Vicki Barker
speaker
765 appearances
133 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 14 Sep
Vicki Barker’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Appearances
Vicky Gumley of the Edinburgh Curling Club in Scotland told the BBC peak time slots are always booked whether the Olympics are on or not.
But high energy costs required to keep the sheet frozen mean most curling rinks are closed during the spring and summer months.
So all that newfound Olympic curling fever may melt along with the ice.
For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
Writing in The Guardian, Keir Starmer condemns what he calls the reckless strikes plan, saying it is, quote, beyond belief that doctors would walk out during a major flu outbreak.
The doctors union is polling its members on the government's latest offer, which addresses some of their grievances about the shortage of paid training places, but contains no extra money.
The doctors have argued only a 29% pay raise will undo years of salary freezes.
If they reject the government's proposal, then they'll walk out for five days starting December 17th.
For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
The promotional video for far-right leader Tommy Robinson's Christmas Carol event promises it will, quote, put the Christ back into Christmas.
Robinson's Unite the Kingdom rallies have increasingly wed his anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant messages to the tropes of fervent evangelical Christian rhetoric, a new departure for British political discourse.
So this appears to be the Church of England's response.
A 43-second video insisting Christmas isn't canceled.
The church's message, the story that has brought hope for more than 2,000 years, is open to everyone.
For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
Skylark Lane, Nightingale Road, Lapwing Avenue.
Figures obtained by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds found that between 2004 and 2024, the number of streets named after Britain's most beloved wild birds rose approximately 200%, while breeding populations have fallen by as much as 89%.
The RSPB's chief executive says its analysis shows councils and developers are happy to name streets after the nature we love,
while efforts to prevent these birds disappearing from our skies remain woefully inadequate.
For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
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