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26/06/2019

TUV leader Jim Allister accuses Sainsbury's of isolating Christians after the store fly a gay pride banner.

You may have noticed some companies and organisations displaying rainbow colours recently - they're marking Pride Month by showing their support for the LGBT community. But the TUV leader Jim Allister isn't happy about it. The Belfast Telegraph reports this morning that he's complained to the supermarket chain Sainsbury's about the display of a rainbow banner outside its Ballymena store. The banner reads: "We proudly support the LGBT+ community". Jim Allister spoke to Stephen this morning.

Also on the programme, this month we featured the story of Sharon Whyte McCloskey - a mother of three little boys who is fighting for her life against a highly aggressive form of blood cancer. She needs a stem cell transplant and appealed to the public to volunteer for genetic swabbing. Well her story hit a very emotional cord with the family of Thomas Miller - a 10 year old boy from Ballymena. He was diagnosed with leukaemia just before Christmas and is in the Royal Victoria Hospital right now. He too needs a transplant and last week his headmaster, teachers, parents and friends organised a special 'swabbing' event in Clough Primary School. The aim - to find a match for Thomas. Our reporter, Nicola Weir, attended the event and starts her report by speaking to the headmaster of Clough Primary School, Ian Hutchinson.

And, Boris Johnston would 'throw unionism under a bus if it suits him'. That's from former Northern Ireland Secretary of State Peter Hain, writing in the Belfast Telegraph today. He joined Stephen this morning.

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