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Last broadcast on Mon, 11 Jul 2011, 12:00 on BBC Radio 4 (FM only) (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Thomson Airways is the first UK airline to fuel its planes between Birmingham and Palma with biofuel. The airline, owned by Europe's biggest tour operator TUI Travel is calling on the airline industry and government to review legislation on biofuels to allow other airlines to follow suit.
Why predicting the economic impact of the 2012 Olympic Games is not an exact science
How hospitals are failing to risk assess patients for DVT resulting in thousands dying needlessly.
And should the Port of Dover be privatised? The port is currently run by an independent trust which is appointed by the department of Transport. The Chief Executive of the Harbour Board says that privatisation would allow the port to expand the business and help regenerate the local area. However a group calling itself the Dover People's Port Trust has also launched a rival bid which it says has the backing of the local community.
Plus we celebrate the Great British Countryside and those who look after it and find out the sentence facing the gang who sold tickets online to more than ten thousand people for the 2008 Beijing Olympics without delivering a single one.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
What does the closure of Southern Cross tell us about the predicament faced by other care home providors?
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Chapter 2
Used cooking oil could soon be powering Thompson flights between Birmingham and Palma.
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Chapter 3
They're being sold as the most profitable games ever, but what will the real impact of the games be for our economy?
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Chapter 4
Hospitals in England are failing to meet targets to risk assess patients for deep vein thrombosis resulting in thousands of preventable deaths every year.
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Chapter 5
The government is keen to get more people with disabilities in to work, Minister for Disabled People Maria Miller explains how.
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Chapter 6
The iconic setting is set to be privatised, but what impact will this have on the community?
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Chapter 7
What can be done to restore our faith in the press?
Broadcasts
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Mon 11 Jul 201112:00
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Mon 11 Jul 201112:04
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