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15/11/2009

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Last broadcast on Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 19:30 on BBC Radio 5 live.

Synopsis

Donal MacIntyre presents hard-hitting investigations and original journalism.

Some debt management companies, which promise to negotiate and manage repayments, are apparently ripping off their customers.

This week it was decided that the DNA of innocent people arrested in England and Wales should be held for no longer than six years. We discuss the dilemma of crime-solving versus the rights of innocent people.

And, two weeks after the deadline by which the Student Loans Company should have processed all applications, thousands of students are still waiting for their cash.

Made Up Phenomenon: Prisoners face Marmite ban

A number of newspapers have reported that inmates of Dartmoor Prison are being denied access to Marmite in case they use the yeast it contains to brew alcohol. Marmite addict Hannah Barnes suspected she had stumbled across another Made Up Phenomenon.

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  1. Sun 15 Nov 2009
    19:30

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