What? The presenter has given up her slot on Radio 5 Live for a daytime current affairs programme which will focus on the month-long build up to the general election. One aim is to attract a younger audience to political events, especially women. The show will be simulcast on the BBC News channel so office workers can watch, as can those at home. Expect reports from crews around the country, exclusive interviews and lively debates with the studio audience, too. Read More...
Thankfully, for Greenwood’s blood pressure at least, the home nations are about to do just that, with England, Scotland and Ireland all involved in warm-up internationals this weekend.
“The easy win in life is to get fitter,” Greenwood says. “I could take a man off the street and in four years’ time he could be as fit as he needed to be to play in a World Cup. Feed him the right food, get him up early enough and he’s there. Read More...
The group has been put together by the BBC’s Songs of Praise, to represent all 64 clubs that reached the third round of this year’s competition. As a Methodist minister who still preaches today, Errington is no stranger to Henry Lyte’s 19th-century hymn. “The BBC have offered people an internet tutorial, but I know all the words,” he says. “I have lived through three editions of the Methodist hymnbook, and we Methodists are noted for our fervent singing. Read More...
