5 Live News Specials

As the Prime Minister is interviewed for the first time since her government announced a raft of controversial economic measures, 5 Live's Nicky Campbell asks listeners if she has their trust. After hearing some of the eight interviews the Prime Minister gave to BBC Local Radio stations, Nicky asks callers if they are reassured that her government's economic decisions have put the UK on the right...

People from around the UK pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II as the nation mourns her death.

New Prime Minister Liz Truss and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer faced each other for the first time at Prime Minister's Questions. Chris Warburton was joined by Joey Jones, a former spokesman for Theresa May, and John McTernan, a former political secretary to Tony Blair, to get their thoughts, analysis and reaction to the events in the House of Commons. You can listen to PMQs in full on 5 Live eve...

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer joins Nicky Campbell to answer questions from 5 Live listeners in a special phone-in that was also broadcast on the BBC News Channel.

TikTok was founded just six years ago and is already one of the leading social media platforms, becoming the world’s most downloaded app in 2020. It has more than one billon monthly active users and is especially popular with teens and young adults, with 42% of TikTok users aged between 18 and 24. 5 Live Breakfast has been looking at the impact of TikTok as the platform’s popularity continues to r...

On Tuesday night, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's premiership plunged into crisis following the dramatic resignations of Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid. They quit within minutes of each other on following a row over Mr Johnson's decision to appoint Chris Pincher as deputy chief whip earlier this year. After a further flurry of resignations on Wednesday morning, the prime mi...

Former elite gymnast Clare Heafford, Guardian sports reporter Sean Ingle and Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse US Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse, join Colin Murray to discuss The Whyte Review.

Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts has recently finished a round of chemotherapy for bowel cancer and is now living with a stoma. She spoke to 5 Live’s Naga Munchetty about everything from naming her stoma, feeling sexy again and how cancer treatment has changed her relationship with her body.

Dr Waheed Arian, a former refugee from Afghanistan, now an A&E doctor, wanted to hear stories from other people like him. He is working to help improve the accessibility of mental health services for refugees like himself. One of the people he spoke to was Nataliia from Ukraine, who arrived in the UK along with her six-year-old daughter a couple of months ago.

BBC Bitesize, in partnership with Netmums, present a live panel to discuss how parents feel about child & parental mental health in 2022. Hosted by 5 Live's Rachel Burden with experts, Dr Ranj and Laverne Antrobus and special guests Carrie Grant and David Grant (broadcasters & vocal coaches), Kelle Bryan (singer & actress) and Annie O’Leary (Netmums Editorial Director). #MentalHealthAw...

We’re used to seeing security tags on alcohol, electronics and razorblades, but now the Co-op have put anti-theft devices on blocks of cheese – it’s seen as a sign shoplifting is on the increase as the cost of living deepens. Radio 5 Live’s Stephen Nolan asked his listeners if we should be understanding and compassionate towards people who are so desperate they resort to crimes such as shoplifting...

5 Live Breakfast and BBC Breakfast answer your questions about the war in Ukraine in a joint broadcast. Rachel Burden is joined by the BBC’s Security Correspondent Frank Gardner, Russia Editor for BBC Monitoring Vitaly Shevchenko, the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet live from Kyiv and the economist and broadcaster Linda Yueh. She also hears from some of those who have fled Ukra...

Listen back in full to a rowdy PMQs, as Labour leader Keir Starmer accuses prime minister Boris Johnson of showing "nothing but contempt" for the public over Downing Street lockdown parties. The PM again says he won't resign and insists his government "gets the big calls right" in its handling of the Covid pandemic. It comes as the PM expects to receive Sue Gray's report into parties at Downing St...

Boris Johnson faced a rowdy Commons, a day after he was accused of misleading MPs about parties. Labour leader Keir Starmer pressed Johnson on if he was warned that a May 2020 drinks party risked breaking rules. In a dramatic moment, Tory MP Christian Wakeford quit the Conservatives and walked across the floor to join Labour, as well as veteran Conservative and former minister David Davis telling...

Boris Johnson admits - for the first time - that he attended a drinks party at No 10 during the first lockdown. Speaking at PMQs, he offered a "heartfelt apology" but said he had believed it to be a work event. Naga Munchetty hears reaction from BBC parliamentary correspondent Alicia McCarthy, Conservative writer and commentator Jo-Anne Nadler and 5 Live callers. First broadcast at 12:00 on Naga M...

Warning: This programme contains adult themes and discussions of a sexual nature. BBC Radio 5 Live’s Naga Munchetty and BBC Scotland’s Amy Irons host a live audience and panel of expert guests at Pacific Quay in Glasgow, for a frank and honest discussion about how the pandemic has impacted the sex lives and relationships of UK adults. Part 2 of the podcast examines the impact on our relationships,...

Warning: This programme contains adult themes and discussions of a sexual nature. BBC Radio 5 Live’s Naga Munchetty and BBC Scotland’s Amy Irons host a live audience and panel of expert guests at Pacific Quay in Glasgow, for a frank and honest discussion about how the pandemic has impacted the sex lives and relationships of UK adults. Part 1 of the podcast investigates how the pandemic has impacte...

MPs question Boris Johnson in PMQs about an alleged lockdown party at Downing Street in 2020 - after a video emerged of the PM's staff appearing to joke about it. Plus, 5 Live's Naga Munchetty hears reaction from BBC parliamentary correspondent Sean Curran, The House Magazine editor Rosa Prince, and Westminster Insider host and Politico political editor Tom Blanchard. First broadcast at 12:00 on N...

A video has emerged showing Downing Street staff joking about an alleged lockdown Christmas party in No 10, amid mounting public fury. The party took place on 18 December, with a source telling the BBC "several dozen" people attended. But the Covid restrictions operating at the time banned such events. In PMQs he shared people's anger and had ordered an inquiry into whether rules had been broken....

5 Live listeners tell us how they are feeling as COP26 gets underway in Glasgow. The UK is hosting the climate change summit amid mounting concern among scientists that countries are not doing enough to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases, which have caused average global temperatures to rise. The 2015 Paris climate conference called for average temperatures to rise by well below 2C, and prefe...

In the second part of 5 Live’s ‘Word Matters’ series you’ll hear personal stories from those affected by poor literacy and how being given access to learning is benefitting their lives, including those in prison or serving in the military.

On Tuesday 11 September 2001 suicide attackers seized US passenger jets and crashed them into two New York skyscrapers, killing thousands of people. The attack remains one of the most traumatic events of the century, not only for Americans but also for the world. For Brian Leavey, it was the day he lost his father. Joseph Leavey was one of the 343 fire fighters who died on the day. Brian was 16 at...

Fatima travelled from London to Kabul on a family emergency just before the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Now she is trapped with her elderly mother and disabled brother, hiding in a friends house in the Afghan capital. Afraid the Taliban will kill her, she is desperate to get out and return to the UK. This interview was originally broadcast on 5 Live's Stephen Nolan programme and is part of the...

Obaidullah, who lives in Afghanistan, thinks his country must engage with the Taliban and will not leave his home. Obaidullah Baheer is a lecturer at a University in Afghanistan. He believes the only way forward for his country is to talk to the Taliban and forge a future for his country. The Taliban have taken over Afghanistan and are in the process of setting up a government. Obaidullah Baheer i...

Arefa and her sister escaped Afghanistan from Kabul airport before American forces withdrew from the country. Although she and her sister were “physically” safe in the UK, mentally she was “not in a good state” knowing other family members and friends remained in Kabul. She speaks to 5 Live’s Naga Munchetty about leaving her old life behind, her hopes for studying International Human Rights Law, a...