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Giving people their lives back
11:17am Tuesday 9th February 2010
Social workers often attract bad press. Lucy Richardson meets award-winning Lesley Peat who defends her profession and explains why the job is so vital.
An abuse of privilege
11:13am Tuesday 9th February 2010
AS the arguments rage between David Cameron and Gordon Brown in the aftermath of the MPs’ expenses scandal, we take the view that politicians representing all parties are in some part responsible for the unprecedented mess in which Parliament finds itself.
Time to see the light over energy
11:20am Tuesday 9th February 2010
ONE day the lights will go out, but before they do we shall all have to face steeply rising fuel bills. This is because both Conservative and Labour governments of these past 20 years have warned of the coming crisis in energy supply and yet have done precisely nothing to forestall it.
Wok rock
11:35am Tuesday 9th February 2010
Chinese Food In Minutes (Five, 7.30pm) Caprica (Sky1, 9pm) I Hate Mum (BBC1, 10.35pm)
Squashed flat
11:45am Tuesday 9th February 2010
From a meal that’s worse than the weather to breakfast fit for a king and some cracking fish and chips.
Cheeky girls
11:57am Tuesday 9th February 2010
Women who have suffered domestic abuse are turning to Burlesque dancing to boost their confidence. Ruth Addicott speaks to one group taking to the stage this week in Darlington.
Rule Britannica
11:50am Monday 8th February 2010
As the oldest Englishlanguage encyclopaedia still in print publishes its latest edition, Steve Pratt looks at the history of Encyclopaedia Britannica and how the publishers came to terms with online rivals
Show some respect
11:45am Monday 8th February 2010
WE owe our soldiers so much, yet seemingly care so little for them.
Chasing the birds – like John Terry
11:51am Monday 8th February 2010
WHEN it comes to news items which travel worldwide, it’s hard to beat the way a good bird story takes off.
Best of order
12:06pm Monday 8th February 2010
Law And Order: UK (ITV1, 9pm); Delia Through the Decades (BBC2, 8.30pm); Paul Merton in Europe (Five, 9pm)
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