Sir Bob Geldof addresses One Young World

OYW – Nicolo and Thomas

and two more – Nicolo from Italy and Thomas from Liberia on their first trip to London

One Young World – Nobukhosi and Sreenivas

Two delegates from Zimbabwe and France brave London’s freezing weather on the River Thames….

Should this girl be Samba queen?

“Any man who looks at a seven-year-old child and feels any sort of excitement should go see a doctor.”

- the words of Marco Lira, the father of seven year old Julia, whose dance talent is the talk of Brazil.

This blogger doesn’t want Julia to lead this year’s carnival procession.

On air: Is sport a great healer?

Heba: Here’s an article on the divisive nature of sport. Hitchens reckons it brings out the worst in human nature. It’s a sentiment echoed by blogger, Walter Todd Huston, here.

“Four years ago who ever thought this would be happening when 85 percent of the city was under water from Hurricane Katrina.  Most people not knowing if New Orleans would ever come back or if the organization and the team would come back. This is the culmination of that belief and that faith.”  This is what Drew Brees the most valued player and quarterback of the Saints American Football team said after his team won the Super Bowl for the first time.

WHYS at One Young World, London

On air: Is being religious evidence of a good character?

Cherie Blair is in the middle of a rapidly expanding online discussion.

Cherie Blair is a judge and she issued this ruling on a man who’s guilty of assault. ‘I am going to suspend this (prison) sentence for the period of two years based on the fact you are a religious person and have not been in trouble before.’

On air: Do you still trust Toyota?

Over the past few weeks the Toyota recall story has been building. It began as a news story and it has not gone away.

By being slow to react it appears that Toyota might have done some serious long-term damage to one of the most respected brands in the world.

Hello from UCF journalists!

We would like to introduce ourselves as we have been given the great honour of putting together the WHYS programme on the 25^th February 2010. We are MA International Journalism students at University College Falmouth, in Cornwall, UK.

Iran and the West

On today’s show Lyse Doucet is presenting a special half-hour segment on Iran, a country that seems likely to dominate the headlines again this year.