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Afternoon Edition: 24/05/2016

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24/05/2016

BBC Radio 5 Live - Afternoon Edition, 24/05/2016

Turkey tourism, Steve Hilton, Bruce Foxton and our TV Club.

Turkey tourism, Steve Hilton on the EU Referendum, Bruce Foxton from The Jam and our TV Club.

We were live in Turkey to discuss figures that show that holiday bookings to Turkey are down by a THIRD this year, with business owners claiming fears over terror attacks are frightening people off. The Prime Ministers former policy advisor - and close friend - Steve Hilton was here to talk about Brexit and explain why he's decided to campaign against his old boss. With a significant increase in the number of ships reporting outbreaks of noro-virus this year. (Statistics from The Centre For Disease Control and Prevention) we heard from a couple who were passengers onboard Fred Olsen's Balmoral cruise liner, the ship which had the most recent outbreak of the bug ... Our Big Guest today was Bruce Foxton the bassist with the Jam he responded to Paul McCartney's comments about how sad he felt when The Beatles split up. And in our final hour we talked TV, the BGT final, the new Sky comedy Rovers, the final series of Wallander and the much anticipated relaunch of Top Gear.

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