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Afternoon Edition: 28/03/2016

28/03/2016

BBC Radio 5 Live - Afternoon Edition, 28/03/2016

Boxing, Lahore bombing, Brussels arrests, pension changes and virtual reality headsets.

Including boxing debate, Lahore bombing, Brussels arrests, pension changes and virtual reality headsets.

We discussed when is the right time to end a boxing match with IBF British, Commonwealth and European middleweight champion, Darren Barker, after Nick Blackwell suffered a bleed on his brain following his fight against Chris Eubank Jr at Wembley Arena on Saturday. We heard from Michael Nazir- Ali the former Bishop of Rochester who now lives in Lahore he spoke about the suicide bomb attack near a children's playground yesterday that killed more than seventy people. We tracked storm Katie and the destruction she has caused over the bank holiday weekend. And we were live at The Manchester Museum of Science and Industry to learn more about the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.

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