5 live Investigates

5 live Investigates

Adrian Goldberg presents an entertaining mix of dirt-digging, debunking, and intriguing interviews revealing unreported issues. Investigative news report from Adrian Goldberg’s BBC Radio 5 live programme, broadcast Sundays at 9pm.

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Recent episodes (10)

  • 5LI: Ringing the Changes for School Leavers 19 May 13

    Sun, 19 May 13

    Duration:
    45 mins

    In four months time, all 16 and 17 year olds in England will have to be in education or training. But are schools and colleges sufficiently prepared for the influx of extra students?

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  • 5LI: Emergency Care Pressures 12 May 13

    Sun, 12 May 13

    Duration:
    50 mins

    Thousands of hours of emergency ambulance time each week is lost because crews have to queue to offload patients at A+E. It means they can't respond to new 999 calls.

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  • 5LI: Ambulance Delays 05 May 13

    Sun, 5 May 13

    Duration:
    51 mins

    Patients at risk as the East of England ambulance service struggles to respond to emergency calls.

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  • 5LI: Retail Fraud & Football Academies 28 Apr 13

    Sun, 28 Apr 13

    Duration:
    54 mins

    Changes to England’s Football youth academies could affect lower league clubs. Could an attempt to improve the England team mean lower league clubs lose out financially? Plus as fraud costs the UK economy £73 billion a year, small businesses complain that police are failing to investigate the crime.

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  • 5LI: Doctors Conduct & Letting Agents 14 Apr 13

    Sun, 14 Apr 13

    Duration:
    48 mins

    Some hospital trusts are failing to share information which could identify doctors who make repeated mistakes - sometimes with disastrous results.

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  • 5LI: Deprivation of Liberty Orders 7 Apr 13

    Sun, 7 Apr 13

    Duration:
    49 mins

    Why are vulnerable people with dementia or brain injuries having their freedoms restricted, sometimes against their will. And the training companies which promise jobseekers help with employment, provided they pay an upfront fee.

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  • 5LI: 24 Mar 2013

    Sun, 24 Mar 13

    Duration:
    48 mins

    It's been described as the new metal theft... the thieves stealing used cooking oil to make bootleg bio-fuel. One fifth of the all used cooking oil is ending up with criminals.

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  • 5LI: Football Racism 17 Mar 2013

    Sun, 17 Mar 13

    Duration:
    42 mins

    A survey of 2,500 football fans suggests that racism still exists in football.

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  • 5LI: Variable Speed Limits 10 Mar 13

    Sun, 10 Mar 13

    Duration:
    50 mins

    Lawyers are questioning the legality of thousands of penalties issued to motorists caught breaking motorway speed limits. It's emerged that warning signs on nine variable speed zones did not have official approval – and should not have been used to enforce the speed limit.

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  • 5LI: Catalogue cheque scam

    Sun, 3 Mar 13

    Duration:
    49 mins

    The catalogue cheque scam that's eating away the savings - and more - of thousands each week.

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