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Afternoon Edition: 25/03/2015

25/03/2015

BBC Radio 5 Live - Afternoon Edition, 25/03/2015

Jeremy Clarkson dropped by the BBC, and investigations into the Alps plane crash continue.

Jeremy Clarkson is dropped by the BBC following his altercation with a Top Gear producer, and investigations into the Alps plane crash continue.

Former Stig Perry McCarthy and Top Gear co-host James May react to the news the BBC won't be renewing Jeremy Clarkson's contract as further details of the Top Gear presenter's altercation with a producer are revealed.

Pulitzer prize winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario has reported from conflict zones in some of the most dangerous places in the world.  She's covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Darfur and the Congo and was kidnapped by troops loyal to Colonel Gaddafi in Libya.   She explains the unpredictable nature of her work.

David Cameron has apologised to hundreds of people in Scotland infected with Hepatitis C and HIV through contaminated NHS blood supplies in the 1970s and 1980s. Gill Fyffe was given blood contaminated with Hepatitis C when she needed a transfusion following the birth of her daughter in 1988, and has suffered severe health problems ever since. She talks openly about the impact on herself and her family. 

Samsung is one of the largest technology companies in the world. The Korean firm sold more TVs in 2014 than any of their rivals, with their name on 1 in 5 of the 215 million televisions shipped worldwide. In Tech hour the president of Samsung UK & Ireland Andy Griffiths explains what new innovations customers can expect from the technological giant, from smart TVs to smart watches to the new generation of tablets & mobile phones. 

Plus the latest on the plane crash investigation into the Germanwings Airbus A320 flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf; the Cornwall mother of six sentenced to five months in prison for letting her children skip school says her sentence was too severe; and Dion Dublin looks forward to his new role as presenter of Homes Under the Hammer.

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