Thankyou Elisabeth Maloney..

Last week’s “Radio Head” column in the Guardian saying good things about the community around WHYS.

 To say we are chuffed would be putting it mildly.

WHYS on TV 07.12.09: Part 3

WHYS on TV 07.12.09: Part 2

WHYS on TV 07.12.09: Part 1

Looking for volunteers

NO MORE PLEASE! I’m feeling slightly overwhelmed by the number of you who’ve got in touch. It’s really appreciated and we definitely have enough now! Thanks.

Original post: Mark and I are running a World Service News presentation course on Thursday and we’re looking for people who’d be happy to be interviewed. It won’t be broadcast and should take about 10 minutes on the phone between 1500-1640GMT on Thursday. If you’d like to help out, please drop me a line. It’d really be appreciated.

On air: The World Cup Draw – LIVE!

Group A:South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France

Group B: Argentina, South Korea, Nigeria, Greece

Group C: England,USA, Algeria, Slovenia

Group D: Germany, Australia, Ghana, Serbia

Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon

Group F: Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Slovakia

Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal

Group H: Spain, Honduras, Chile, Switzerland

It’s underway but the bulk of the draw should fall in our time (between 18-19GMT). BBC Sport has live coverage now. Give us your reaction as the names come out of the hat. Here’s what we’ve planned.

Big debate: too fat to fly?

Are you sitting comfortably? Now have a look at this image posted on aviation blog, Flightglobal.com.

The image was reportedly taken by a disgruntled American Airlines cabin crew member, wanting to bring to attention a growing problem.

As waistlines increase, should obese passengers feel the squeeze on their wallets too? Most airlines will charge passengers extra for excess weight on luggage, so why not apply the same principle to heavier passengers?

On air: Do we have a right to judge Tiger Woods?

The fallout from Tiger Woods’ admission that he had “let (his) family down” with “trangressions” has been spectacular. He’s had 12,000 comments on his website’s “comment on current events.” Newspapers are filled with articles pontificating about whether we expect too much of Tiger, and how it’s going to effect his sponsorship deals. Meanwhile, websites are running profiles of the women alleged to have been involved with the golfer. It all raises a number of questions about how we deal with celebrity, and how this particular celebrity deals with us.

What confuses you about the Copenhagen summit?

Hi, I’m Lucy from Europe Today.

Here on the blog you’ve had some heated debates about climate change over the last couple of weeks – and now the much talked-about Copenhagen Summit.

But do you feel like you understand it?

Should stem cell research be state-funded?

After eight years of restrictions under the Bush administration, the US has approved government funding for ‘ethical’ stem cell research.  The move has re-opened the debate on the morality of  stem cell research and the use of  tax-payers to fund it. Should stem-cell research be kept out of politics?