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ON NOW : Six O'Clock News
19/06/2013

Six O'Clock News National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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  1. Petrol Prices

    Are petrol prices manipulated to keep them artificially high?

    First broadcast: 25 Jun 2013

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  2. Council Asset Sales

    Are taxpayers getting value for money when cash strapped councils sell off their assets?

    First broadcast: 18 Jun 2013

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  3. Grooming: A Life Sentence?

    Are young grooming victims getting the help they need to rebuild their lives?

    First broadcast: 11 Jun 2013

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  4. Elderly Care: Neglected Questions

    Are there lessons in the collapse of the UK's biggest elderly care home abuse inquiry?

    First broadcast: 04 Jun 2013

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  5. Iran's Nuclear Standoff

    With growing concern over Iran's nuclear intentions, is the UN watchdog up to the job?

    First broadcast: 28 May 2013

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  6. Superbugs

    Can the NHS protect patients from new antibiotic-resistant superbugs?

    First broadcast: 21 May 2013

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  7. Rochdale Abuse: Failed Victims?

    A police whistleblower claims last year's Rochdale child grooming case failed victims.

    First broadcast: 26 Mar 2013

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  8. Dangerous Hospitals?

    Can we rely on the NHS to uncover hospital scandals? Presented by Gerry Northam.

    First broadcast: 19 Mar 2013

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  9. Mali: Europe's Terror Threat

    Does Europe face a new terror threat after military action in Mali? Jenny Cuffe reports.

    First broadcast: 12 Mar 2013

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  10. Britain in Flood

    Has the government done enough to protect us from flooding? Allan Urry investigates.

    First broadcast: 26 Feb 2013

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  11. Britain's Plutonium Mountain

    What to do with the world's largest stockpile of civilian plutonium being kept in the UK?

    First broadcast: 19 Feb 2013

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  12. The Bill for Brussels

    Does the European Union spend too much on self-promotion?

    First broadcast: 12 Feb 2013

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  13. Russian Riches

    London is home for many rich Russians. But how much are they vetted on arrival?

    First broadcast: 05 Feb 2013

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  14. Taxing Questions

    Corporate tax: Who writes the rules? Fran Abrams investigates.

    First broadcast: 29 Jan 2013

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  15. Hospitals - Open All Hours?

    Can the NHS afford to have more senior doctors working out of hours? Jane Deith reports.

    First broadcast: 22 Jan 2013

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  16. Illicit Arms Trade

    Allan Urry asks how gunrunners can fuel the global illegal arms trade from within the UK.

    First broadcast: 15 Jan 2013

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  17. Highways Agency

    With the CBI calling for it to be scrapped, Allan Urry examines the Highways Agency.

    First broadcast: 20 Nov 2012

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  18. The Zombie Effect

    What effect are so-called zombie companies having on the UK economy? Hugh Pym investigates

    First broadcast: 13 Nov 2012

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  19. Second-Class Patients?

    Are people with learning disabilities dying unnecessarily because of poor care in the NHS?

    First broadcast: 06 Nov 2012

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  20. Too Many Chiefs?

    Ahead of elections for police commissioners, do we need so many separate police forces?

    First broadcast: 30 Oct 2012

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  21. Public, Private and Profitable

    After the West Coast rail debacle, Michael Robinson investigates government outsourcing.

    First broadcast: 23 Oct 2012

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  22. Recoiling the Arab Spring

    What threat does a growing fundamentalist branch of Islam pose to Arab Spring countries?

    First broadcast: 16 Oct 2012

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  23. Alcohol Fraud

    Alcohol smuggling is costing more than a billion pounds in lost taxes. Allan Urry reports.

    First broadcast: 09 Oct 2012

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  24. Undercover Cops

    How far should undercover police be allowed to go to gather intelligence?

    First broadcast: 02 Oct 2012

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  25. Green on Blue

    Why are growing numbers of allied soldiers being killed by their Afghan allies?

    First broadcast: 25 Sep 2012

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  26. 07/08/2012

    Is enough being done to combat diesel pollution which is blamed for thousands of deaths?

    First broadcast: 07 Aug 2012

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  27. Tuberculosis

    Is the NHS failing to tackle the rise in tuberculosis in Britain?

    First broadcast: 31 Jul 2012

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  28. Violent Veterans

    Jane Deith examines new research into violent behaviour by soldiers returning from combat.

    First broadcast: 24 Jul 2012

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  29. European Funding

    Why are areas of Britain losing millions of pounds of regeneration money from Europe?

    First broadcast: 17 Jul 2012

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  30. Abuse in Sport

    Is sport doing enough to tackle the sexual abuse of athletes? Chris Buckler investigates.

    First broadcast: 10 Jul 2012

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