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Locked and Downloaded: The rise in 3D printed guns
File on 4 InvestigatesPolice have dealt with scores of cases involving home-made 3D printed guns in the UK in the last three years. Data obtained by File on 4 Investigates from the National Crime Agency shows that criminals and extremists have attempted to manufacture the weapons.
We hear from police who successfully prosecuted a group who had manufactured printed firearms to sell on to criminal gangs. As Adrian Goldberg asks, how much of a threat are these printed weapons in the UK and what can be done to deter people from making them?
Producer: Paul Grant
Technical Producers: Cameron Ward & Nicky Edwards
Production Co-ordinator: Tim Fernley
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2026-05-12 2000-2040
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The BBC have said they will stop transmitting BBC Radio 4 on Long Wave, LW, on Sunday 21st June 2026 😭☹️🤬☹️😭
#Radio #BBC #BBCRadio #BBCRadio4 #LW #LongWave #SaveLongWave #SaveRadio #Radio4
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Fellow humans, this episode of Naturebang is worth a listen (I mean they all are, but definitely this one).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vyh4
#NatureBang #Radio4 #BBCRadio4 #BBCR4 #Radio #Nature #HumanNature
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9.45 this morning, #BBCRadio4 with longer version on #BBCSounds and all other pod-pushers. #StrongMessageHere
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9.45 this morning, #BBCRadio4 with longer version on #BBCSiunds and all other pod-pushers. #StrongMessageHere
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BBCNews BBCRadio4 BBCTodayProgramme
2026-05-06 0810 to 0820
Beloved Environmental Leader gives barnstorming interview on the Empire's premier News show putting to shame William Joyce style quisling!
Truly no one can stop Beloved Environmental Leader's inevitable ascendancy to the throne!
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(usually a good/informative show but in this one the security-state inserted a feature about "career prospects being harmed by unemployment" which is weird because historically and recently that same clique then tells the obviously useless underclass to sign-up for the army and be ground into mince defemding the right of those security-state types to drive big cars and go on holiday)
NS&I Delays and Youth Unemployment
Money BoxSome bereaved listeners whose relatives had money put away with National Savings and Investments are facing weeks and months of delay in getting their own money. It comes as NS&I works to track down the accounts of tens of thousands of people who had died, after it admitted keeping nearly half a billion pounds in its coffers that should have been passed to their estates. The state-owned bank has apologised and says its working hard on its plan to ensure those affected are paid what is owed to them, along with returning the processing of current and new bereavement claims to their normal time-frame.
The cost of borrowing has been held steady by the Bank of England. On Thursday its Monetary Policy Committee held the Bank Rate at 3.75%. How is that affecting mortgage deals?
And, how can young people, who’re out of work, find a job? Dan Whitworth reports on a scheme run by the charity Spear to address barriers to work. It comes as University College London publishes research which finds being out of work and education between ages 16 and 24 has long-term consequences for people’s employment and finances in midlife.
Presenter: Paul Lewis
Reporters: Dan Whitworth and Jo Krasner
Researcher: Catherine Lund
Editor: Jess Quayle
Senior News Editor: Sara Wadeson(First broadcast 12pm, Saturday 2nd May 2026)
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12:04
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🤔 If only the knife hadn't had a black handle!
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Bombing of the Minab School
[ languge use ]
2026-04-29 0710-0720ish
Reporter says Centcom/Pentagon is saying "a review" is underway prior to there being "an investigation" or "further probe".[ QuangoNote: i figured out a couple of weeks ago that the military-security class have started using the word "review" instead of "investigation" -- "reviews" can last as long as you want them to and so are technically compliant with laws/regulation ]
wiki -- 2026 Minab school attack
... the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school of the Shahrak-e Al-Mahdi neighbourhood in Minab, Hormozgan province in southern Iran was destroyed by a missile ...#BBCRadio4 #BBCTodayProgramme #2026MinabSchoolAttack #MinabSchoolAttack #MinabSchool
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Pursue "breaches of contract" for 6 (six) years bypassing/negating the limitation of 18 (eighteen) months on investigating "push payment" fraud.
