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Callers pay tribute to Muhammad Ali, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, who has died at the age of 74. Ali was admitted to hospital on Thursday suffering from a respiratory illness, a condition that was complicated by Parkinson's disease and died at a hospital in the US city of Phoenix, Arizona.

Ahead of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, Nicky Campbell takes your calls and views on the bard and why he has endured where some others writers have faded into history.

Nick Yarris spent 22 years on death row for a murder he didn't commit -- before he finally walked out of prison a free man in 2004. He was wrongly convicted in the 1982 case of a woman who was raped and murdered in the US state of Delaware, but eventually acquitted when DNA evidence proved that he was not the killer. Yarris later moved to the UK, and now lives in Los Angeles, from where he spoke t...

Former England rugby union captain Matt Dawson talks in-depth about the "two weeks of hell" as his two-year-old son battled meningitis W.

The comedian Sofie Hagen has spoken of her daily battle with social anxiety that means she regularly hides in toilets. Nicky Campbell speaks to 5 live listeners who face similar struggles in their everyday lives.

Celebrating the best of 5 live over the past twelve months, as part of BBC Radio Moments 2015.

Tony Livesey reports from RAF Akrotiri as he speaks to pilots, surveillance crews, ground technicians and the base's senior commanders about their part in air-strikes against the so-called Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq. He looks at how Akrotiri's firepower has been bolstered since the Commons vote in favour of Syrian strikes, the crucial role of the Brimstone air-to-ground missiles, and th...

Anna Foster reports from Sierra Leone on the aftermath of Ebola. She speaks to those who survived and hears how the country is trying to move on from the deadly disease. She also looks at the stigma now being felt by many former patients, meets some of the medical staff who risked their own lives treating them, and hears how sport is finally resuming in the country and helping it to heal.

5 live reporter Nick Garnett looks back at some of the biggest stories he’s covered in 2015, and explains what it takes to get them on air as he is sent around the world at short notice

Becky Mitchell's ex-boyfriend was jailed for five years for knowingly infecting her and another woman with HIV. It was only the third conviction of its kind in UK legal history. She spoke exclusively to 5 live Breakfast since her ex-boyfriend Simon James was found guilty of 'recklessly transmitting HIV'. Becky says although she "never felt the need for a guilty verdict" it was "reassuring" to hear...

Ahead of the spending review announcement this Wednesday, Adam Parsons speaks to some big names from the world of business, politics and economics including Sir Vince Cable and former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin.

On international stammering awareness day, Rachel Burden talks to listeners whose lives have been affected by stammering

Lady Gaga "Til It Happens To You" writer, Diane Warren & video director Catherine Hardwicke tell Nihal why they're backing a campus sexual abuse campaign. They tell Nihal, "People do not know what consent is ... make this clear with a zero tolerance policy."

Sir Michael Moritz, an early investor in some of Silicon Valley's biggest names, including Google Linkedin, Yahoo and Whatsapp, talks to Adam Parsons about why footballers should earn more than hedge fund managers, the big new technology that Sir Michael's team have decided NOT to invest in, and whether the likes of Google and Apple and Facebook are going to dominate our worlds for decades to come...

Rhod Sharpe interviews Lamont Dozier, part of a legendary song writing team that brought us some of the all time classics like the Four Tops "Reach Out" & "You Can't Hurry Love"

An 11 year old tells Stephen Nolan how he has known that he didn't want to live as a girl since he was just five-years-old

Cilla Black spoke to 5 Live's Simon Mayo in September 2003 about her autobiography 'What's It All About'. You can listen to the interview again. She discusses how she got her early break, her friends the Beatles, the impact of the death of Bobby - her husband of 30 years - and her career as a singer and TV presenter.

Who should be the next leader of the Labour Party? A panel of Labour Party members debate who they think should get the top job.

Former IMF senior manager, Peter Doyle, tells Rhod Sharp why the IMF thinks latest bailout deal for Greece can't work.

A letter from my parents before they were sent to the gas chambers. John Fielden was rescued from the Nazis. He's one of two survivors telling their stories.

5 live Breakfast's Rachel Burden hears your memories, stories and reflections on the anniversary of the 7 July London bombings in 2005. Callers include Melanie in Cookham who was 20ft away from the bomber on the Circle Line train and Greg in Bristol who lost his daughter Jenny Nicholson.

Greek Referendum 'No' vote special: Adrian Goldberg dissects what the vote means for Greece, for the Euro, for the rest of the countries in the Eurozone and for us here in the UK.

Victoria Milligan lost her husband, one of her children and her leg in a tragic speedboat accident two years ago. She tells Stephen Nolan how she's come to terms with life since.

Block building video game Minecraft could help children with autism interact with others, according to medics. Nicky Campbell speaks to listeners about what helps their children.

5 live's Chris Warburton was recently given access to one patient's heart transplant operation. He followed patient Stephen Halsey into the operating theatre, witnessing first-hand the life-saving, intricate surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.