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Halima Khan‎, Mount Cricket Club Women, talks about the positive impact sports can have in engaging more women & girls to cricket and how local clubs can support inclusion and diversity from all faith & backgrounds .

We went down to the local barbers at find out how Ismail's serves the community. At Ummahsonic, we showcase young Muslims making waves in the world and love to shout about the success that they attain. We also enjoy looking at the funny relatable moments that many of us young British Muslims go through, so like our page today to join in on the fun!

Former BBC Producer Simone Pennant wraps up the issues in the British Television and Film industry.

Intro to a pilot series about crimes from rural England. How to make an audio clip stand out. The original clip is a frantic and inaudible 999 call. We enhanced it by firstly slicing it into decipherable chunks. Then we added music to accent the mood of the clip and pace of discovery. We do sound. 😊

THE DARK WEB Opening sequence of a ten-part documentary series for Audible UK. Presented by Geoff White, former Technology Report for Channel 4. Produced on commission for ITN Productions

The back stories to three different verdicts but is the conviction justified? Irem's tells us as she saw it. If you were a juror how would you vote - guilty or not? Writer Dani Moseley reads the first in the series, originally commissioned by Subjectivity UK. ⚠ contains sensitive themes

Khloe Kardashian has more Twitter followers than the Church of England. If Jesus was on social media, just how popular would he be? Our disruptive documentary explores shifting obsessions from salvation to celebrity worship; and how spirituality and our connected lives are opening up new ways to stay uplifted and inspired. Our guide is Claire Clottey. Claire is a 'shelf-help' junkie with a voracious appetite of motivational authors. Despite being raised by a Catholic Mother and an Anglican Father, with her spiritual identity shaped by books like The Secret and The Law of Attraction. She’s now dabbling with spirituality’s latest addiction – inspirational personalities, brands and memes on Social Media. Self-promoted, provocative and independent of any school of faith. In a different time, a spiritual leader without a religious affiliation would be called the dreaded c-word - cult. So is following the Kardashians for inspiration and hope a cult technically? In More Followers Than Jesus Christ, Claire takes listeners into the spewing timelines and audiobooks of digital media’s alternative spirituality - and its array of deities. Birth by the motivational gods - Anthony Robins, Deepak Chopra, Dr Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay, Esther & Abraham Hicks, Iyanla Vanzant and Les Brown. In the tradition of life coaches and personal performance ‘technologies’ - Nathaniel Peat and the Landmark Forum. Evangelised by Angel readers like Doreen Virtue and social media celebrity worship. Yes, there with a church of Beyoncé. The documentary also looks at the phenomenon of personal missions and disciplines as a model of enlightenment – author Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love and TV creative Shonda Rimes’ Year of Yes. Religion, like radio, was king a few generations ago. And just like radio, the traditional ways now have new rivals. The question at the heart of More Followers Than Jesus Christ is “what is that need within us that these new forms of being spiritual seek to satisfy?” About Unedited If Vice made audio, it would sound like us. Our storytelling is simply this: we find the passion in each story and find the most appropriate audio production techniques express it. Our team is diverse and experienced; boasting seven Sony Radio awards, and 27 other industry wins and nominations between us. Our objective is to reposition audio content for digital audiences. We borrow Social Media optimisation techniques and tools to push long and short form audio – whether that is branding documentaries as mixtapes or using Facebook’s Canvas app as an audio storytelling platform. We have studied how Netflix’s use of engaging images promote programming and how Buzzfeed and Mashable employ different titles to attract different niches to the same story.

