Friday 6th July 2018

BCfm’s weekly Politics Show presented by Tony Gosling

At six – discussing the big stories in Bristol, Britain and around the world
After seven – straight talking and investigative reports with Martin Summers

Listen live http://www.bcfmradio.com/player or http://stream.bcfmradio.com:7017/live.mp3

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First hour: news review: with Labour councillor Estella Ticknell –  Lockleaze – affordable housing;  homeless – in vans and on College Green; This is why there are more than 20 tents in College Green;  ‘We are not targeting Bristol’s most vulnerable’ – Bristol City Council launches ‘van dweller’ and ‘rough sleeper’ consultation; Bristol City Council broke its own rules and spent £2million on senior interim staff; Warning against blanket ‘congestion charge’ for Bristol; Children aged 12 arrested for dealing hard drugs as county sees shocking rise in juvenile cases
Merseyside Police records show 70 children aged 17 or under were arrested in 2017, up from 36 in 2015. Of those young dealers, 18 arrested last year were aged 15 or under, up from just five in 2015. The youngest person arrested was 12 years old and between 2015, and May 31, this year five children aged 13 or under were arrested. Last month the Echo reported how children as young as 12 had been charged with firearms offences between 2015 and 2017.
In total, 63 children were arrested for firearm offences over the three-year period. London BLOODBATH: Police numbers PLUMMET to lowest in 20 YEARS POLICE numbers in London have plummeted to their lowest in 20 years despite a violent crime epidemic tightening its grip on the capital. – Metrobus – Bristol transport;  PMQs – Corbyn – buses;  British films and cinema – US stranglehold – ‘Some People’ a 1962 film set in Lockleaze, Bristol ;  Bristol Carnival tomorrow;  PMQs Esther McVey misled parliament over Universal Credit Esther McVey facing accusations she is still misleading MPs over universal credit criticisms. Labour says work and pensions secretary ‘should be ashamed’ for having to explain herself a second time, adding: ‘She should resign’ – statement by her on why – Frank Field responds;  QT – foodbanks; PMQs 70th anniversary of NHS – plans to privatise NHS;
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Second hour: Investigative reports: Amesbury ‘double poisoning’ in Wiltshire – timing – around the World Cup – anti Russian psychological warfare? Operation Beluga;  Imposimato;  P2 scandal in 1980s.  Gavin Williamson’s Siri device goes off in parliament while he’s discussing Syria:  Roland Dumas; mercenaries from Libya to Syria;  Syria generally.  David Miliband story – International Rescue Committee *….. Hague  torture story.  US and NATO terrorist bases in Albania … *     history and background of Albania.  Regime change in Iran? PMQs Afghanistan ceasefire after Sikhs killed.  Selfies with Taliban *.. South Korea withdraws missile defence shield.  North Korea says US no longer imperialist.  Iran warns US oil ban ‘self harm’. Anton Chaitkin on the Italian origins of the slave trade. Russia ‘categorically denies’ any involvement in latest novichok poisoning Interview with former Uzbekistan ambassador Craig Murray about the Amesbury ‘Novichok’ poisoning incident and the previous Salisbury Skripal incident allegedly using Novichok nerve agent – and how there’s no proof Russia was involved: Dr Sally Leivesley on C4 news explaining how and why Russia could well be to blame;  Sajid Javid and Theresa May blaming Russia.
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