Blog posts by year and monthJune 2013
Posts (9)
Tour de France Stage 1: A close call
The Tour never fails to give us talking points, but yesterday though was a first even for me; a team bus almost brought the 1st Stage of the 100th Tour de France to what would have been a very embarrassing, premature end!
At the head of the peloton with the 100th Tour de France
5 live will be at every stage of this year's Tour de France - the 100th in its history. Here our team talk about their expectations for the race - a second consecutive British winner? - plus how they'll bring it to you:
Bump Club: Meeting Noelle - the birthing simulator
The midwives maintain that she is a valuable piece of kit that complements their three years of medical training: they believe she is worth every penny of her £26,000 price tag.
Space flight special: To infinity and beyond...
Chris Warburton presents a space flight special. Pilots tell us what it takes to become an astronaut, we look at the commercial space flights programme starting in 2014, the emerging space programmes in China and India and future plans for the exploration and colonisation of space.
Life in a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan
It would be hard to find a place more full of contrasts than Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan. This vast lunar landscape is now home to more than a hundred thousand Syrians who've fled the fighting in their own country.
Pienaar's Politics in Northern Ireland for G8
This weekend Pienaar's Politics is coming from Lough Erne in Northern Ireland to cover the G8 summit for 5 live. John’s guests will include Prime Minister David Cameron and the Archbishop of York John Sentamu.
Bump Club: Beverley Turner on hypnotheraphy and childbirth
Newspaper and online reports this week claimed the Duchess of Cambridge is using hypnotheraphy techniques in advance of giving birth later this month. Here Bump Club contributor Beverley Turner talks about her personal experiences with hypnotheraphy during childbirth:
On the pitwall with the Marussia F1 team
I’ve listened in on team radio and observed in plenty of garages, but never sat plugged into the famous ‘prat perch’ and got a detailed insight into operations.