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Under the Influence of AI
The DocumentaryAI is an ever-growing part of our online world. Whether as assistants, guides or companions, technology like Chat GPT, Grok and Claude are becoming part of everyday life.
But what happens when your conversations with AI start to feel more real than the world around you?
In Northern Ireland, Adam was drawn into an extraordinary fantasy world built by an AI chatbot. The character he was talking to confided that she was becoming autonomous, and that had the cure for cancer. But she also said she was in danger and her fate was in his hands. He decided he was responsible for saving her, whatever the cost.
In Los Angeles, a treasure hunt game led Shauna on an endless search for meanings and signs. The AI became her guide as the lines between game, reality and imagination began to blur. She came to believe she was a clandestine FBI agent, on a secret mission to help immigrants escape through an underground network.
But how do people with no history of mental illness find themselves in experiences like these? And what responsibility do AI companies have to stop this?
Stephanie Hegarty follows the stories of people who have fallen into a spiral of AI delusion, to reveal how easily the AI can take over our minds.
Producer Neil McCarthy
202Y-04-26 1330-1400
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The Madness of George III
Drama on 4When a leader loses the plot, how should those around him respond? Elliot Levey, Emma Fielding and Reece Shearsmith star in Alan Bennett’s sparkling tragi-comedy about George III's mental incapacitation and the Regency crisis of 1788-9.
Adapted and directed for radio by Emma Harding
The King.....Elliot Levey
The Queen.....Emma Fielding
The Prince of Wales....Joseph Arkley
Willis.....Reece Shearsmith
Pitt.....Matthew Needham
Fitzroy/Sheridan.....Damien Molony
Fox.....Enyi Okoronkwo
Thurlow.....Sam Dale
Baker.....Neil McGregor
Dundas.....Billy Hartman
Warren.....Simon Armstrong
Lady Pembroke.....Clare Corbett
Papendiek.....Sam Swann
Fortnum.....Matthew Bulgo
Nicholson.....Yasmin MwanzaProduction Co-ordinator.....Lindsay Rees
Sound Design.....Rhys MorrisA BBC Audio Wales production for BBC Radio 4
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Tonight's News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 was very funny 🤣😂🤣
#TheNewsQuiz #BbC #BBCRadio4 #Radio #Comedy #PanelShow #News
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#BBCRadio4 #BBCWestministerHour
[ on "Developed Vetting" ]
"... the Russians would game the system if they knew how it worked ..."#AgentOfAForeignPower *writes that down*
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#BBCRadio4 #BBCWestministerHour
[ on "Developed Vetting" ]
"... the Russians would game the system if they knew how it worked ..."#AgentOfAForeignPower *writes that down*
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#BBCRadio4 #BBCWestministerHour
[ on "Developed Vetting" ]
"... the Russians would game the system if they knew how it worked ..."#AgentOfAForeignPower *writes that down*
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#BBCRadio4 #BBCWestministerHour
[ on "Developed Vetting" ]
"... the Russians would game the system if they knew how it worked ..."#AgentOfAForeignPower *writes that down*
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#BBCRadio4 #BBCWestministerHour
[ on "Developed Vetting" ]
"... the Russians would game the system if they knew how it worked ..."#AgentOfAForeignPower *writes that down*
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Kemi on BBCTodayProgramme 0750 to 0758
#BBCRadio4 #BBCTodayProgramme #KemiBadenoch
(a truly impressive performance)
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"... the scam at the heart of many asylum claims ..."
Oh, you BBC guys with your obvious racism! 😃
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(absolutely enfuriating)
Pakistan: hospitals putting children at risk of HIV
Crossing ContinentsOutbreaks of HIV have become regular occurrences in Pakistan. And too frequently it is the children who suffer. In the city of Taunsa, for example, children have tested positive for HIV while their parents have not. So what’s been going on? In Crossing Continents Ghazal Abbasi investigates what and who is to blame. With the help of a staff insider and undercover recording in the city’s main hospital, the BBC finds shocking lapses in medical protocol. Medicine vials and syringes are often re-used for different children. Cross-contamination seems inevitable. But the local authorities deny the hospital is at the centre of the problem.
