimidation to keep those officials in line" Former Trump aide Anthony @Scaramucci tells @evanhd @bbcpm |
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“Boris Johnson has said that if he is elected our prime minister and our leader, he will leave by 31st October no ifs, no buts” @Borisjohnson supporter, cabinet member, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury @trussliz tells @BBCPM
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5 years
May-Corbyn talks: We would seek to make their #Brexit deal conditional upon a People’s Vote says @CarolineLucas , former Green Party co-leader #bbcpm
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"Intellectually bankrupt, financially bankrupt, and certainly reputationally bankrupt." Sir Alan Duncan served on the shadow front bench under William Hague and tells @EvanHD the Conservatives are 'in a much worse state today' than after their defeat in 1997. #BBCPM
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6 years
“I think the prime minister's paying far too much attention to the European Research Group - it's a breakaway party that’s formed itself in our party with its own leader and whip." Conservative MP Ken Clarke tells @EvanHD on @BBCPM
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5 years
“You can’t be an historian and not feel a sense of mutilation” Historian @simon_schama speaks to #bbcpm about the #NotreDameCathedralFire
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1 year
‘In promotional videos Hannah Ingram-Moore gave every appearance that she was representing the charity’ @BBCNewsnight ’s Joe Pike reveals that Captain Tom’s daughter received thousands of pounds via a family company for charity appearances More on Newsnight, BBC Two at 22:30
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5 years
"Boycotting twitter is not going to work… I'm much more interested in stopping people being racist, not stopping them from saying it" Former footballer turned TV pundit John Barnes @officialbarnesy tells @BBCcarolynquinn #bbcpm
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"Certain things obviously make me very cross, and usually one can channel that into a joke or into journalism." Private Eye Editor Ian Hislop tells @EvanHD about his TV appearance talking about the Post Office Horizon scandal where he 'just lost it' at a Tory MP. #BBCPM
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1 year
“The meeting went silent, every body turned to stare at each other, and Glenda gave me the biggest wink you’d ever seen” Former Labour leader, @jeremycorbyn , shares his fond memories of working with Glenda Jackson, who has passed away at age 87. #bbcpm
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5 years
“My constituents have been sending me emails ...they are spitting mad. Many are lifelong Conservative voters... but are so angry at the prorogation of Parliament that they won't ever vote Conservative again” Tory MP Antoinette @Sandbach tells #bbcpm
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6 years
"We're not talking about an argument with a lay person, you're talking about fighting with the government". Bridget Reeves, who's grandmother Elsie Devine died at #GosportHospital reacts to the independent inquiry report. #bbcpm
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6 years
. @Elbow 's @Guy_Garvey recorded his dad talking about his life. Now he wants to launch a campaign to encourage you to do the same with your parents. #bbcbh @bbcpaddy
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"I could not stay in the Conservative party led by Boris Johnson…I’m afraid my assessment of his character is simply he’s someone I can’t trust” Rebel Tory from the last parliament @DominicGrieve1 - who lost his seat in #GE2019 - tells @EvanHD #bbcpm
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6 years
"He was a natural stage actor, he had bravura, flamboyance, a great sense of humanity and a great sense of humour.” Veteran British filmmaker Mike Leigh pays tribute to the man who funded his first film, actor #AlbertFinney who has died.
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4 years
Coronavirus: "My sister died without the soft touch of a loved ones hand" Dorothy Duffy pays tribute to her sister Rose 'Billy' Mitchell, who died due to #Covid_19 #BBCPM
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"We can't address the housing crisis without building at a larger than local scale." Matthew Pennycook, Labour's new housing minister, tells #BBCPM Labour will launch a taskforce early on in The Parliament to ensure local support for the 1.5 million new homes target.
