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    Government publishes single-sex spaces guidance

    2026/05/21 | 38 mins.
    The government has published its long-awaited guidance on single-sex spaces. The guidance states that spaces such as changing rooms and toilets must be used on the basis of biological sex. We'll find out what this means for businesses, organisations and transgender people who access these spaces.
    Also on the programme - the streets of Birmingham are a sea of claret and blue as Aston Villa revels in its Europa League triumph, but we'll hear about a Villa fan club in Ghana that is also celebrating. And a marine mammal scientist explains how she's proved that beluga whales can recognise themselves in a mirror.
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    Chancellor prepares to outline measures on cost of living

    2026/05/20 | 44 mins.
    Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce plans to curb the use of judicial reviews into clean energy projects of “critical national importance” in England and Wales. We speak to those for and against the measures.
    Also on the programme: the US government has indicted former Cuban president Raúl Castro on charges of conspiracy to kill US nationals over a fatal attack on two planes in 1996.
    And Mancunian music stalwart Mike Pickering speaks to us about the Beatles, M People and discovering Calvin Harris.
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    Fears number of Ebola cases could double

    2026/05/19 | 37 mins.
    More than 130 people are believed to have died in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The World Health Organisation has declared it a public emergency of international concern, and warns the number of infections could soon reach the thousands.
    Also on the programme: celebrations in north London as Arsenal win the Premier League for the first time in 22 years.
    And as President Putin arrives in China for talks with Xi Jinping, we ask what their ‘friendship with no limits’ really means.
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    Elon Musk loses lawsuit against Open AI

    2026/05/18 | 37 mins.
    A jury has tonight thrown out a lawsuit by Elon Musk against Open AI and its boss Sam Altman, saying he took too long to file the claim.
    Alongside the Labour leadership crisis, the Brexit debate is back. Andy Burnham says he's not proposing the UK rejoins the European Union. We'll hear how the EU is viewing events.
    And at least 100 people have now died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo - we'll speak to a man who was part of the British response to a previous outbreak.
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    PM will not seek to block Andy Burnham in by-election

    2026/05/14 | 37 mins.
    The BBC understands the prime minister will not seek to block Andy Burnham from becoming a candidate for the seat of Makerfield - after Labour MP Josh Simons said he would be standing down for him.
    Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel has urged the US to lift its oil blockade, hours after rare protests over worsening power cuts on the Communist-run island.
    And are children in the midst of a reading crisis? We speak to the outgoing Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce.
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