The weekend in 2012, the landmark documentary aired on BBC Radio 1Xtra. Since then the industry has gone from strength to strength. From Fuse ODG domination of pop radio, to CEO Dancers and Reggie & Bollie capturing the hearts of Saturday night TV audiences. Before P Square collaborated with Rick Ross. Before Snoop linked with D'Banj. Before every Urban radio station had an Afrobeats DJ. Before Africa was cool and fashionable again. 5 years later, the legacy continues. Salutes to Mr. Eazi, Burna Boy, Runtown, Bisa Kdei, Silvastone, Moelogo, Tiwa Savage, Tekno and all the other artists keeping the genre alive. Here's to the next five years. Note: Producer Bernard P Achampong was nominated for Best Music Entertainment Production Award at Radio Production Awards 2013 SYNOPSIS BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Edu explains all about Afrobeats - the fast emerging African music genre in 2012. The documentary features D'Banj - Nigerian superstar signed to Kanye West's label, Sarkodie - Ghana's fastest rapper and Black Coffee - the South African House Music legend, plus personal insights from Donae'O, Wretch 32, Sean Paul, Estelle, Sway and Tinchy Stryder. Over the last eighteen months there has been an Afrobeats explosion in nightclubs and it is also making its way onto our airwaves. What was once a relatively private affair confined to West African weddings seems to have escaped and leaked into the mainstream. Afrobeats has close relationships with already familiar urban music genres. The UK Funky House scene planted the rhythmic seeds for the exuberant and infectious Afrobeats tribal motifs. It is as if artists like Donae'O and Gracious K were laying down the welcome mat for their older brothers from overseas. The lyrical foundation of patois and ethnic slang in reggae and dancehall also assisted Afrobeats' former stumbling block - Pidgin and broken English, as well as its many, many individual languages. There is a wider Afro-Cool cultural movement which covers fashion, film and the arts. Africa has benefited from the heavy investment from China and India and its burgeoning telecommunications industry - Africa has more mobile phone subscribers than Europe. The effect of a more affluent African continent reflects on Africans closer to home. There has been a rise in African pride and identity - supported by high profile music role models: Tinie Tempah, Dizzee Rascal, Tinchy Stryder, Taio Cruz, Sway, Estelle, Lethal B...the list could continue. Peer successes are influential and dancing to their heritage music is how young British African celebrate their significance. The Rise and Rise of Afrobeats ties all these strands together in a fun, fast feature which will keep your feet tapping until the very last beat.

Radio novice, Dom The Bomb, got to do his debut interview with British Gospel Royalty on Coventry's Radio Plus 101.5FM. In his own words: "Today I did my first ever radio interview with MOBO winning artist! No pressure LOL. But Triple O was a sound guy and the interview when pretty well. He told me that he went to school with Tinchy Stryder and that his faith had helped him with his rapping career. Triple O said that anyone can be a rapper and that they can overcome anything to become a rapper. I asked him about what inspired him and he told me that Grime and his East London school had helped him become the rapper he is now. I started the interview by asking him what his name Triple O meant..."

@mistajam and @angusbatey break down the debut album from NWA - ironically on the anniversary of the Ferguson demonstrations.

Audio extract from HRH The Prince of Wales: Building Bridges documentary for BBC Radio 2. We visited churches in the UK whose congregations are made up of Syria, Chaldean and Armenian nationals. They talk frankly about the day-to-day effects of living under ISIS control. Presenter: Diane Louise Jordan. Producer: Bernard P Achampong for The DLJ Network Original TX: 8th February 2015 #Syria #Refugee #ISIS

Being in love isn't enough. Money does matter especially when it comes to your partner's credit. More than 50% of couples don't know how much debt their partner has. Arabella Russell from Relate said "money is the key problem between couples". She discusses with Jacqueline Dewey from Noodle Financial Credit service - hosted by BBC Radio 4's Justin Webb. photo: avoidbk.com

Legendary Funk originator popped into BBC's flagship breakfast radio show to set the record straight on Robin Thicke's #BlurredLines case, the root cause of racial tension in #Ferguson and what #Obama has done for America

Months before Apple's radio station was announced, as Today Programme producer, I set up a discussion with industry experts to work out what he might be up. We got it spot on!! Andrea Leonelli (editor of Digital Music Trends) and Louise Golbey (musician) discuss. Zane Lowe has presented his final show for BBC Radio 1 today after 12 years with the station – he’s leaving to join Apple's growing team of music industry A-listers, which also includes Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre. It hasn’t yet been confirmed what Lowe’s role will be there, but Apple may be planning stepping up their iTunes Radio model – it is one of many large technology brands who are increasingly eyeing up streaming as an area of business. Is the company preparing to increase its already powerful grip on the record business? First broadcast on Today, BBC Radio 4 (06.03.2015)

Author Asne Seierstad says it's similar to the jihadist. In her new book, One of Us, she finds out why her neighbour became a political terrorist and led to him killing 77 Norwegians for his cause. (first broadcast on 04.03.2014)

NORMSKI and SCARLETT CRAWFORD discuss a new picture exhibition at the V&A Museum and Black Cultural Archives, gives an insight into the last 40 years of Black British lifestyle. Original Broadcast: Today, BBC Radio 4 (16.02.2015)

KIM LONGINOTTO talks about gender roles, interracial and same sex relationships in her new film - with TOPHER CAMBPELL. LOVE IS ALL is a montage of 100 of love portrayed in British cinema. Original broadcast: Today, BBC Radio 4 (14.02.2015)

Sean Solle, the game's developer, spoke to Radio 4's Today Programme about what's new in the game.

Tim Webber, Visual Effect Supervisor, takes Mishal Husain on a tour of Framestore and shares how the of the Oscar winning effects are achieved