20/05/2015
Jonathan Maitland on the Savile play, Hatton Garden heist charges, drugs taken by Lancaster University students, banks, Team Talk and farewell to David Letterman.
As police from abuse investigation Operation Hydrant say that more than fourteen hundred people have been investigated by officers looking into historic allegations of abuse, the writer Jonathan Maitland tells Phil Williams his new play An Audience with Jimmy Savile is "for the victims" and "a story that needs to be told".
Police charge eight men over the Hatton Garden jewellery raid; US intelligence services release over 100 translated documents they say were seized in the fatal raid on Bin Laden's secret compound in Pakistan in 2011; and David Letterman bids farewell to his late night talk show after 33 years and more than six thousand shows in the hot seat.
Lancaster University students are hospitalised after taking the legal high Spice; Islamic State militants take control of the Syrian world heritage city of Palmyra; and five of the world's largest banks face fines totalling 拢3.6 billion for manipulating the foreign exchange market.
Conor McNamara & Ian Ladyman discuss Sunderland's survival, Louis van Gaal's end of season speech and the prospects of survival for Hull City & Newcastle United ahead of the final weekend of the Premier League season in Team Talk.
And leading sleep expert Dr Neil Stanley answers listeners questions and reveals all the secrets of a restful night's - or day's - sleep.
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- Wed 20 May 2015 22:30大象传媒 Radio 5 Live