5 live Hit List

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• In Short

  Latest news, the best interviews and sporting action - in short.

  

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  5 live's rundown of the week's top stories that are making the biggest impact online.

  

• Specials bassist: Future unclear after Bradbury death

  Horace Panter says his drumming technique was "the signature sound of The Specials".

  

  Duration: 1:58

• Alan Kurdi's aunt on the power of her nephew's image

  Drowned refugee Alan Kurdi's aunt cannot look at his image, but understands its power.

  

  Duration: 2:07

• Michael Dugher rejects Corbyn 'revenge reshuffle' claims

  He said the party needed to be united in order to form an effective opposition force

  

  Duration: 0:32

• Scientist: 'We have the physics to build a lightsaber'

  Only a matter of time before we build a real lightsaber says scientist Star Wars fan.

  

  Duration: 1:51

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• The widower whose best friend is a penguin

  The heartwarming tale of a lonely widower and his best friend, Jinjing the penguin.

  

  Duration: 1:58

• The Hitlist 6 November 2016

  20 Meghan Markle, she is an actor, she speaks to the UN.. oh and she's going out with  Prince Harry
  19 A rather unusual wedding proposal
  18 Chelsea who thrashed Everton 5 nil
  17 Fardad Farahzad, the BBC journalist who really, really likes the news
  16 The Chinese child driving into danger on a toy car
  15 The campaign to get men to cry 
  14 The parents who allegedly gave their children heroin to help them sleep
  13 Manchester United lost to Fen-er-batch-eh in Europe but beat Swansea in the premier league
  12 The lorry driver jailed for 10 years for causing a crash whilst looking at his phone
  11 Ireland beat the all-blacks for the first time ever
  10 The European MTV music Awards are being given out tonight
  9 FIFA gets a kicking over their poppy ban
  8 The new kid in the formula one town
  7 Leonardo DiCaprio's new film on climate change
  6 The Chicago cubs finally win the World Series
  5 1.4 million people say they are on a rock in Dakota to fool the police
  4 The dog pulled from the rubble in the Italian earthquake
  3 X factor's terrible rapper Honey G
  2 Brexit.. the judges step in
  1 The American Presidential election - will it be Trump or Clinton - 3 days until we have the answer