Join Kirsty Wark as she reunites mountaineers involved in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster for this Sunday's edition of the Reunion. Tune in at 10am, on BBC Radio 4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
#TheReunion #BBCRadio4

The Passion of Port Talbot, Kirsty Wark remembers the landmark theatre production with michael sheen 💙 Mercedes Kemp, Mydd Pharo, Sarah Hemsley-Cole, Di Botcher and Ken Tucker.

Join us at 10am on Sunday on BBC Radio 4 or BBC Sounds

Reposting as Bottom Exposed was on GOLD last night.

EXC - Fmr Chief Inspector of Prisons tells #Newsnight govt plans to build more jails “utterly bonkers”, saying even if they spend £4bn on new places, they can’t spend fast enough to keep pace with rising jail population - currently at 88,926 (full capacity Eng & Wales 88,890). 1/

As Ukraine enters into a 3rd year of war, how do people feel about enlisting to fight? Will they have enough troops for the coming months?📽️ for BBC Breaking News thanks to Sarah Dias & BBC Newsnight.

EXCL: Data obtained by Newsnight + analysed by BBC suggests NHS England adult gender clinics facing 10 year backlog of 1st appointments.
NHS Eng confirm they will begin a review into adult services in “coming weeks”.
Full story 22:30 BBC Newsnight
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bbc.co.uk/news/uk-686029…

#Newsnight tonight - we’re live in Doncaster with an audience - two days ahead of the budget, several months ahead of the election

Hope you can join us to see how your fellow voters are feeling

1030pm BBC Two BBC News (UK)

Yesterday former govt advisor on faith @colinbloom told #Newsnight Rishi Sunak was frightened to talk about Islamist extremism - that he needed to be firmer in his leadership on topic.

Now PM has stood outside no 10 & condemned extremism & urged police to take action ..

At least three million people died in the Bengal famine in British India during WW2. There is no memorial or even a plaque to them anywhere in the world. #ThreeMillion tells their story through extraordinary eyewitness accounts. Listen NOW @bbcsounds
bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m…

In response to racism rows going on in political world, he said overall it’s the divisive climate the situation is fostering that empowers the far right ..

Some personal news….

A survivor of a Rochdale grooming gang has told #Newsnight she was raped more than 100 times from the age of 12

‘Ruby’ was speaking for the first time since a review into what happened in Rochdale was published last month

Watch her interview 1030pm BBC2 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Climate change stories are a challenge for news editors.

We’ve heard the warnings - repeatedly,
and it is too depressing

But a lot is happening
and this is a brilliant listen on ⁦BBC Radio 4⁩
⁦Katy Hickman⁩ ⁦Kirsty Wark⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

'I feel like I was raped in public by the Post Office'

Former sub-postmistress Shazia Saddiq reads out part of her victim impact statement #BBCNewsnight

Post Office scandal: 'Racism affected how we were treated over Horizon' ⁦Sima Kotecha⁩ reports bbc.co.uk/news/uk-679296…

With another chance to hear all the broken news from 2023 its Des Clarke and panel:

Mark Nelson 🎉 Kirsty Wark
#AshleyStorrie ⚡️Sanjeev Kohli

#BreakingTheYear 📰BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Sounds bit.ly/4ar9X1X

Elena de la Quintaine Just heard the fascinating BBC Radio 4 BBC Sounds broadcast hosted by Kirsty Wark 📻 🎧 ❤️d reliving the backstories to Band Aid. As well as the surprise cameo by BBC Singers ❤️ BBC Radio 3

I can’t get all the way through this. It’s too emotional.

The first night of Maggie & Me at TRON THEATRE is basically going to be like This is Your Life. Or some extended therapy flashback. I'm not sure. There are now just 8 tickets left! I can't believe it. Thank you to everybody who has booked to be there: tron.co.uk/book-online/44…

EXCL: CEO of NHS trust at the centre of BBC Newsnight investigation into patient safety has conceded some staff don’t feel supported to raise concerns.

Read the full story incl testimony of 4 anon whistleblowers from me, Charlotte Rowles & Sean Clare:

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-676009…