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Stormzy prize winner on a mission to inspire the next generation

15 May 2025, 13:00 Many of us are familiar with the literary world of well-known authors filling libraries, bookstores, and Kindles - but now a new writer is emerging onto the scene. Abaka Debrah, 25, a British Ghanaian living in Essex, is the latest winner of the #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize, with his dystopian novel entry, Where Geezers Call Home. #Merky Books is an award-winning imprint launched in 2018 by Stormzy and Penguin Random House UK, with the aim of discovering...
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Would-be pilot needs £106,000 for flight training after losing support when company that backed him shut down

Would-be pilot needs £106,000 for flight training after losing support when company that backed him shut down A would-be pilot who has dreamed of taking to the skies since he was a boy has been left devastated after losing his support when the company that backed him suddenly closed its doors. Eighteen-year-old Joshua Merchan-Nicholls, from Finchley, North London, needs to raise £106,000 by September this year if he is to get into the Skyborne Airline Academy, and hopefully earn his wings...
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'Revolution’ is the only alternative to upcoming RMT strikes, says caller

'Revolution’ is the only alternative to upcoming RMT strikes, says caller “We need a new government, one that actually cares about the people and not just the very rich people!” says this caller who acknowledges the inconvenience railway strikes create but believes “revolution” is the only other option. One of Shelagh Fogarty’s callers today said the only alternative to the upcoming RMT strikes is “a revolution”. Andy in Brighton, who supports the railway walkouts, said he lives in Poland but...
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Railway strikers are ‘holding the country to ransom’ raging caller tells Nick Ferrari

Railway strikers are ‘holding the country to ransom’ raging caller tells Nick Ferrari This caller says the public is “losing patience” with railway workers, and that they are asking for “too much”. A caller for Nick Ferrari at Breakfast on LBC this morning expressed her disapproval of the upcoming railway strikes, explaining the workers are asking for “too much”. Maureen in Sunderland said: “I think the country is losing patience with the rail strikers now, it's ridiculous. They’re holding...
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James O’Brien: How can the PM ‘care as much’ about the NHS if he doesn’t use it himself?

James O’Brien: How can the PM ‘care as much’ about the NHS if he doesn’t use it himself? James O'Brien asks how it is possible for Rishi Sunak to care as much about the NHS as others who use it if he doesn't use it himself. James O'Brien insisted a Prime Minister needs to “go further” than others and must actually feel the struggles of the citizens he governs. Before his call with Steve in Blackpool, James said: “The Prime Minister should know what it’s like to be you, because he’s the Prime Minister...
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‘It’s a lazy term’: Shelagh Fogarty reacts to PM’s ‘best and brightest’ immigration plan

“A high-skilled visa for entrepreneurs coming in isn’t going to help staff our care homes”, a recruitment chief tells Shelagh Fogarty after the PM expressed his desire for the “best and brightest” to come to the UK. Shelagh Fogarty spoke with a recruitment chief after the Prime Minister’s speech to business leaders at the Confederation of the British Industry Conference today (CBI). Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation Neil Carberry said that Rishi Sunak’s address...
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‘It just doesn’t feel very Tory’: Andrew Castle asks Conservative MP to explain the positives of the Autumn Statement

“This is a trillion that the state will be taking in to spend or redistribute”, says Andrew Castle, as he and Conservative MP Richard Graham unpack the tax hikes of Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement. Andrew Castle spoke with Conservative MP Richard Graham about the Autumn Statement delivered by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt earlier this week. The Member for Gloucester acknowledged...
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‘You couldn’t get more Labour if you tried’ says caller, after Autumn Statement tax rises

The Conservatives are “trying to win by becoming the other party” says a Sangita Myska caller after she asked listeners what the point of the Tory Party is, given yesterday’s announcements of “tax tax tax”. After Sangita Myska said the current regime of “compassionate Conservatism” looks a lot like “Labourism” and asked what the point of the Tory Party is given the £25bn national tax rise, one caller said...
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‘It’s a horror show’: Business consultant slams Brexit for slowing down exports to the EU

Since Brexit, this business consultant is having to fill “93 to 102-page documents” to get products to companies in Europe, with the shipping taking up to six months. One of Nick Ferrari’s callers explained how Brexit has massively increased the amount of paperwork for UK-EU exports slowing the whole process down. Elliot in Greenwich told Nick Ferrari at Breakfast on LBC: “I’m a business consultant...
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Autumn Statement is 'quickest U-turn in economic history': Sangita Myska

