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08/03/2016

BBC Radio 5 Live - Afternoon Edition, 08/03/2016

With Mervyn King, Npower cutting 2,400 jobs, the Sunderland AFC chief executive resigning.

Sarah Brett and Jonathan Overend present. With former Bank of England head Mervyn King, Npower's loss of customers and 2,400 job cuts, and the Sunderland chief executive resigning.

Sarah Brett and Jonathan Overend talk to Lord Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England and lifelong Aston Villa fan, about his new book The End of Alchemy. Energy company Npower cuts 2,400 jobs and Sunderland AFC's chief executive steps down. Plus, This is England's Michael Socha talks about extraterrestrials in The Aliens.

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