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Angela called the Nolan programme. She is the wife of a PSNI officer and wanted to share the impact recent events have had on their lives

We were debating the family planning clinic's call for abortion to be made legal in NI as women could not afford to travel to England due to the credit crunch.

Ann Widdecombe and John McCririck were on the programme sharing the things in their life they just couldn't give live without. But John seemed to rub Ann up the wrong way...

There is always some playful banter between Stephen & Gerry during the programme handover at 10:30am. However, on this particular occasion, Gerry didn’t quite sound himself...

After another death in our prisons former Governor of the Maze Prison - William McKee, spoke to Stephen

Anne called the Nolan show to vent her fustration at the state of the M&S toilets

Callers flood the show with tales of stumbling upon voyeuristic sexual displays in areas of natural beauty, after an Antrim councillor calls for a crackdown at Tardree...

After gas and electricity leap in price again, caller Neil gives the show a powerful insight into what it's like to be a working class father trying to do the best for his young family...

Stephen's two favourite callers are back - on the agenda are the wee man from Phoenix gas, Norman the BBC's complaints honcho and the reason we had to sack poor Jeffers...

Liz from West Belfast and Raymond from Larne lock horns after NI fans are attacked in Bratislava...Nolan does his best not to get wound up...

A man who was bullied and and then turned bully tells Stephen how his cruel actions against 'weaker' children haunt him to this day...

After today's show, the head of www.bullying.co.uk gives advice to parents on how to spot and deal with bullying - for more info call the National Bullying Helpline 0845 22 55 787

Most listeners want to welcome Stephen back after a break almost as along as a teacher's...some think he should have stayed away for good...

Callers contact the show after taking their children to the summer block-buster the Dark Knight - is the certification process working?

Greedy bosses lose out after government closes loophole allowing exploitation of staff tips...but just how good - or bad - is service in Northern Ireland anyway?

After the show is swamped with callers complaining about a cockerel waking them up in the East Belfast, a number of listeners enlighten Joel as to just how irritating the noise can be...

Angry parents contact the show after their children are cautioned and threatened with arrest for playing football in contravention of newly posted signs...

Joel hears live from the kit of Allister Brown, on course to break the world drumming marathon record...find out more at http://www.allisterbrown.com/

A storm of indignation greets the news that schools are stepping up their campaign against fake tan on pupils...

David McCartney and listeners respond after Iris Robinson compares child sex abuse and homosexuality during a Westminster debate...

After David Healy responds to jeers from Celtc fans with a 'flute-playing' gesture, fans are divided on the seriousness of the issue - harmless banter or deeply offensive?

Listeners queue up to express their joy at Stephen's departure for five weeks...Nessie and Essie are right at the front...

After making front page headlines the debate over Iris Robinson's call for 'God's law to be upheld by government' continues, with dozens of callers both for and against...

Callers and politicians take sides on the 'God's law' debate...including Executive Director of Alliance Gerry Lynch...

A debate on proposed changes to the law on abortion in Northern Ireland prompts Iris Robinson to contact the show...her views on governmental responsibility provoke a strong reaction...

When Marie-Louise McCrory stuck up for blondes on the show, an intervention from Cathy Martin saw the fur fly...luckily John McCririck added his usual calming influence to proceedings...

Stephen interviews campaigner Koulla Yiasouma after it emerges teenagers are being strip-searched and handcuffed...callers have strong views on her calls for reform...

Callers clash after we report a shop on the Newtownards Road is advertising 'fenian flags to burn' on loyalist bonfires...

After Stephen is inundated with complaints over Tesco's UK wide petrol offer excluding NI, the superstore 'reconsiders' - your coupons will be accepted from 10th July...

Listeners lose the plans with our regular caller Robert the black hack man...Stephen just develops a migraine...

Nolan sends Ruthie down to Armagh to surprise a loyal listener live on air with a birthday cake...

The switchboard is jammed after it emerges a UK-wide deal on petrol does not apply to Tesco forecourts in Northern Ireland...

Bernie is offered a credit card by her bank as a loyal customer...but has the offer withdrawn when it emerges she's on disability benefits...

