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25/09/2009

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Last broadcast on Fri, 25 Sep 2009, 16:00 on BBC Radio 5 live.

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The day's news and sport with Anita Anand and Phil Williams. Stories include:

Jersey's politicians will spend ten million pounds on a new town park - because of an accidental vote. The Economic Development Minister, Senator Alan Maclean, said he had meant to vote against the plans - but ad pushed the wrong button. He tried to rectify the mistake, but was told the vote had to stand.

A High Court has upheld the law that allows UK employers to force workers to retire at the age of 65

And more than twenty thousand former servicemen and women are in prison, on probation or on parole in England and Wales. The probation officers' union NAPO says one prisoner in ten is an armed forces veteran.

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    More than 20,000 ex-servicemen and women in prison

    The probation officers' union NAPO says one prisoner in ten is an armed forces veteran.

  2. Chapter 2

    Ahmadinejad says Iran has no nuclear secrets

    Wyn Bowen a former UN weapons inspector, analyses the latest developments.

  3. Chapter 3

    Too old to work

    Jean Rumbold, 67, is fighting against being made to retire because she is over 65.

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  1. Fri 25 Sep 2009
    16:00

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