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Last broadcast on Wed, 11 Nov 2009, 10:00 on BBC Radio 5 live.
Synopsis
Coverage of Armistice Day including the two minute silence at 11 o'clock.
Victoria speaks to veterans who fought for their country, Jim Knight, the Employment Minister, about the latest unemployment figures and Brooke Kinsella about the raising of the minimum jail term for people who kill using a knife.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
Veterans of WWII, the Falklands and Afghanistan
Alf Caretta, 92, Laurie Ashbridge and Capt. Andrew Tiernan have all had careers in the British forces. On Armistice Day the three compare their experiences of fighting for their country.
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Chapter 2
What's the job scene on the South Coast?
Sarah Ransome reports from a JobCentre Plus in Plymouth.
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Chapter 3
Jim Knight MP on unemployment
Unemployment has risen by 30,000 between July and September. Just under two-and-a-half million people are now out of work in the UK. The employment minister Jim Knight explains the figures.
Broadcast
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Wed 11 Nov 200910:00
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