Talk Breakfast

We need to tackle the knife crime epidemic urgently, but how? We speak to campaigner Barry Mizen MBE, whose son was killed in South East London 11 years ago in a knife attack.Ruth Smeeth if the Labour MP for Stoke-On-Trent North and joins us to give us her thoughts on Theresa May's £1.6bn bribe to poorer towns in exchange for votes for her Brexit deal. And we pay tribute to The Prodigy's Keith Flint with journalist Mick Wall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Members of Parliament are getting a pay rise, but do they deserve it? We get the thoughts of former MP George Galloway. We rubbish the claims that Brexit will lead to looting and public unrest. And James Max helps us get our heads around social media etiquette. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the last day of February and we're talking to Dr Laurence Gerlis about the NHS as it seems that half of doctors want to quit over the next five years. Royal Butler Grant Harold joins us to talk about laundry lessons. And why are the residents of Notting Hell fed up with instagrammers? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we kick off with Jasmine Birtles looking at payday loans. David Wooding from The Sun on Sunday explains what it is that MPs are voting on tonight (yes, again). And Dr Chris Steele of This Morning fame encourages us all to get more Vitamin D. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's show we're joined by Alastair Campbell to try to make sense of Brexit. Gemma Collins has dumped her boyfriend for posting a video of her snoring and it has been described as the showbiz split of the decade! And new parents face up to six years of sleep deprivation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you know that Mike has just come back from a week in America? Friend of the show George Pascoe-Watson helps him catch up with everything that's going on with what we call The TIG Group. Why is Sadiq Khan banning adverts for junk food on the Tube? And is it your fault that your pets are grumpy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dozens of jihadi brides want to return home and the taxpayer could face the costs, we talk to Will Geddes to find out the security risks. Thousands of pupils have gone on strike to protest against climate change. And the entrance to hell has been found... in Nottinghamshire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of the Bethnal Green schoolgirls who travelled to Syria to fight with ISIS now wants to come back to the UK, but it's not that easy. How is it possible that London has spent £53m on the garden bridge that was never built? And Happy Valentine's Day to you all! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike is joined by Cllr Peter Fleming to discuss waste disposal, a food safety expert to discern when you should throw away your milk, and a psychologist to learn when we're happiest in our lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Traffic is so bad in this country that in some places it is faster to cycle than to drive and, as you would expect, Mike is outraged! We talk to Chief Features Writer at The Sun Oliver Harvey to find out how easy it is to steal a car. And we find out why cows need dating apps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.