Louisa Compton
5 live Daytimes editor
Blog posts in total 5
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Has 5 live changed your life?
To mark 5 live’s 20th anniversary, on 28th March we’re asking “Has 5 live changed your life?”
Diagnosed with dementia when young
Approximately 800,000 people in the UK have dementia. The vast majority of those are diagnosed after the age of 65 – but around 17,000 people have been diagnosed with dementia in their early 60s, 50s, 50s and, in some cases, 30s.
The road to Rio
Victoria Derbyshire broadcasts from Brazil examining the issues facing the country as it prepares for the World Cup.
Increase in no. of children admitted to A&E for alcohol
On Monday 30th September on Victoria Derbyshire's programme we will reveal, for the first time, Freedom of Information figures which show just how many children aged 11 or younger have been admitted to Accident and Emergency departments across the UK because they had drank too much.
Victoria Derbyshire's Scottish independence debate
In a year’s time people living in Scotland will cast their vote in a referendum that could change the future of the UK. They'll be asked "Should Scotland be an independent country?" and that's what we'll be debating on Monday 16 September at 10am in our largest ever Victoria Derbyshire audience ...