A shock finding outrages older listeners who smell political correctness gone mad...Peggy says being called 'darling' is delightful, while Mrs McCrea wants people to get over themselves...

Does the Lord Mayor of Belfast really need a top of the range BMW replaced after 3 years? Cllr Michael Browne defends the proposal, some ratepayers take a different view...

'Oul fellahs' David and Ivor almost come to blows over allegations that grave diggers have it easy and let machines do all the work...

Stephen wants more of the drugs his dentist pumped him full of earlier this week...and a caller with one of her teeth super-glued in wants some of that action too...

Lt Col Ed Freely responds to yesterday's story on a soldier allegedly abused for being in uniform...he talks to both supporters of the troops and those opposed to the war...

Callers flood the show with support after a mother recounts how her soldier son home on leave was abused by a worker at the City Airport...but some listeners question the army's role...

A caller tells Stephen that despite the sudden death of her father-in-law and her best efforts to inform the centre, she was unable to postpone a PSV test and faces a hefty charge...

Stephen hears claims that a young man was 'brought back from the dead' by the power of prayer...but listeners and Stephen want to know why God saves some but not other...

Deputy Chief Constable Paul Leighton is grilled by Stephen after it emerges that officers are still serving despite committing offences involving drugs, forgery and child cruelty...

A senior official from the Department of Agriculture responds to our story on how windmills they approved present a serious hazard on farms across Northern Ireland...

Ian Paisely Jnr and Patricia McKeown of UNISON clash after the Union flag is removed by protestors at City Hall and replaced with an Iraqi flag...

The Nolan Show is exclusively shown a leaked report from the assembly's oversight body, which clears Ian Paisley Junior of any wrong-doing over his purchase of his holiday home...

The young man viciously beaten in a homophobic attack speaks to Nolan about his ordeal...and he calls for Iris Robinson to step down after she called homosexuality 'vile and disgusting'..

Stephen talks to James Parker, who says that pscychiatric help allowed him to change from being an actively gay man, to straight and married with children...

A French Nolan podcaster tells Stephen how the kids he teaches reacted to Iris Robinson's comments on gays...

Listeners challenge each other on Iris Robinson's claim that gay people can be 'turned' by counselling...

After Friday's debate provoked reaction from across the UK, Iris Robinson returned to the show to clarify her position on 'counselling' for gays...

The DUP MP says she works with a psychiatrist who can help homosexual men become heterosexual...her view is disputed by David McCartney of the Rainbow Project...

After we reveal sectarian bareknuckle fighting is posted online, a caller tells Stephen how he threw one punch as a 14 year old boy...and left the target paralysed and in a wheelchair...

Glen Road caller wants manhole expert Jeffers to sort out an issue on the Glen Road...Nessie won't stop talking about the time he arrived with 'two nice young men' at her house...

Stephen is still trying to find out what the culchie who accosted Ruth at the Balmoral Show meant...but Nessie is determined to talk about the time Jeffers came calling...

Stephen takes up the cause of the Wright Stuff's goldfish, after claims their tank is too small...but the listeners aren't all sympathetic to their plight...

Angie Best comes in to chat about love, football, her former husband George and the spell her son Calum casts on women the world over...

Kevin Magee reveals 11 Belfast councillors and four staff are off to Chicago on a trip funded by Euorpean peace money...and there's anger from community groups facing financial crises...

Local rider John Donnan from Ardgass died in a crash a year ago at the Tandragee 100...Kevin Magee spoke to his partner, Amelai Fowles...

Yet more derision across the UK for Stephen's accent, as Moyles sticks the boot in again...producer Ruth and assistant put in their first network appearance...

Radio One's Chris Moyles and crew hurl abuse at Stephen's accent throughout their breakfast programme...then phone into the big show to wind our hero up even more...

A government minister's alleged misuse of the Queen's English sparks a heated debate - Stephen wants to know if it's snobbery in disguise or a genuine attempt to protect standards...

Stephen is forced to mount a powerful motorbike and present the show from it en route to the Balmoral Show...listen to his journey, concluded at this site's 'Web TV' link...

Sinn Fein Education spokesman John O'Dowd is challenged by former teacher Mary over the latest plans for 'phasing out' of academic selection...