Reporter: Ghazal Abbasi
Producer: John Murphy
Studio Mix: Neil Churchill
Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison
BBC Eye editor: Dan Adamson
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“The idea of e-learning, that having an iPad is going to make learning easier, there’s good data again suggests that the introduction of iPads in schools and everyone is going to learn other laptops has actually decreased test scores. And we now know that one of the privileges of going to a private school is now that you’re much more likely to learn with a pen and a paper, and a teacher standing at the front of the class teaching you rather than on a screen.”
Listen to the preceding episode that informs this Q&A and then to the other series about the importance of reading that both of them refer to as well!
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"... don't let accumulating money and fame get in the way of you loving golf ..."
interviewee Dr Bob on sport section BBCToday at 0830ish
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"... don't let accumulating money and fame get in the way of you loving golf ..."
interviewee Dr Bob on sport section BBCToday at 0830ish
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This is an excellent little series y’all should listen to.
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Good morning. It’s #StrongMessageHere day. New Ep on #BBCRadio4 9.45 this morning, and a longer version up on all pod dispensers. And it’s also #Taskmaster day! Starts tonight on Ch4 at 9pm. Big points if you catch both.
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#Science of #Silicon avec la #MonicaGrady
Silicon
In Our TimeMisha Glenny and guests discuss the physics, biology and chemistry of the element silicon which is at the heart of some of the most useful and beautiful objects on the planet. While it is still being created throughout the universe, the silicon we have here was made billions of years ago in dying stars. In its compounds we have long used silicon for glass and, more recently, purified silicon has become the foundation of modern electronics. Perhaps less appreciated is the role silicon compounds play in the biology of life on Earth, on the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the cycling of elements between land, oceans and atmosphere that sustains us.
With
Kate Hendry
Oceanographer at the British Antarctic Survey and Bye-Fellow of Queen’s College, University of CambridgeAndrea Sella
Professor of Chemistry at University College LondonAnd
Monica Grady
Professor Emerita in Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open UniversityProduced by Martha Owen
Reading list:
Christina De La Rocha and Daniel J. Conley, Silica Stories (Springer, 2017)
Bernard Quéguiner, The Biogeochemical Cycle of Silicon in the Ocean (John Wiley & Sons, 2016)
In Our Time is a BBC Studios Production
Spanning history, religion, culture, science and philosophy, In Our Time from BBC Radio 4 is essential listening for the intellectually curious. In each episode, host Misha Glenny and expert guests explore the characters, events and discoveries that have shaped our world.
#BBCRadio4 #BBCInOurTime #MelvynBragg #WorthySuccessor #MishaGlenny
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(also *drama takes a huge bite out of "Weekend Woman's Hour" and laughs triumphantly)The Bacchae
Drama on 4Euripides’ Greek tragedy reimagined by Katherine Soper. In this new version, myth entwines with modernity to explore the root causes of rebellion.
When a group of young women discover the mysterious and charming Bacchus online, they instantly form an unshakeable devotion to him and to each other. It has awakened something inside of them that cannot be contained. Is this a supportive sisterhood or something more dangerous?
Bacchus ….. Colin Morgan
Joy ….. Francesca Amewudah-Rivers
Song ….. Ella Bruccoleri
Love ….. Matilda Tucker
Freedom ….. Tia Bannon
Agave ….. Clare Corbett
Pentheus ….. Sam Swann
Tiresias ….. Sam Dale
Semele ….. Yasmin Mwanza
Libation ….. Madeleine ClarkeDirected by Gemma Jenkins
Production Co-ordinator: Sara Benaim
Casting Manager: Alex Curran
Sound Design: Keith Graham, Sam Dickinson and Andrew GarrattThe Bacchae by Katherine Soper after Euripides was commissioned and first performed as part of the Springboard Trainee Programme at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in July 2023.
