Jade Lauriston

Lead Sport and Culture producer on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme and proud Sky Blue. #r4today #pusb #believe

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@JanAageFjortoft Hi Jan - please can you DM me to discuss a BBC interview opportunity. Thank you

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“We were both arguing the corners of the people we were playing.”

Éanna Hardwicke on working with Steve Coogan in Saipan, which dramatises the feud between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy in the lead up to the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

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@HonestFrank You'll be sorely missed Frank! Your help and knowledge across the field (and track) has been invaluable. #r4today

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Jonathan Edwards has held the triple jump world record for jumping the distance of two London buses for 30 years.

@KarthiSport asks if declining participation in athletics might be why nobody has yet broken it?

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“I was bed bound for two days… It’s weird but that’s why you love test cricket.”

England captain Ben Stokes speaks to David Gower on #R4Today about how he felt after the draining first test of England vs India.

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"I'm very happy to come back... I'm looking forward to levelling up my game again."

Defending Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova speaks to sports presenter @KarthiSport ahead of the championships next week.

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"I wish the social media would filter that on its own and just delete the comments so we don't see them."

Tennis star Ons Jabeur tells #R4Today social media and betting companies could do more to protect players from online harassment.

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"Anything we can do to boost the confidence and the subsidy of regional theatre is really important."

Oscar-nominated actor Ralph Fiennes tells #R4Today about the importance of regional theatre across the UK.

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"The girls are still fighting... They need to have bigger prize money."

Former tennis player Olga Morozova, who won £1,000 with her Queen's title in 1973, speaks to @KarthiSport ahead of the club's first women's event in 52 years.

Equal prize money has been pledged by 2029.

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As Ireland became increasingly divided during The Troubles, a victory by an Irish boxer in the world featherweight title became a unifying force.

On the 40th anniversary of the fight, Barry McGuigan MBE tells @mikewills_sport of his memories and its impact.

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Who will replace Heather Knight as the new England women's cricket captain?

Former England player and Cricket World Cup winner Ebony Rainford-Brent breaks down what a captain needs to take the team forward.

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The Sound of Music was released 60 years ago this week, but what became of its child stars? Garry Richardson has tracked them down. Join him on Radio 4 at 3.30 this afternoon.

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George Mills broke the championship record in the men's 3,000m at the British Indoor Athletics Championships this weekend.

He is joined by his father, former England footballer Danny Mills, to recount the victory and share how the family all become champions.

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"We've given the FA a tap-in here."

Plans to revamp the Welsh League Cup would offer teams a new route into European football. Andy Coleman, chair & co-owner of Swansea City, tells @KarthiSport it's a 'common sense' move.

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An incredibly insightful and thought provoking interview by @amolrajan with the F1 supremo Toto Wolff #r4today

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"Do all race drivers have a shelf-life?"

@amolrajan asks Toto Wolff, Team Principal of the Mercedes Formula One team, about Lewis Hamilton and other insights in the new book, Inside Mercedes F1: Life in the Fast Lane.

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Arsenal and England defender Lotte Wubben-Moy met with @mikewills_sport this week after launching her new community initiative.

'Lots to Explore' hopes to encourage young girls to explore the creative industries through football.

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Sir Andy Murray speaks to Today sports presenter Garry Richardson about the ‘dad guilt’ he felt before retiring from tennis. In Garry’s final #R4Today programme, he asks the British tennis legend what’s the most exciting thing about leaving the game.

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@Birchfield1877 Please can you DM to discuss a BBC interview opportunity. Thank you

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"It was a minority, but a significant minority... They need the full force of the law."

Tom Riordan from Leeds City Council, tells #R4Today that a family incident in Leeds sparked disorder overnight, including a bus on fire, was 'likely misinterpreted'.