17/09/2010
The sports panel on why West Ham boss Avram Grant will miss a game to observe Yom Kippur. Plus the latest from Twickenham on the visit of Pope Benedict.
The sports panel discuss Avram Grant's decision not to be at the West Ham game against Stoke as he observes the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur. The panel includes John Cross, sport writer at the Mirror, 5 live's senior football reporter Ian Dennis in Newcastle at Septemberfest, and former England batsman Mark Butcher at the Oval.
Home Affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford updates Gabby on the breaking news that five people have been arrested by counter terrorism police in connection with the Pope's visit, while Rome correspondent David Willey sums up the pontiff's day so far and looks ahead to his major speech at Westminster Hall.
In the second hour, a six year old boy has defied doctors by overcoming a disability which meant his family thought he'd never be able to walk. The parents of Ben Baddeley from Newcastle Under Lyme talk to Gabby about how he started walking again thanks to his trike.
Pakistan journalist Shahid Saidullah talks about the murder investigation into Pakistani politician Dr Imran Farooq, found dead outside his north London home.
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