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Chris Mason Chris Mason | 23:23 UK time, Thursday, 8 December 2011

It is what Nicky Campbell has called the Lionel Ritchie shift. Yep, it could go on all night long.

Sitting here in the main press room of the European Summit building in Brussels, the wait goes on.

In front of me, a yawning, cosmopolitan morass of weary looking reporters, nibbling the rims of cardboard coffee cups - and waiting.

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Euro 2012: England expects?

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Will Cooper Will Cooper | 11:10 UK time, Friday, 2 December 2011

An England fan puts up a flag ahead of the EURO 2012 Qualifier match between Bulgaria and England at the Vasil Levski National Stadium on September 2, 2011 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

5 live will be live in Kiev later for the draw for Euro 2012 – a competition that comes at a pivotal time for the English game.

England are in Pot Two, and will be looking for a favourable draw that could see them in the same group as Poland, Greece and the Czech Republic, increasing their chances of getting through to the latter stages.

Progression beyond the group stage in Poland and Ukraine next year, and ideally to victory, is arguably more important than ever for England.

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The strikes on 5live: from Swindon to....?

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Chris Mason Chris Mason | 23:50 UK time, Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Public sector workers picket outside the Royal Infirmary Hospital on November 30, 2011 in Glasgow, Scotland. More than 2 million public sector workers are staging a nationwide strike over cuts to their public sector pensions. The strike began at midnight leading to the closure of most state schools, disruption to rail and tunnel services, delays at border areas inside airports and ferry terminals and the postponement of thousands of non-emergency hospital operations. The TUC has said it is the biggest stoppage in more than 30 years, with hundreds of marches and rallies due to take place in cities and towns across the UK.
5 live has the most comprehensive coverage of the public sector strikes you will find anywhere. Reporters all over the UK and your views, on air and online. Telling your stories, wherever you are - and getting the broadest range of voices on the radio you'll hear anywhere.
As I type this it is ten to midnight and I've just arrived in Swindon in Wiltshire. I have spent the day reporting from Falmouth in Cornwall, one of the towns 5live has 'adopted' to track its economic fortunes. It's quite a slog up the A30 and M5!

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