12 Episode(s) of this Podcast:
Published: 2008-11-22 05:35:00
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Does a war dance have a place on the modern sporting field?
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Does a war dance have a place on the modern sporting field? Questions have been raised over the aggressive nature of the New Zealand All Black rugby team's pre-match Haka, but perhaps the solution is a war-like pre-match ritual of our own. Could a morris dancing group from Maldon in Essex provide the solution? Jim White, sports writer for the Daily Telegraph, and Zinzan Brooke, a former New Zealand All Black, discuss the possibility of a home-grown Haka.
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Published: 2008-11-22 05:29:00
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A coalition of pressure groups is calling on the British Gov
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A coalition of pressure groups is calling on the British Government to support a deployment of EU troops to DR Congo. Former UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland says the EU has a responsibility to protect the Congolese people.
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Published: 2008-11-21 04:45:00
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From Monday, it is going to be more difficult for single par
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From Monday, it is going to be more difficult for single parents to get benefits. Until now they have had income support automatically. But if the child is over 12, the government wants the lone parent to look for work and so they will get the jobseekers allowance instead. That means having to report to a job centre and prove they're looking for a job. Kim Catcheside investigates if the plan should be put off because of the economic crisis. Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell responds to criticism of the plans.
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Published: 2008-11-21 04:31:00
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The BBC is to release its report into the Jonathan Ross-Russ
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The BBC is to release its report into the Jonathan Ross-Russell Brand affair. Two BBC managers resigned as a result of the controversy that erupted over the offensive telephone calls left by the Radio 2 presenters on the answer phone of the actor Andrew Sachs last month. Andrew Hosken reports. Caroline Thomson, the BBC's chief operating officer, answers the criticism about how the BBC handled the crisis.
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Published: 2008-11-20 05:02:00
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Was John Sergeant bullied into leaving the dance floor or wa
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Was John Sergeant bullied into leaving the dance floor or was he right to quit Strictly Come Dancing? Jim Moir, former head of light entertainment at the BBC, and Kevin O'Sullivan, television critic of the Daily Mirror, debate the implications of the dancing debacle.
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Published: 2008-11-20 04:29:00
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Andy Street, managing director of John Lewis, and Sir Philip
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Andy Street, managing director of John Lewis, and Sir Philip Green, who owns BHS and the Arcadia Group, discuss how the economic downturn is affecting UK retail.
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Published: 2008-11-19 05:23:00
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The Italian film Gomorra, depicting the destructive workings
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The Italian film Gomorra, depicting the destructive workings of the Neapolitan criminal organisation, the Camorra, is based on a book by the Italian writer Roberto Saviano. The Camorra now says it wants him dead by Christmas. Increasingly it is brave individuals - not the Italian state - who are taking on the Camorra, by breaking the code of silence and stripping away the glamour that surrounds organised crime in Italy.
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Published: 2008-11-19 05:10:00
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Across the UK, paying for sex with a prostitute is legal. Bu
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Across the UK, paying for sex with a prostitute is legal. But the law in England and Wales is set to change - the government is proposing a change to make it illegal to pay for sex with a prostitute working to benefit someone else who is controlling them. Crucially, the onus is on the client to know that the prostitute is working for a pimp or a drug dealer.
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Published: 2008-11-18 03:50:00
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Pirates who seized a giant Saudi-owned oil tanker are headin
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Pirates who seized a giant Saudi-owned oil tanker are heading towards a port in Somalia. The Foreign Office has confirmed that two of those on board are British. The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, said last night he was stunned by how far from the coast the ship had been captured. Security correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the Somali pirates are living well on the proceeds of piracy.
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Published: 2008-11-18 03:32:00
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Across Europe there are efforts to breathe life into a "peac
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Across Europe there are efforts to breathe life into a "peace process" between Israel and the Palestinians which has been dormant. The Israeli President, Shimon Peres, discusses how to revitalise the peace process.
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