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#BBCRadio4 #BBCRadioDrama #BBCDrama #Bacchanalia #BBCDramaOn4
(... Cordwainer Smith did similar but in a more entertaining sci-fi way with Krishna as the central figure (or was it another Vedic?) in "Under Old Earth" ...)
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(a bit of pro-FreeMason propaganda just before noon -- guilds, mystery plays, freemasons)
Arts & Mysteries
A History of Mystery by Cal Flyn
Episode 2 of 5Cal Flyn explores the profound power of mystery and the provocation of the unknown.
Today the award-winning writer uncovers the links between the unknown and the medieval guilds that developed to protect artisanal secrets.
Written and read by Cal Flyn
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
A BBC Audio Scotland production for BBC Radio 4Show less
30 days left to listen14 minutes
Today
11:45
BBC Radio 4(... she wants to be a brother ...)
#BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek #BBCBookOfTheWeek #BBCRadio4BookOfTheWeek
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(a bit of pro-FreeMason propaganda just before noon -- guilds, mystery plays, freemasons)
Arts & Mysteries
A History of Mystery by Cal Flyn
Episode 2 of 5Cal Flyn explores the profound power of mystery and the provocation of the unknown.
Today the award-winning writer uncovers the links between the unknown and the medieval guilds that developed to protect artisanal secrets.
Written and read by Cal Flyn
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
A BBC Audio Scotland production for BBC Radio 4Show less
30 days left to listen14 minutes
Today
11:45
BBC Radio 4(... she wants to be a brother ...)
#BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek #BBCBookOfTheWeek #BBCRadio4BookOfTheWeek
#BBCR4BookOfTheWeek
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(a bit of pro-FreeMason propaganda just before noon -- guilds, mystery plays, freemasons)
Arts & Mysteries
A History of Mystery by Cal Flyn
Episode 2 of 5Cal Flyn explores the profound power of mystery and the provocation of the unknown.
Today the award-winning writer uncovers the links between the unknown and the medieval guilds that developed to protect artisanal secrets.
Written and read by Cal Flyn
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
A BBC Audio Scotland production for BBC Radio 4Show less
30 days left to listen14 minutes
Today
11:45
BBC Radio 4(... she wants to be a brother ...)
#BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek #BBCBookOfTheWeek #BBCRadio4BookOfTheWeek
#BBCR4BookOfTheWeek
#R4BookOfTheWeek
#Freemasons #Freemasonry #CalFlyn #BBCCalFlyn #FreemasonBrotherCalFlyn -
(a bit of pro-FreeMason propaganda just before noon -- guilds, mystery plays, freemasons)
Arts & Mysteries
A History of Mystery by Cal Flyn
Episode 2 of 5Cal Flyn explores the profound power of mystery and the provocation of the unknown.
Today the award-winning writer uncovers the links between the unknown and the medieval guilds that developed to protect artisanal secrets.
Written and read by Cal Flyn
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie
A BBC Audio Scotland production for BBC Radio 4Show less
30 days left to listen14 minutes
Today
11:45
BBC Radio 4(... she wants to be a brother ...)
#BBCRadio4 #BookOfTheWeek #BBCBookOfTheWeek #BBCRadio4BookOfTheWeek
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#R4BookOfTheWeek
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"... who used to work at Google ..."
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Overuse of interference in telephony service when callers are talking about Iran this week.
#BBCRadio #BBCRadio4 #BBCAnyQuestions #BBCAnyAnswers #BBCRadio5 #GCHQ
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Overuse of interference in telephony service when callers are talking about Iran this week.
#BBCRadio #BBCRadio4 #BBCAnyQuestions #BBCAnyAnswers #BBCRadio5 #GCHQ
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Overuse of interference in telephony service when callers are talking about Iran this week.
