i feel sorry for arlene phillips. e's been called arlene foster and i've been called arlene phillips, it must be awful for somebody not involved in politics to be called that. so, next week, we are planning to do a little brexitcast reunion, our old podcast. but the issue is, we can't say anything about the negotiations that are going onjust now, because the uk and the eu are having quite secret talks about tweaking... in the tunnel. in the tunnel, or is it even a tunnel? because they even dispute that and can't agree on that. about what changes you could have to the northern ireland protocol, the bit of the brexit deal that applies lots of eu rules in northern ireland. what's your sense about where they're getting to? any clues? i don't really have a sense, actually, if i'm entirely honest, because if people are in the tunnel, then there's very little that's said outside of that. but, i mean, it's very clear what needs to happen. and i read somewhere yesterday that people were saying, "oh, well, rishi sunak will do a

getting older , we're told arlene , older, we're told arlene, phillips was taken off strictly being tooouthful alesha dixon . now more youthful alesha dixon. now i'm in broadcasting. i understand it's a competitive business. if you don't do the numbers, you're out. and i'm pleased to say thanks to you . pleased to say thanks to you. i'm normally beating . sky about i'm normally beating. sky about now and the mark dolan tonight show is the home of viral videos where my monologues interviews have so far clocked up over 4 million online views since the start of the year. million online views since the start of the year . well, ken, start of the year. well, ken, bruce simon mayo, steve wright, vanessa feltz , all of these vanessa feltz, all of these legends were delivering the numbers to ken bruce. this show is , the most listened to radio is, the most listened to radio programme in the country. so is the bbc letting him go? well, in my view, it's the obsession with chasing young listeners and viewers that frankly , they'll viewers that frankly, they'll never get. because people don't watch

getting older , we're told arlene , older, we're told arlene, phillips was taken off strictly being tooouthful alesha dixon . now more youthful alesha dixon. now i'm in broadcasting. i understand it's a competitive business. if you don't do the numbers, you're out. and i'm pleased to say thanks to you . pleased to say thanks to you. i'm normally beating . sky about i'm normally beating. sky about now and the mark dolan tonight show is the home of viral videos where my monologues interviews have so far clocked up over 4 million online views since the start of the year. million online views since the start of the year . well, ken, start of the year. well, ken, bruce simon mayo, steve wright, vanessa feltz , all of these vanessa feltz, all of these legends were delivering the numbers to ken bruce. this show is , the most listened to radio is, the most listened to radio programme in the country. so is the bbc letting him go? well, in my view, it's the obsession with chasing young listeners and viewers that frankly , they'll viewers that frankly, they'll never get. because people don't watch

and today, vicky mcclure, the line of duty actress arlene phillips, who was, of course, part of strictlye joining angelic nation to downing street, handing a downing street, handing in a letter urging the letter to number ten, urging the government not abandon that government not to abandon that commitment by boris johnson to pledge millions of pounds more for research in 2000. professor in your view, is the government doing enough up north? i think the people who are affected by dementia are hit by a whole range of things. first of all, the majority of people who have dementia are older and older people have challenges anyway. the majority of them are living at home. and so they're highly dependent on an army of family carers who take care of them and keep them going . the problems keep them going. the problems that are created for care homes right now because of the cost of running a care home for those people who are in care homes, these costs have gone up. the cost of fuel, the cost of staff, everybody who's affected by dementia has a massive challenge right now, and i think more cou