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The News Hive with Ben Cooper

Listen live Thursdays 9pm

Guest interviews and news packages from our busy bee presenters mixed with great music. Our man with an eye for a good story, former journalist Chris Benfield, comes on the line to tell us the (mostly lighthearted) stories you might have missed from the papers.

Presenter Ben Cooper says he got the idea for a news hour from listening to BBC local radio stations such as GLR and GMR in the late 80s, early 90s where music and news sat side by side.

News Hive reporter Stephen Carlton Woods reports on a forthcoming name change for St Ann's Hospice...