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Up All Night: 28/11/2011

28/11/2011

BBC Radio 5 Live - Up All Night, 28/11/2011

The death of Gary Speed, and the planned eviction of Occupy LA protesters.

The death of Gary Speed, the planned eviction of Occupy LA protesters, and the 20 medics in Bahrain who are hoping to have their sentences overturned.

The death of Gary Speed. Leeds United reporter John Ray on how he first met the footballer when he arrived at Elland Road as a schoolboy. 
'I've been walking around in a daze. All day. It was just so totally out of the blue. Any father would have been proud to have called him their son.'
US sports psyhcologist Joel Smith on the pressures facing modern day sports personalities. 
'Depression, emotions - professional sports people suffer these anxieties. There are perks that come along with this celebrity lifestyle but there are many down sides too.'
Occupy LA protesters given eviction notices tonight  - they have to be out in three hours. We go live to the area outside LA City Hall and speak to Sergio who's worried about what might happen next.
And the 20 doctors in Bahrain who are due in court in three hours to try and have their sentences overturned. Dr Nada Dhaif has been sentenced to 15 years in jail after she treated injured protesters in Bahrain in February when Bahrain's majority Shia Muslims demonstrated seeking greater rights from the ruling Sunni regime.

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