Patrick McCann snapped up flights to LA after a website error offered them for £9 when they should have cost thousands...our expert confirmed it was up to the company to honour the purchase.

Stephen revels in the glorious sights of a Belfast summer...should so many tramp stamps and muffin tops be on display when the sun comes out?

Ruth reports on the latest weapon in the never-ending war on dog dirt in Belfast...and we talk to Mrs Nolan, who can't wait to see the machine working on her street...

As the assembly appears to finally reach agreement over Victim Commissioners, Stephen talks to Mike Nesbitt about what he wants to see for those affected by the Troubles...

In a bid to test Nolan's sanity, the biggest show in the country is inundated with calls on dog dirt AGAIN...but it hasn't put the big man off having a Shih Tzu...

A debate on the morality of animals performing in the cirucs takes a typically surreal Nolan twist...with claim and counter-claim about the noctural activities of listener Frank's cat...

Alan Simpson's back after having a heart attack...hear Stephen, Gerry, Sean and the big man bantering like only those four could on such an occasion...

Stephen reveals his love of the lilting sound of the bagpipes, as the programme looks at possible EU restrictions on their play...

Stephen talks to journalist Vince Graff about his experience wearing a fat-disguising girdle for men...and is informed his own is in the post...

Questions asked as Nolan reveals a woman was refused an interview for a bus driver's post for being 'too fat'...

Stephen decides regular listeners should join him on a trip to the Shankill swimmers...they have strong feelings on the issue...

Stephen is shocked and appalled by the claim from Antrim's mayor that people are gathering for public sex in a local beauty spot...

A death driver's 'unrepentant' messages on a social networking site revealed exclusively by Kevin Magee...and the reaction of the widow of one of his victims...

Kevin Magee reveals that NI's top earning solicitors and barristers are to have their earnings published...

Kevin tracked down the local boxing legend in Central Park, where they talked about his career so far, and his hopes for world domination...

Stephen has disappeared into the wilds of America, but after a night on the Southern Comfort he phones into the show to see if anyone misses him...

On the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Nolan talks to former President Clinton in Manhattan about the crucial part he played in securing the deal...

We finally discover Stephen's whereabouts...he's off to NYC for two days of live programming including an interview with none other than Bill Clinton, to mark 10 years since the agreement.

After a mysterious non-appearance on Monday morning, Linda McAuley sits in for the big man...who finds himself on the receiving end of some abusive speculation on his whereabouts...

A listener with chronic arthritis who had her DLA withdrawn has it re-instated after questions from the Nolan team...but what's going wrong and what do the DSD have to say?

Kevin Magee talks to the king of the local chat-show Gerry Kelly about his career at UTV and how it felt to hang up his microphone after 17 years...

The nation is riveted by a dog-fouling bombshell delivered live on air - regarding Max, the cross-breed from Larne...

Barry McElduff bestows a Stormont honour on a clearly moved Stephen...or does he?

Linfield shop withdraws 'under-the-counter' CD which appears to glorify football violence following exclusive by reporter Kevin Magee...

A row erupts on air over Irish dancing: is glitz and cash playing too big a role?

Kevin Magee talks to Arlene Spiers, who has worked tirelessly for the Ulster Cancer Foundation for 17 years, about how she has coped since being diagnosed with breast cancer...

Differing views from west Belfast in the wake of the murder of Frank McGreevy when Stephen asks: should the police 'play hardball' with young offenders?

As Nolan's mid life crisis goes up a gear, he asks the public for advice on what colour to dye his receding barnet...

Callers share their stories of post-natal depression, which left some feeling that they wanted to kill their own children...

Spanning cultures, continents and generations, Stephen interviews two women who have suffered appalling abuse and wanted to share their stories with the show...

A father says he won't let his daughter go on a school trip unless she can bring her mobile...the school insists they're a distraction from her education...

Kevin Magee talks to Martin Mallon, the uncle of six cousins involved in the school bus crash in Tyrone which left one dead and another critically injured...

Stephen engages in heated debate over the quality of his listeners with a formidable foe - Ronnie's cockatiel from Groomsport...

