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Next week we’ll be talking technology with the President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Lord Alec Broers, who’s giving this year’s Reith lectures. It’s part of a special series which will include a survey of your views and a vote on the most significant technological innovation of the last two hundred years. If you have any questions or comments you would like to put to Lord Broers on the growth of technology and its implications for us as consumers get in touch.
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On Today's You & Yours: A controversial plan to build hundreds of homes on the site of a former asbestos factory. Does patient confidentiality mean the people who care for them are often left in the dark? And whatever happened to the invalid trike?
ASBESTOS LAND
Developers have decided to buildhundreds of homes on land in Rochdale on the site of a former asbestos factory. Ian Simpson from Countryside Properties, one of the developers involved in the planning application, and local resident Abdul Chowdray give their views.
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RAILWAYS
The government wants to create a more streamlined railway system. That's the thinking behind the Railways Bill currently making its way through parliament. But this bill is not being universally welcomed. Rail expert Tony Miles and Transport Minister Tony McNulty explain.
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INVALID TRIKES
Invalid trikes, or blue three-wheeler cars, will be seen no more on Britain's roads. Francesca Panetta goes to the Headquarters of the Disabled Drivers Association in Norwich where the very last invalid trike is now on exhibition.
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PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY
What exactly are the limits of patient confidentiality? Family members, for example, who care for someone with a mental illness, don't have access to information they say will help them do their jobs. Professor Roy McClelland who chairs the Royal College of Psychiatrists advisory group on Confidentiality, carer, Mary Taylor, and Phillip Newhouse discuss.
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PRAWNS
Sales of prawns are increasing by an average of 9 per cent a year, making the trade worth around 60 billion dollars a year worldwide. But what is the hidden cost of this explosion of prawn farming?
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