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5 years
“Civil servants, with whom I've talked to, ... are pretty sure which Minister is responsible for this, and they would like to see him go to prison.” Ex-newspaper editor and historian Sir Max Hastings talks to @EvanHD about the Cabinet leak #bbcpm
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4 years
One #bbcbh made earlier: @missjanetellis demonstrates how to make a face mask #facemasks #Covid19UK
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6 years
"There are a lot of women in the labour party who have not been dealt with in the way they should have been...when reporting sexual harassment." Labour activist @bexbailey accuses Labour of dragging its feet in changing their rules around reporting sexual harassment. #bbcpm
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Each day on @BBCPM we’re closing the programme with a few moments of peace, in the midst of all the news. At the request of listener @MikeyC74 we asked @cerysmatthews to read from Under Milk Wood. You can hear it on #bbcpm on Monday @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds
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8 months
"For plagiarism, I'd give it a ten out of ten." After the government's programme to improve NHS dentistry in England was inadvertently released a day early, Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells @EvanHD that he 'won't knock them for adopting Labour's plans'. #BBCPM
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5 years
"I think there are plenty of Conservatives who take the view that a no-deal #Brexit would essentially be catastrophic for the country's future and will move to stop it." #DominicGrieve tells @BBCcarolynquinn #bbcpm
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"I think we need a clear account of why the taxpayer should pay this." Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds reacts to the news it cost taxpayers £15,000 to cover damages after Science Secretary Michelle Donelan falsely accused an academic of supporting Hamas. #BBCPM
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7 years
All this week actress Fenella Fielding, who celebrated her 90th birthday recently, will read things suggested by PM listeners. Here Fenella reads the suggestion of Sam Isaacs.
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Labour Shadow Minister, Nick Thomas-Symonds tells #BBCPM "We will build HS2 in full...to Manchester and the eastern leg to Leeds. And we will build Northern Powerhouse Rail in full."
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What do weather forecasters do in their free time? It seems @Schafernaker has a hidden talent with colouring pencils.
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8 years
Podcast: @steve_hewlett - "I was told I have weeks, possibly months" to live
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6 years
"It's very much out of control, its not a nice atmosphere out there..." @heidiallen75 talking about her colleague @Anna_Soubry being verbally abused by protesters outside the Houses of Parliament.
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8 years
Steve Hewlett's Doctor shares her experience of treating him:"Steve was inquisitive and he challenged things".
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5 years
"We've destroyed the chalk rivers... all for the quest for drinking water" Pop legend @Feargal_Sharkey walks and talks with @EvanHD about England's #ChalkStreamsInCrisis #bbcpm Hear the full report here:
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1 year
@jeremycorbyn @EvanHD @jeremycorbyn tells @EvanHD his views on the current state of the Labour Party: #bbcpm
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6 years
“When I first came in to the England squad, he was still the number one goal keeper, so I used to watch him train - he was a great mentor to me.” @RayClem1 tells @EvanHD about his memories of #GordonBanks , England's World Cup winning goalkeeper, who has died. #bbcpm
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Lara Croft has been voted the most iconic character to mark the 20th #BAFTAGamesAwards later this month 🎮 @BlondShelley , who voiced Lara in the original 1996 game, tells #BBCPM no-one knew how successful the adventurer would be.
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"You sacrificed your life to give voice to voiceless people...We are united with you." Fellow nominee, Masih Alinejad, sends a message to the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Narges Mohammadi, a jailed Iranian human rights activist.
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7 years
"He generously helped out a poor student" Nick Park of @aardman on how Peter Sallis became the voice of Wallace
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Former GCHQ boss David Omand tells #BBCPM : the government's use of WhatsApp 'appals me'
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8 years
. @Marthakearney with Matt Damon at the Oscars. Yes, that way round.
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On PM today we pay tribute to Prof Roger Lockyer - whose love story helped change society and spanned half a century.
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“Although he lived modestly...his great love was caviar... and a good glass of red” Fond memories from Patricia Greene (Jill Archer) of her fellow actor Edward 'Ted' Kelsey, who played Joe Grundy in @BBCTheArchers , who has died. #bbcpm
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Science broadcaster #JamesBurke led the BBC's coverage of the #Apollo11 moon landing back in 1969. He tells @EvanHD what he thinks the legacy of the mission was. @BBCPM #Apollo50th
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"There isn't a rehabilitation for these people because they are terrorists - they are driven by ideology" Dame Louise Casey, who led a government review into integration, on new legislation to end early prison release of terrorist offenders #bbcpm
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In July 1969, an address to the US nation was written in case the astronauts never came home, ready for President Nixon to make on TV. The address was never given but the text is public. Samuel West @exitthelemming reads it for us. @BBCPM #Apollo50
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7 years
How one airport is trying to make the experience easier for people with autism. Tune in at 5pm to hear more of this report by @NRaikesy .
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New analysis shows that Stonehenge's Altar Stone actually comes from Scotland, not south-west Wales as previously thought. Professor Nick Pearce from Aberystwyth University says the origin of the centrepiece is a story that 'stuck for the best part of 80 years'. #BBCPM
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8 years
. @steve_hewlett and sons Bertie, Billy and Fred join Eddie to discuss Steve's illness. Listen to the podcast here:
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7 years
Legendary cricket commentator Henry Blofeld @blowersh is retiring from @bbctms after 45 years. Best explainer of the game's odd conundrum...