Callers express their concern that Stephen may have suffered a mini-stroke...but does he just need a quick binge on prawn cocktail crisps?

Kevin Magee reveals that Belfast City Council is spending more than £400,000 a year on trips outside of Northern Ireland for its staff..

Editor in chief of the Belfast Telegraph Ed Curran appears following an opinion piece calling into question standards on the Nolan Show...and the suitability of some callers...

The nation's men squirm as a caller relates his experience of a vasectomy...which he remained concsious throughout...

A chronically obese caller who is desperate to lose weight in order to save his life contacts the programme...listeners respond with messages of support and hope...

Stephen wants the punters to name the mini-Nolan character...listeners respond with varying degrees of coherence and hilarity...

Kevin Magee reports on the tragic story of a Romanian infant who died while in the care of adoptive parents from NI - and reveals that no one will ever stand trial for the death...

As the programme discusses the C Diff outbreak, a former environmental health inspector has some disturbing experiences to tell Stephen about...

A culchie changing religion to secure four wives, a drunken bridesmaid grabbed by the throat and Jeffers' delicate operation - only on the biggest show in the country...

Kevin Magee talks to the man who served half his sentence for raping a 91 year old woman...residents in Gortin tell us about their fear and outrage at his presence in their midst.

Nolan listeners struggle to get their heads round a young goth who takes his girlfriend around town on a dog lead...Stephen doesn't sound entirely sure what to make of it either....

As callers demand a crackdown on those 'sponging' off the dole, Stephen asks where our sympathy is for people on benefits...

Ian Paisley Jnr faces a grilling after it emerges he lobbied at the St Andrews talks on behalf of constituents - including Seymour Sweeney...

After two young men are beaten and forced to walk the Shankill with placards in a 'punishment' attack, callers give their views - many of them supporting paramilitary 'justice'...

Stephen talks to Flint Waters, a special investigator in the States who poses as a child online to trap paedophiles...and he has some horrific statistics on the problem in NI.

After a PSNI officer who campaigned against drinking driving was convicted for the same crime and kept her job, a mother who lost her 2 year old son tells Stephen there can be no excuses...

As Nolan sneezes and coughs all over the studio, callers snap at his relentless moaning - but some are quick to defend the biggest gurn in the country...

How do we define the Troubles? A mother who lost her policeman son to the IRA, a father whose son was shot by the RUC and a former IRA prisoner talk to Stephen...

There's nothing Davina McCall likes more than being whistled at but some female listeners say it's just sexual harassment...

It's Christmas Eve and all Nessie wants under her tree is Stephen...or Jeffers...or the Terrible Turk...

In the call of a career, Stephen scrambles Jeffers to sort out a rattling manhole in Mid-Ulster...hear the manhole rattle down the phoneline (Nolan exclusive)..

Callers react with outrage and generosity to the heart-breaking news that an 80 year old woman has had her life-savings wiped out by burglars at her Shankill home.

Listeners inundate Stephen with advice after he reveals a GP has put him on a strict regime of constipation-busting suppositories...is the Terrible Turks's reign of terror to blame?

Callers condemn Radio One editing 'faggot' out of Fairytale of New York.

Outrage after Scottish crooner Leon sneaks X Factor over Welsh baritone Rhydian...Stephen's caught in the crossfire. Again.

We hear from Arthur McElhill's brother, talking exclusively to the Nolan Show for the first time on the tragic Omagh housefire that wiped out an entire family...

Would a tube system help alleviate Belfast's worsening traffic gridlock? Arthur Acheson thinks so and after a night of chaos on the roads he outlines his vision for Stephen...

Stephen hears a truly moving tale of first-sight love that lasted a lifetime.

Catriona Ruane feels the heat after her controversial move to end academic selection...

A heartbreaking interview with a mother who decided to go public after donating her seven year old daughter's organs.

Sir Michael Lyons, chairman of the BBC Trust answers your calls about value for money, salaries of presenters and the future of programme making in the face of more cuts at the Corporation.

Should hospitals enforce a zero tolerance ban on smoking?? Callers vent their fury over the "Millies" that gather outside hospital entrances to spark up a cigarette...

