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Phil Williams: 18/01/2016

18/01/2016

BBC Radio 5 Live - Phil Williams, 18/01/2016

Steel industry job losses, and tributes to The Eagles' guitarist Glenn Frey.

Steel industry job losses, tributes to The Eagles' Glenn Frey, MPs debate Donald Trump ban, entertainment news in Back Row and travel advice with Simon Calder.

DJ Paul Gambaccini & Anthony Curtis of Rolling Stone magazine pay tribute to the late Glenn Frey, after the death of the Eagles co-founder, vocalist & guitarist at the age of 67.

After the news that over a thousand more jobs are to be lost in the British steel industry, most of them in Port Talbot in south Wales, Phil hears from a former Teesside steel worker who lost his job in 2015 about life after redundancy. 

As MPs debate whether US presidential candidate Donald Trump should be barred from entering the UK following a petition signed by more than half a million people, Phil speaks to a supporter at a Trump rally in Virginia.

Natalie Jamieson & Siobhan Synnot discuss some of the leading stories from the world of arts & entertainment in Back Row, including the Academy Awards, EastEnders and Eurovision.

And the Independent's travel editor Simon Calder offers listeners advice on everything from visas to travelling safely to how to experience the best global sporting events this summer in person.

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