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4 years
"Dominic Cummings has contaminated the reputation of the government in the eyes of the public" says Conservative Home Founder Tim Montgomerie Former adviser to Boris Johnson tells #BBCPM "there will be a lot of people scoffing" at following the rules
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“You feel that if you can solve sepsis, somehow your daughter will walk through the door…and your old life will come back” Actor Jason Watkins lost his daughter Maude to sepsis when she was two years old in 2011. He tells #BBCPM more needs to be done to catch it early
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Today on #BBCPM , @EvanHD is asking whether dogs should be allowed in the office, and brought along his very own whippet, Mr Whippy. You can listen to the full item on Radio 4 and on BBC Sounds.
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Today #BBCPM comes to you from Google's DeepMind. We'll be talking to Demis Hassabis, CEO and co-founder, about AI and meeting their footballing robots.
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8 years
To protect hen harriers, @Natures_Voice are monitoring nests 24 hours a day
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The BMA is taking the General Medical Council to court over the labelling of physician associates as 'medical professionals'. Prof Philip Banfield from the BMA says the confusion is 'leading to patients thinking that they've seen a doctor when they haven't'. #BBCPM
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'I loved him as a colleague, mentor and friend'   BBC presenter Clive Myrie reflects on the life of George Alagiah   Listen here:
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“There are some days that she doesn’t have [dementia] in her mind and other days she’ll say, ‘Oh by the way, you know I’ve got dementia.’” Former racing driver Sir Jackie Stewart tells @bbcpm about his wife’s #dementia and hopes that his charity @racingdementia will find a cure.
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8 years
This is no wind up: How one boss stops people working late.
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ICYMI here are all the interviews with @steve_hewlett about his experience during cancer treatment
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"It doesn't make sense for parties on the left to be fighting each other," says @CarolineLucas
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"Without absolutely rock solid evidence of corruption, FIFA will be very nervous of moving [The 2022 World Cup] because they think the Qatari's would sue them, and that could well be the end of FIFA" Greg Dyke, the former Chair of the @FA tells @bbcpm
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Happy Yorkshire Day:
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"It was money for old rope. It was quite relaxing really" This is the moment a 102-year-old World War 2 veteran Colin Bell abseiled down a building in central London.
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“The fact that [the] W.H.O has been considering whether to declare an international public health emergency and have delayed their decision ... we’re really on the cusp.” Professor @PeterHorby of Emerging Infectious Diseases at @UniofOxford tells @BBCPM
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The PM says he will pass emergency legislation to "confirm" Rwanda a safe country, after the Supreme Court ruled the Rwanda asylum plan unlawful. Former Deputy Prime Minister @DamianGreen tells #BBCPM "government should obey the law. If we sign treaties we should stick to them."
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In tribute to #JudithKerr who has died, @bbcpm asked author @matthaig1 and BBC journalist @maitlis to share what #TheTigerWhoCameToTea , meant to them.
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8 years
A tribute to the voice of Postman Pat from the BBC's postal workers
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“They were happy... it was actually quite moving... and I wasn't the only one with tears in my eyes.” #ABBA manager Görel Hanser tells @bbcpaddy about being in the studio whilst the group recorded their first new music for 35 yrs. #bbcpm
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How can the RSPB protect one of the UK's most threatened birds of prey?
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Meet Father Mussie, the refugee-saving priest who was nominated for the nobel prize:
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"Ultimately Michelin stars are for the customer." - Chef Clare Smyth on Sebastien Bras's request to drop Michelin stars from his restaurant.
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How do you find a missing tomato in space? Former Commander of the International Space Station @Cmdr_Hadfield told #BBCPM "it was more of a space dried tomato" by the time astronauts found it.
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“You’re not me, we are two different people” #BBCPM ’s Anita Anand sat down with her namesake Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand during her visit to London You can listen to the full interview on PM on BBC Radio 4 at 5PM today
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The BBC has been ordered to release thousands of emails on the fallout from the infamous Panorama interview with Princess Diana. Her brother, @cspencer1508 , told #BBCBH he suspects a ‘cover up of the cover up’.
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Theresa May avoiding televised debates during the General Election would be "dangerous" - so says David Dimbleby
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“Jacob is extremely intelligent and compassionate...his comments regarding #Grenfell were uncharacteristically clumsy, but I think you have to put them into the context of Jacob.” Cons Candidate for NW Leics @ABridgen defends his friend Jacob Rees-Mogg
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