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Jeremy discusses problem families.

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Last broadcast on Thu, 15 Dec 2011, 12:00 on BBC Radio 2.

Synopsis

Jeremy discusses the government's plans to help problem families, people who need big gnashing guard dogs, what would happen if Greece left the Euro and women's sports coverage.

PROBLEM FAMILIES

The government wants to help problem families. Was your family situation so bad that you would have benefited from some intervention that you didn’t get?

Find out more on BBC News Online.

DANGEROUS DOGS

Judges have looked again at how sentencing works under the Dangerous Dogs Act. We talk to someone that tells us why they need a big gnashing guard dog.

Find out more on BBC News Online.

GREECE

At 1pm, we imagine what would happen if Greece crashes out of the Euro.

Find out more on BBC News Online.

WOMEN'S SPORTS

Are sports pages in violation of the Equality Act because they hardly ever cover women’s sports?

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WOMEN'S FOOTBALL

One of the biggest crowds ever recorded for a women's club team game was on Boxing Day 1920 when 53,000 spectators packed into Goodison Park, Everton to see Dick Kerr Ladies play St Helens Ladies.

See footage of that night on British Pathe.

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Broadcast

  1. Thu 15 Dec 2011
    12:00

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