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18/09/2016

Emma Barnett presents 5 live's rundown of the top 40 news, politics, sport and showbiz stories of the week that are making the biggest impact across social media and online.

Emma Barnett presents 5 live's rundown of the top 40 news, politics, sport and showbiz stories of the week that are making the biggest impact across social media and online. Emma is joined by journalists Mark Frith and Susie Boniface. This week's chart:

40 A deaf teenager hears her mum's voice for the first time

39 An accident prone wife sparks the invention of the Band Aid plasters

38 Everton help Sunderland's 5- year-old mascot fight cancer

37 Transgender actor Alexis Arquette dies aged 47

36 Hashtag RIP Kendra - friends turn detective on Twitter to catch a woman's killer

35 Ben Needham - has the mystery of the toddler's disappearance 25 years ago been solved?

34 Finland tackles homelessness - by giving the homeless a house

33 The Labour MP versus the Sky journalist

32 All Eyez On Me - a tease for the upcoming Tupac film

31 Tiziana Cantone - the Italian woman who's sex tapes became public takes her own life

30 A cute Panda cub stars in its own video

29 Lady Gaga - and new album 'Joanne' named after her aunt who died at 19

28 A snake called Waffle plays in a bowl of sand

27 The death of Greta Zimmer Friedman - the girl in an iconic war photo

26 South Park - ten new episodes hit our screens soon

25 Babies without women? Science takes a tiny step towards embryos without eggs

24 It's the YouTube video of 15,000 dominoes falling in a triple spiral

23 Formula One- and half a second is enough to give Nico Rosberg the win in Singapore

22 Four Manchester United stars make a dying fan's wish come true

21 Red on red action in Question Time

20 It's the end of performing whales at Seaworld

19 Conte's first defeat at Chelsea

18 Online donations pour in for an 89-year-old ice lolly seller in Chicago

17 One win, one draw - Arsenal have a decent week

16 Mutual destruction guaranteed - North v South Korea

15 Bear hugs and chest thumps from Klopp as his players triumph against Chelsea

14 Diego - daddy of all tortoises and sex machine

13 Stan's the man - Wawrinka wins the US Open

12 TV drama - American Horror Story

11 The bionic heroine of the Great North Run

10 It's the X Factor

9 The Native American Sioux tribe fight plans for an oil pipe line

8 The trailer for Fifty Shades Darker breaks all records

7 Brexit exit - Nigel Farage bows out as UKIP leader

6 Blood and floods - Bangladesh's Eid festival turns the streets red

5 One widow's 9/11 story

4 Roald Dahl - it's 100 years since his birth

3 Survival of the fittest - the US election campaign turns medical

2 Joy and sadness at the Paralympics

1 The Great British Bake Off decamps to Channel 4.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 18 Sep 2016 19:30

Broadcast

  • Sun 18 Sep 2016 19:30