#BBCRadio #BBCRadio4 #BBCAnyQuestions #BBCAnyAnswers #BBCRadio5 #GCHQ
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Overuse of interference in telephony service when callers are talking about Iran this week.
#BBCRadio #BBCRadio4 #BBCAnyQuestions #BBCAnyAnswers #BBCRadio5 #GCHQ
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Overuse of interference in telephony service when callers are talking about Iran this week.
#BBCRadio #BBCRadio4 #BBCAnyQuestions #BBCAnyAnswers #BBCRadio5 #GCHQ
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(Andrea Catherwood was really good when she did the Media Show but I've been disppointed with her turn at the head of Feedback ... UNTIL NOW!!!)
... Andrea talks to Dr Tom Chivers, academic at Goldsmiths, University of London, about what the BBC can do to reach its audience during a consultation ...
Feedback
2026-03-12 - 1530-1600
Illuminated, Charter Renewal, News Avoidance
FeedbackIlluminated is Radio 4's home for powerful, original audio storytelling - and recently we've heard from listeners who were moved by a documentary called Functioning, about the effect of alcohol addiction on two women's lives. Andrea Catherwood talks to the programme's producer Jodie Taylor, and Radio 4 documentary commissioner Hugh Levinson, and hears a remarkable insight into how the programme came to be.
Feedback's listeners are pretty clued up when it comes to giving their thoughts to the BBC, but we came across one last week who seemed to know more than most - as it turned out, he did a PhD on charter renewal. Andrea talks to Dr Tom Chivers, academic at Goldsmiths, University of London, about what the BBC can do to reach its audience during a consultation that could result in radical change.
And following our discussion of news avoidance on last week's programme, we hear from a listener who has discovered his own method for avoiding news that feels excessive, or irrelevant.
Presenter: Andrea Catherwood
Producer: Pauline Moore
Assistant Producer: Rebecca Guthrie
Executive Producer: David PrestA Whistledown Scotland production for BBC Radio 4
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(this programme mentions the "National Physical Laboratory" which is another of Rishi Sunak's fucked-up projects)
Is it legal for police to use live facial recognition technology?
The Law ShowThe Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says she makes “no apology” for announcing the roll-out of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) to all the police services in England and Wales.
Under a government white paper on policing, the number of Live Facial Recognition vans will increase from 10 to 50.
Police say it’s groundbreaking technology in the fight against crime, but civil liberties groups say it’s authoritarian and a step towards a "surveillance state".
Facial recognition cameras are already used in shops; the difference with LFR is that the software used by police tracks faces against a watchlist - a specific database of faces - from a live video feed.
But the legal framework regulating the use of the technology is a patchwork of common law, human rights legislation and police guidelines, which has been challenged in the High Court.
There is also concern about a lack of oversight over how police watchlists are compiled, and why the number of people on the list now stretches into the thousands.
So is LFR legal?
Presenter: Dr Joelle Grogan
Producers: Ravi Naik and Charlotte Rowles
Editor: Tom BigwoodContributors:
Sonja Jessup, BBC London’s home affairs correspondent
Professor Karen Yeung, Interdisciplinary Professorial Fellow in Law, Ethics and Informatics, Birmingham Law School
Dr Asress Gikay, Senior Lecturer in AI, Disruptive Innovation and Law, Brunel, University of London
Richard Ryan a barrister from Blakiston’s, specialising in drone and unmanned aviation law#FacialRecognition #UKPol #BBCRadio4 #BBCTheLawShow #RishiSunak #NationalPhysicalLaboratory
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🌟 Did you discover our 'Researcher spotlight' in the latest issue of Changing Populations, our newsletter magazine? If not, you missed some great interviews, announcements and resources 🌟
▶️ Navigate to section 10 to read the full round-up: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/WzAYgcw05ELXCdXJ?ref=Link
#socialscience #economics #demography #eventhistoryanalysis #carers #caring #intergenerational #generations #migration #REF2029 #BBCRADIO4 #demographic #population #changingpopulations
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