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The top 40 stories of the week across social media and online

5 live's rundown of the top 40 news, politics, sport and showbiz stories of the week that are making the biggest impact across social media and online

5 live Hit List: 17/07/2016

17/07/2016

BBC Radio 5 Live - 5 live Hit List, 17/07/2016

Emma Barnett with comedian Tom Price and editor-in-chief of Now magazine Mark Frith.

Emma Barnett is joined by comedian Tom Price and editor-in-chief of Now magazine Mark Frith for a rundown of the top 40 news, politics, sport and showbiz stories of the week.

Emma Barnett presents the most shared, watched and read stories on social media on the 5 live Hit List. She is joined for this week's top 40 by the comedian Tom Price and the editor in chief of Now magazine, Mark Frith.
 
40 The Sun publishes photos of a desperate and frail Paul Gascoigne 
 
39 The US elections - Bernie Sanders backs Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump gets a running mate
 
38 Gambia and Tanzania ban child marriage
 
37 The Emmy nominations are in and the Night Manager gets 12
 
36 Mick Jagger is going to be a dad for the eighth time at 72 
 
35 Gordon Ramsay shows us how to kill a lobster on Masterchef
 
34 Low Cost Holidays goes bust 
 
33 Blossom the dog bounces back and becomes a video star 
 
32 The honeymoon missing just one thing - the groom
 
31 China loses a court battle over the South China Sea
 
30 A couple with Down's Syndrome spreading romance on the internet
 
29 Manchester United -  they haven't signed Paul Pogba
 
28 Twenty years of girl power - it's the Spice Girls anniversary 
 
27 I'm not fat and I'm not pregnant - Jennifer Aniston calls out the celebrity media 
 
26 Victoria Beckham provokes an online storm with an Instagram snap of her kissing daughter Harper on the lips 
 
25 The Lincoln Red Imps - the Gibraltar part timers beat the mighty Celtic
 
24 Tiyo - the boy with no arms or legs charming the internet
 
23 A kebab shop owner ignores a gunman trying to rob his shop 
 
22 The Tour De France - Chris Froome loses his bike and takes up running
 
21 Rogue One- a Star Wars story and the return of Darth Vader
 
20 A Spanish bullfighter is gored to death live on TV
 
19 Zimbabwe's man of God takes on the might of Mugabe
 
18 The Rio Olympics  trailer stirs up the critics
 
17 The Open - Henrik Stenson wins in a thilling finish
 
16 Love Island - sex, sun and reality TV
 
15 Big Brother and big embarrassment as Layteysha splits her dress 
 
14 Prisoners break out of a Texas jail to save the life of a guard
 
13 An attempted coup of Turkey fails 
 
12 Formula One and Lewis Hamilton wins the British Grand Prix for the fourth time  
 
11 A big UFC come back and a possible failed drugs test
 
10 Brexit means brexit - or does it? Barristers take on the fight
 
9 Boris Johnson, our new man in the Foreign Office, enjoys a mixed reception
 
8 The attacks on Nice that shocked the world and left more than 80 dead
 
7. David Cameron hums his way out of office and inspires a generation of composers
 
6 Pokemons are "go" across offices and bedrooms around the world
 
5 Owen Smith and Angela Eagle throw down the gauntlet to Jeremy Corbyn
 
4 Three police officers have been shot dead in the US city of Baton Rouge
 
3 Andy Murray savours a second Wimbledon win 
 
2 Euro 2016 - the star of the final? A moth on Ronaldo's tearful face 
 
1 The new Prime Minister Theresa May.

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