MICHAEL

Hello and a very warm welcome to Five in the Eye - Colourful Radio’s weekly news review show! This is me - Michael Ohajuru - and you’re listening to episode 0450. Yes, unbelievably we’ve notched up a staggering 450 shows! If you’ve been with us for the journey, all we can say is thank you very much!

PHIL

And this is Phil Woodford joining Michael via Zoom and revealing that our top story is going to be the row in the Tory Party over racism and Islamophobia, as well as the extraordinary conspiracy theories of former Prime Minister Liz Truss.

MICHAEL

For story number two, we look at the play in London that is excluding white theatregoers for a couple of nights. Only those who ‘identify as Black’ will be allowed in.

PHIL

For number three, it’s the controversy over what people describe as ‘woke’ AI. Google’s Gemini has been rewriting history and some people say it will be a hard problem to fix.

MICHAEL

What’s story number four, then? Well, an event aimed at families, that was supposed to celebrate the chocolate-loving factory owner Willy Wonka turned out to be an embarrassing flop. Upset kids and angry parents led to the police being called!

PHIL

And finally, it’s the guy who goes around cleaning road signs just because he likes to see the streets looking smart.

MICHAEL

I’ll have to invite him down to Abbey Wood! And that’s this week’s Five in the Eye!

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