yesterday afternoon (wednesday 29th), 1.07pm, on bbc radio 4
world at one (presented by sarah montague) includes …
“The grime artist Wiley has been permanently banned from Twitter, five days after posting anti-semitic remarks. There was a 48-hour boycott of Twitter by many users this week, over what they said had been an unacceptable delay in dealing with the offending tweets.”
(more…)yesterday morning (wednesday 29th), 5.46-5.49am, on bbc radio 2
pause for thought by rabbi shoshana boyd gelfand
“Celebrating friends: ‘It’s a powerful thing to be chosen’.“
(more…)this morning (wednesday 29th), 8.18-8.25am, on bbc radio 4 (repeated 1.44pm sunday on newshour on bbc world service radio)
today (presented by mishal husain) includes …
“He features in a new Netflix documentary called Rising Phoenix on the history of the Paralympics, alongside Eva Loeffler, the daughter of Dr Ludwig Guttmann, who was a volunteer back at the games in 1948, and is now the longest-serving Paralympics volunteer.”
including interview with …
• eva loeffler, daughter of sir ludwig guttmann
• paralympian johnny peacock
(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-19351439)
(more…)this afternoon (tuesday 28th), 2.44-2.49pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by razia iqbal) includes …
“The Lebanese prime minister, Hassan Diab, accused Israel of violating Lebanon’s sovereignty and called for caution. Israel says its forces thwarted an attempt by Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, to infiltrate Israel.”
including interview with …
• former lebanese minister boutros harb
(more…)this morning (tuesday 28th), 8.36-8.38am, on bbc radio 4
today (presented by justin webb) includes …
“What is going on with Covid-19 around the world? …”
including interview with …
• professor ran balicer, clalit research institute, israel
(more…)yesterday morning (monday 27th), 9.20-9.23am, on bbc radio 2
pause for thought by rabbi dr harvey belovski
“Connecting with others in old-new ways: ‘I believe that each of us can rediscover the value and connective power of simple phone calls and letters’.”
(more…)this evening (monday 27th), 5.03-5.04pm, and 6.18-6.20pm, on bbc radio 4, and 9.36-9.40pm on bbc world service radio
pm (presented by evan davis), six o’clock news (presented by susan rae) and newshour (presented by tim franks) include …
“Israel says it has thwarted an attempted attack by Hezbollah militants in a border area with Lebanon. Tensions have been rising since the group said Israel killed one of its fighters last week.”
including reports from …
• bbc reporter tom bateman
(more…)this evening (monday 27th), 5.04-5.05pm, 5.34-5.42pm, and 6.16-6.18pm, on bbc radio 4
pm (presented by evan davis) and six o’clock news (presented by susan rae) include …
“A number of MPs are taking part in a 48-hour boycott of Twitter in protest against what they say is its lack of action on anti-semitism.”
including contributions from …
• david baddiel
• bbc reporter james clayton
(more…)this morning (monday 27th), 7.54-7.57am, on bbc radio 4
today (presented by nick robinson) includes …
“Many people in the Jewish community are going to boycott Twitter over the next 48 hours, they’re highly critical of the fact that Wiley, who’s a grime artist, put up anti-semitic posts and they were not taken down for a long time by Twitter. Will you join that boycott?”
“The Labour Party itself has a big decision to make. You’ve already paid out a half a million pounds to former members of your headquarters staff who were briefed against under the Corbyn leadership during the row about anti-semitism … is that a price worth paying for ending this row about anti-semitism?
including interview with …
• nick thomas-symonds mp
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