Sangita Myska gave her response to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement delivered this afternoon, which she branded as the "quickest U-Turn in Britain’s economic history.” Major announcements from the Autumn Statement include benefits and pensions going up by 10.1% in line with inflation from next April, an extra £2.3bn to be invested in schools in 2023 and 2024 and more people moving into the highest tax bracket as the threshold reduced from £150,000 to £125,140.
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James O’Brien's instant reaction to Autumn Statement

James O'Brien gave his instant reaction to the Autumn Statement, dissecting the pledges made by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt this afternoon. Major announcements from the Autumn Statement include benefits and pensions going up by 10.1% in line with inflation from next April, an extra £2.3bn to be invested in schools in 2023 and 2024 and more people moving into the highest tax bracket as the threshold reduced from £150,000 to £125,140. James began by pointing out a “very interesting observation”...
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Tearful caller ‘angry’ at £14bn wasted by government on failed scheme, luxury getaways and vegan ice cream

“I was so angry and then I started crying” says this emotional Nick Ferrari caller. She despairs at the news that the government has squandered £14bn of taxpayers' money on luxury villas and vegan ice cream in Uruguay. A tearful caller expressed her anger at the government after it was revealed £14bn of taxpayers’ cash was wasted- £98m of which was on a now abandoned electronic tagging...
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‘It didn’t feel like his heart was quite there’: Emily Maitlis says Trump’s third presidential bid lacked ‘energy’

Emily Maitlis weighs in on the performance of Republicans during the US midterms calling Donald Trump's announcement "subdued". Emily Maitlis told James O’Brien during his show today that Donald Trump had lacked “energy” in his announcement to run for president again in 2024 yesterday. James had asked about the significance of the night, and the “possibility that he might have...
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‘Hell yes he can win!’: Ex-Republican Congressman says those who don’t believe Trump can win are ‘smoking something’

“Joe Biden's what, 110 years-old, and the Democrats, they've got their own issues!” says Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, explaining why he believes Trump could win in 2024. Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh spoke with Nick Ferrari at Breakfast on LBC this morning after Trump’s official announcement yesterday that he will run for President in 2024. This will be...
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‘Appalling’ councils are fining Londoners £100m for driving through LTNs, says mother of girl killed by toxic air

“Labour councils are milking their residents” claims Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, the mother of the first person in the UK to die from high air pollution. The mother of the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death says it is “appalling” that Londoners are being fined £100m for driving through Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs). Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah...
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'We're a laughing stock’: James O’Brien takes aim at UK-France migrant deal

James O'Brien condemns the British government for being in Brexit denial while having a “personal psychodrama over the arrival of a few thousand people in dinghies”. The UK and France have struck a deal to prevent migrant Channel crossings, much to the displeasure of James O’Brien. Suella Braverman signed the deal with her French counterpart Gérald Darmanin, which will see the UK pay £63m to France in attempt to “tackle illegal immigration”, as the Home Secretary put it. “Did she fly to Franc
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‘I just want to live my life,’ says emotional caller trying to get home repairs sorted for over eight years

This caller was reduced to tears while explaining her "exhausting" experience of trying to get repairs sorted for her "uninhabitable" social home. A tearful caller told LBC's Tom Swarbrick she just wanted to “live her life” amid a long drawn-out battle over repairs of her home. Anna in Hackney said: “My disrepair I’ve been dealing with has been going on for eight years - it's nearly a...
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Matt Hancock was ‘hung out to dry’ on I’m a Celebrity, says Iain Dale

Iain Dale said he suspects the producers briefed the campmates to ask the former Health Secretary some questions they would only ask because he is a politician. Iain Dale said he feels Matt Hancock has been “hung out to dry” on I'm a Celebrity, adding that the way he was questioned by campmates is “unedifying”. “I quite like watching reality TV programmes”, he began. “You don’t have to think about very much. They can be quite...
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Remorseful Liz Truss voter says Tory leadership vote should not have been given to ‘people like us’

The Tory leadership vote should not have been “given to people like us” says this caller, who realises he didn’t know enough about the economy to make an informed decision in choosing Boris Johnson’s replacement. Tory member and Liz Truss voter who regrets his decision, says the vote for the new Conservative Party leader should not have been given to people like him, as not everyone understands...