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Matt Rosser4:00pm - 7:00pm
Matt says: "people who care for us - in hospitals, homes, wherever care is needed - are people we are lucky to have. If we didn’t acknowledge it before, we certainly do now and we mustn’t stop".
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Channel Hopping with Al Dupres7:00pm - 8:00pm
TV Themes, songs, music from old adverts, and a lot more - a voyage of discovery, into the past.
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The Dave Price Jukebox8:00pm - 11:00pm
Dave says: ""Hopefully I can bring a little bit of fun and happiness into the lives of others. If so, I will consider that a job well done. I look forward to you not only listening ,but interacting with me".
Today's Weather
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ScotlandLight rain shower
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WalesHeavy rain shower
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South of EnglandSunny intervals
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Northern IrelandLight rain
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North of England
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BREAKING NEWS
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Water company supplying water unfit for humansSouth West Water Ltd has been fined almost £2 million for supplying water unfit for human consumption after a parasitic outbreak in Devon. The company was prosecuted after the water supply in the Brixham area of Devon was contaminated by cryptosporidium, a parasite which causes sickness and more. Exeter Magistrates’ Court heard how hundreds of people reported becoming unwell, including children, with some requiring hospital treatment.
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NHS consultants on Nepal fundraiser
A group of NHS consultants have taken on the Annapurna Base Camp trek in Nepal to help raise money to support children with diabetes. Seven consultants from University Hospitals Tees are raising funds for North Tees and Hartlepool Together Charity to support paediatric diabetes services. The expedition saw the group cover 30,000ft, trekking over 60 miles across 10 days. The team also delivered a one day regional anaesthesia workshop at Dhulikhel Hospital in Nepal, as they head for their £2,000 fundraising target.
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Blood test could detect Alzheimer´s decades before symptoms
A simple blood test that measures proteins associated with Alzheimer’s could detect the disease decades before symptoms appear. A new study over several years found that patients with particular proteins were linked to typical Alzheimers symptoms later in life. Experts say that detection before symptoms appear could help target preventive actions, and identify subjects for clinical trials.
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More black men to be invited to prostate cancer screening trial
Thousands more black men will be invited to take part in a prostate cancer screening trial. The announcement from the Health Secretary came as he insisted he is “following the science” in not backing testing for the whole population. James Murray accepted a recommendation from the UK National Screening Committee which says screening all men using one particular test is “likely to cause more harm than good”.
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National & International News
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New appeal on 30th anniversary of Melanie Hall disappearance in BathDetectives have made a fresh appeal for information to help solve the murder of a university graduate on the 30th anniversary of her disappearance.
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Blueprint for defence spending will be a step up Starmer vows amid delayThe blueprint for Britain’s defence spending will be “another step up” in the amount spent on the military, Sir Keir Starmer has vowed.
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Andoni Iraola cannot promise success but is ready for challenge at LiverpoolNew Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola accepts he cannot promise success but is aware of what is expected of him and is ready for the challenge of winning titles.
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Andrew sublet Royal Lodge homes and King pays Beatrice and Eugenies rent reportAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor received an undisclosed private income from subletting three cottages on his Royal Lodge estate while paying a peppercorn rent for more than two decades, an investigation has shown.
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Bison settle into new home in Cumbria in scheme to create wildlife rich habitatA group of bison from a UK-first conservation project in Kent is settling into its new home in Cumbria as part of a scheme to restore wildlife.
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New AI designed vaccine could protect against whole families of virusesNew vaccine technology created with the help of artificial intelligence could provide immunity against whole families of viruses and protect people from any future mutations in a single jab, according to scientists.
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Three Royal Navy helicopter crash victims named as Healey pays tributeBritain’s only serving female commando has been named amongst the three victims of a helicopter crash in Devon.
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Travel disruption as Tube drivers stage second strike of the weekLondon Underground drivers staged their second strike of the week on Thursday causing fresh disruption for travellers in the capital.
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Stonehenge altar stone may have travelled from ScotlandResearchers believe it may have moved via a glacier
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Nigel Farage defends his response to Henry Nowak murder amid criticism from PMNigel Farage has defended his response to the murder of Henry Nowak, after the Prime Minister branded him “unforgiveable” for suggesting the public should feel “pure, cold rage” about the case.