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- Barbs Wire: Gold toilet heist convictions, teen generational shift in schools says new research, and a dolphin pod circles Nasa capsule after splashdown
What’s trending on socials? Barbara Friedman joins us in studio to give us the scoop
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10 min - Barb’s Wire: SA scientists make headlines, doctor's restore sense of smell for long-Covid patients, world's loneliest elephant finds a friend,
Barbara Friedman speaks to Saskia Falken, standing in for Clarence Ford, about trending online stories.
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13 min - Barbs Wire: Starbucks get sued, Lamborghini's $5,500 baby stroller, The Rhino Orphanage welcomes a baby...
What's trending? Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman shares more.
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9 min - Barbs Wire: dog shoots owner in bed, solo flyer, DJ King Charles III
CapeTalk’s Sara-Jayne Makwala King (in for Clarence Ford on Views and News) is joined by Primedia’s digital news editor Barbara Friedman
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10 min - Barb’s Wire: Listening to turtles, 911 call about ice cream
What’s trending on socials? Barbara Friedman joins us in studio to give us the scoop.
From forced removals to returning home: Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis shared a moving video of land in Bishopscourt is being restored to Protea Village’s original residents.
Mom ate her 4-year-old's ice cream, so he called 911
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8 min - Barbs Wire: Track runner hit on the head by opponent, YouTuber breaks records, Crufts 2025
What’s trending on socials? Barbara Friedman joins us in studio to give us the scoop
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8 min - Barb’s Wire: car rage, cannabis farms in the UK, Monopoly goes cashless
What’s trending on socials? Barbara Friedman joins us in studio to give us the scoop.
1. A man in California barrels his car through the front doors of a dealership because he was unhappy with the valuation - 8 people were hurt
2. Teams of fake electricity workers have been digging up cables across the UK to feed cannabis farms - One video shows the cable exploding when spliced by one of the men.
3. Monopoly makes a big cashless change. Wouldn't you miss amassing piles of paper cash during a game?
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8 min - Barbs Wire: China vows it will go to war, the City Hall iconic turret clock to get a revamp, and a Speckled Pigeon with a dart through its head lives to fly again
What's trending? Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman shares more now
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8 min - Barbs Wire: Donald Trump’s speech to Congress, icebergs collide and penguin chicks hatch for first time in 10 years at Two Ocean Aquarium
What's trending? Digital Content Editor Barbara Friedman shares more now
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10 min - Barb's Wire: Fastest growing jobs, most expensive strawberry goes viral, Serg has a forever home
Zain Johnson standing in for CapeTalk's Clarence Ford speaks to the Digital Content Editor of Primedia Plus, Barbara Friedman, about trending online stories.
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About Barbs Wire
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Primedia Digital Editor Barbara Friedman has an unstoppable curiosity for all things weird and quirky and trawls the internet to bring you her daily choice of curated stories - Monday to Thursday…
at 9.35am #BarbsWire