12/10/2009

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Duration: 29 minutes

Next year sick notes will be scrapped and a new system of medical "fit-notes" will be introduced. Tazeen Ahmad meets the GPs who will have to implement the controversial new scheme and asks whether it really can get the long term sick back to work.

With London gearing up for the Olympics, Mayor Boris Johnson aims to mark the occasion by converting 2012 plots of derelict land into green havens. Matthew Wright meets the residents of one estate that's leading the way.

Loyd Grossman visits some of London's top restaurants to find out why they are thriving despite the recession.

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Mon 12 Oct 2009 19:30 BBC One only on London

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Matthew Wright
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Andy Richards

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