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Afternoon Edition: 11/02/2015

11/02/2015

BBC Radio 5 Live - Afternoon Edition, 11/02/2015

Dan and Sarah talk to Gaz Coombs, plus Sir Robert Francis on NHS whistleblowing.

Dan Walker and Sarah Brett talk to Gaz Coombes of Supergrass. Also Sir Robert Francis on NHS whistleblowing, Melissa Etheridge and Labour's pink election bus.

Former Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes chats to Dan & Sarah about music, live touring and his new solo album, twenty years on from bursting on to the Britpop scene.

Sir Robert Francis QC explains the background to his damning new report into how the NHS in England treats whistleblowers who have raised concerns about the treatment of patients, and his warnings that staff have all too often faced bullying and isolation when they try to speak out.

Lindy West shares her experience of being trolled on social media by someone who set up a fake Twitter account in the name of her dead father, and explains what happened when she ended up interviewing her online abuser

Plus double Grammy-award winning rocker Melissa Etheridge; on board Labour's pink election battle bus aimed at women; and why British motorists who flout driving laws in other European countries could yet face their day of reckoning.

And in Click Live: all the latest technology news plus our tech testers try out the new Nintendo 3DS gaming device. Andrew Fisher, executive chairman of Shazam, on the success of the music discovery app; the varied success of turning video games into movies & TV series; and how concerned should we be over privacy & smart technology?

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