5 Live News Specials

Rhod Sharpe interviews Lamont Dozier, part of a legendary song writing team that brought us some of the all time classics like the Four Tops "Reach Out" & "You Can't Hurry Love"

An 11 year old tells Stephen Nolan how he has known that he didn't want to live as a girl since he was just five-years-old

Cilla Black spoke to 5 Live's Simon Mayo in September 2003 about her autobiography 'What's It All About'. You can listen to the interview again. She discusses how she got her early break, her friends the Beatles, the impact of the death of Bobby - her husband of 30 years - and her career as a singer and TV presenter.

Who should be the next leader of the Labour Party? A panel of Labour Party members debate who they think should get the top job.

Former IMF senior manager, Peter Doyle, tells Rhod Sharp why the IMF thinks latest bailout deal for Greece can't work.

A letter from my parents before they were sent to the gas chambers. John Fielden was rescued from the Nazis. He's one of two survivors telling their stories.

5 live Breakfast's Rachel Burden hears your memories, stories and reflections on the anniversary of the 7 July London bombings in 2005. Callers include Melanie in Cookham who was 20ft away from the bomber on the Circle Line train and Greg in Bristol who lost his daughter Jenny Nicholson.

Greek Referendum 'No' vote special: Adrian Goldberg dissects what the vote means for Greece, for the Euro, for the rest of the countries in the Eurozone and for us here in the UK.

Victoria Milligan lost her husband, one of her children and her leg in a tragic speedboat accident two years ago. She tells Stephen Nolan how she's come to terms with life since.

Block building video game Minecraft could help children with autism interact with others, according to medics. Nicky Campbell speaks to listeners about what helps their children.

5 live's Chris Warburton was recently given access to one patient's heart transplant operation. He followed patient Stephen Halsey into the operating theatre, witnessing first-hand the life-saving, intricate surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

Sepp Blatter says FIFA faces a "difficult time" as it's surrounded by corruption allegations. Seven officials have been arrested in Zurich as part of a US investigation. In total, prosecutors have charged fourteen people with racketeering, fraud and money laundering. One of those who's been charged is the former FIFA Vice President, Jack Warner. He's handed himself in to the authorities in Trinidad, but insists he's innocent of all the allegations. Phil Williams talks to BBC Correspondent Richard Conway in Zurich, Colin Sextone who was part of the 2018 England World Cup bid, Peter Coates chairman of Stoke City who used to sit on the Football Association's International Committee, also in Zurich the Guardian's chief sports correspondent Owen Gibson and 5 live's South American football expert, Tim Vickery who is Rio de Janiero tonight.

Just over forty years ago, the US role in the Vietnam War ended. With the North Vietnamese army rapidly heading towards the South Vietnamese capital Saigon an air evacuation began. This podcast starts with a look back at how it was reported on the BBC at the time...

5 live's Chief political correspondent John Pienaar, alongside Anna Foster and Tony Livesey, review the final few hours of the general election campaign trail, as the main party leaders make their final bids for your votes.

5live's chief political correspondent John Pienaar rounds up the penultimate day from the general election trail, including reaction to the gaffe made by the vice chair of Labour's election campaign about Ed Miliband's manifesto pledges. Plus we catch up with our campaign correspondents who are out on the road with the parties' leaders.

5live's Friday Takeover.... Your Vote Your Call - Labour's Andy Burnham takes questions from 5Live listeners and a live studio audience. It’s part of a special series of Your Calls in the run-up to polling day. It's the voices of the voters that electrify any general election campaign and it's something we've been reflecting on Your Call throughout the campaign. We've already spoken to the Conservatives' Jeremy Hunt, the Lib Dems' Nick Clegg, UKIP's Nigel Farage, and Nicola Sturgeon from the SNP. This morning it's Labour's turn. The economy, the NHS, and benefits consistently come out as the issues of most importance to voters. Maybe you have questions on those subjects or something else entirely. What are your hopes and fears if Labour wins the election?

5 live's political correspondent John Pienaar, alongside Anna Foster and Tony Livesey, with the latest in general election campaign trail, including the Lib Dems accusing the Tories of wanting to cut child benefit and child tax credits when in coalition. Plus as some newspapers declare which parties they're backing, we ask if it will make a difference to voters.

Anna Foster and Tony Livesey are joined by John Pienaar on day 30 of the election campaign, with reaction to UKIP leader Nigel Farage's claim that the SNP are responsible for anti-English hatred in Scotland, as well as Russell Brand's interview with Labour leader Ed Miliband. Plus we hear from our correspondents who are following the main parties on the campaign trail around the UK.

The famous 'It was The Sun wot won it' headline followed the 1992 general election, but the ability of newspapers to influence voting intentions could be in decline, particularly with the rise of social media. Two former political editors, The Guardian's Michael White and The Sun's Trevor Kavanagh discuss whether politicians should fear the papers and how press coverage of this election compares with previous campaigns.

Our political correspondent Chris Mason rounds up day 29 of the general election campaign, including reaction to the Green and Labour parties' pledges on housing. Plus, the Lib Dems tell us what would be a "red line" for them in any future coalition - education.