The mother of a 16 year old who hanged himself just days after taking an overdose makes an emotional plea to drive the drug dealers off our streets.

Well we sent our reporter Mark Jeffers to the Gym as the "Terrible Turk" gives Nolan a rigorous exercise regime...

Coronation Street star Ken Barlow AKA Bill Roache talks to Stephen about his spiritual side...

The wife of Ian Paisley Jnr speaks out over the "Witch-hunt" of her husband in her first public interview with Stephen Nolan...

As the Causeway controversy rumbles on the developer Seymour Sweeney takes your calls...

Is it possible to loose weight on a diet of Caviar, Chocolate and Crisps??? Well Stephen talks to Michael Winner about how he shed the pounds without giving up life’s luxuries...

A young 16 year old Ulsterman speaks to Stephen about why he took the immensely brave step to waive his right to anonymity and expose a sick paedophile who brutally raped him when he was 13.

The Cheshire woman who married Osama Bin Laden's son talks to Stephen about what it was like to be Mrs Bin Laden...

Stephen talks to GMB union spokesman Eamonn Coy and Nipsa's John Corey - at loggerheads over the Classroom assistant dispute, to see if progress can be made…

Stephen talks to the husband of murdered County Tyrone woman Attracta Harron after it was announced that Eamon Foley, who raped a 91 year old woman is to be released early from prison.

Several incredibly brave women, themselves the victims of rape, contact the Nolan show after the police announce that Eamon Foley still poses a serious risk to the public.

A North Belfast man who is dieing of Cancer makes an emotional appeal to the Health minister for a drug that could buy him more time with his family.

Its been 30 years since the Sex Pistols released their album 'Never mind the Bollocks' and Stephen interviews John Lydon about a reunion... But has he bitten off more than he can chew???

John McCririck is back in the press for his objectionable comments to Ingrid Tarrant... Is this post-modern irony or just plain chauvinism? Stephen investigates...

A BBC radio 4 documentary reveals that there has been a 500% increase in bed bug incidents...

The biggest industrial scandal of our time - 93% of classroom assistants have decided to strike after 12 years of a bitter pay dispute.

Listen to Trudy - one of the Nolan regulars give Stephen a piece of her mind!!!

It's a tough job but someone has to do it... We sent our reporter Ruth Sanderson to Northern Ireland's sexiest man competition.

Health minister Michael McGimpsey talks to Stephen after we reveal 4 out of 5 GPs don't have adequate suicide prevention training

Arlene Foster on her decision to consider a private developer's proposal for a visitors centre at the Giants Causeway

Listen to one girl serenading our listeners with Eva Cassidy and Stephen winding up the Lord Mayer.

How we deal with suicide - local newspapers take an unprecedented step of publishing a joint statement demanding action on the shockingly high suicide rates in Northern Ireland.

Stephen witnesses first hand a joint operation aimed at illegal dog fighting.

Ian Paisley Junior talks to Stephen about a committee decision not to censure him over gay remarks.

Our reporter Ruth Sanderson interviews the lead singer of Snow Patrol, Gary Lightbody.

What’s small white and bangs on tables? Stephen’s front teeth as they fall out on air! Listen to him struggle on with the end of the show.

An undercover Spotlight/Panorama Special broadcast on BBC1 has prompted a huge response from Nolan Show listeners.

What do you think of the show? Well one listener has sent us a review of the Nolan show as part of a Broadcast Journalism Postgraduate assessment.

The amazing story of Alex Kurzem whom at the age of five was adopted by the SS and paraded as 'the Reich's youngest Nazi', but little did they know: Alex was a Jew.

The NCP's response to why they removed a brand new Aston Martin from outside a Gym in Belfast. Click on our 'Television' tab to watch the video.

A heart breaking story of a baby boy fighting for survival. Five month old Ethan Rodgers is suffering from two rare diseases and his parents fear they may be sent home to watch him die.

Kevin Magee talks to ex-pat Miles Donnelly about how his experience of surviving the Enniskillen bombing helped save his life on 9/11

Nolan's midlife crisis goes up a gear and he wants advice on what colour he should dye his (receding) barnet...