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As campaigners call for fundamental reforms of the coronial system, Ann Alexander examines concerns about the conduct of inquests and asks whether families are getting justice.
Datum: 15.11.2011 20:45 •
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With plans for future use of London's Olympic stadium in disarray, Allan Urry asks whether taxpayers' billions will leave a lasting legacy from the 2012 Games.
Datum: 08.11.2011 20:45 •
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The government wants to make prisoners work hard, pay tax and help fund victims' support. It argues this will also make then less likely to return to crime. Can its plans succeed?
Datum: 01.11.2011 20:45 •
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While G20 leaders try to avert economic disaster, Michael Robinson reveals how the pain of the Eurozone crisis presents a golden opportunity for some sophisticated investors.
Datum: 25.10.2011 19:45 •
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With no regulation of part-time madrassa schools in Britain, Fran Abrams asks whether the thousands of children who go each week to study the Quran are properly protected.
Datum: 18.10.2011 19:45 •
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With the Government's controversial reforms under fire from countryside campaigners, Allan Urry investigates radical changes to the planning system.
Datum: 11.10.2011 19:45 •
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Are the Big Six gas and electricity companies turning into the 'new banks' - becoming too big to fail and hindering economic recovery?
Datum: 04.10.2011 19:45 •
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With the NHS having to make 20 billion pounds worth of efficiency savings, why is the procurement system still failing to deliver best value on basic equipment?
Datum: 27.09.2011 19:45 •
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File on 4 investigates the use of computer hacking by the police and security agencies and asks - is it legal?
Datum: 20.09.2011 19:44 •
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The government's strategy to boost local enterprise in England got off to a poor start. Vince Cable admitted it was 'Maoist and chaotic'. Can it recover to help businesses grow?
Datum: 10.08.2011 11:45 •
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The government's strategy to boost local enterprise in England got off to a poor start. Vince Cable admitted it was 'Maoist and chaotic'. Can it recover to help businesses grow?
Datum: 09.08.2011 19:45 •
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As the UK continues to give millions of pounds in aid to Rwanda and Zimbabwe, Jenny Cuffe investigates claims those governments are threatening opponents who live in Britain.
Datum: 02.08.2011 19:45 •
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Is there a conflict of interest when public servants take private sector jobs? Julian O'Halloran investigates the "revolving door" between government and business.
Datum: 26.07.2011 19:45 •
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With many NHS hospitals facing financial problems, A & E department are closing or being replaced by Urgent Care Centres. Allan Urry Investigates the impact on patients.
Datum: 19.07.2011 19:45 •
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The Border Agency says new technology will help it tackle illegal immigration, as it cuts one fifth of its staff. But with problems hitting existing IT systems, will the plan work?
Datum: 12.07.2011 19:40 •
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Are banks risking another crisis by using complex financial products?
Datum: 05.07.2011 19:45 •
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With Britain's biggest private care home provider in financial turmoil, and councils forced to make huge cuts, Fran Abrams asks if the way we pay for elderly care is unsustainable?
Datum: 28.06.2011 19:40 •
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As a medical review begins into the care of people in a vegetative state, Ann Alexander asks whether it should be made simpler to end the life of patients in this condition.
Datum: 21.06.2011 19:40 •
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Companies are making billions of pounds in profits from a secretive trade in Private Finance Initiative contracts. But why are taxpayers able to get so little detail?
Datum: 15.06.2011 08:50 •
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With parts of the Arab world in turmoil, and uncertainty after the killing of Osama Bin Laden, Allan Urry investigates claims Iran has been stepping up its support for terrorism.
Datum: 07.06.2011 19:45 •
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The investigation following an air disaster is supposed to make air travel safer and stop further accidents. But do the reports always get to the truth about why planes crash?
Datum: 05.04.2011 19:40 •
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Do we understand enough about how memory works to properly assess evidence in sex abuse cases when allegations date back decades? Jackie Long speaks to victims and those accused.
Datum: 29.03.2011 20:40 •
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Three people die every day in the UK because of the shortage of organs for transplant. Is the NHS doing enough to ensure more suitable donors are available
Datum: 22.03.2011 20:40 •
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As banks begin the task of tracing missing money stolen from the Egyptian people, Fran Abrams investigates the corruption that lay behind the Mubarak regime.
Datum: 15.03.2011 20:42 •
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After the UK's first corporate manslaughter conviction is safety at work really improving? Morland Sanders hears claims that some employers are still too easily flouting the law.
Datum: 08.03.2011 20:40 •
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The Government plans to hand control of the £80 billion NHS budget in England to family doctors. But are GPs good managers and do they offer value for money? Gerry Northam reports.
Datum: 01.03.2011 20:40 •
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After the disruption caused by snow, Julian O'Halloran examines the record of airport operator BAA and asks whether Britain's airport woes run deeper than bad weather.
Datum: 22.02.2011 20:42 •
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Andrew Hosken examines claims of a dirty tricks campaign over Shaken Baby Syndrome and hears calls from one of the country's leading pathologists for an inquiry.
Datum: 15.02.2011 20:42 •
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Following a series of trials where police officers have been jailed, Allan Urry investigates how police are drawn into crime and asks if more should be done to stop them.
Datum: 08.02.2011 20:40 •
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In the wake of growing religious extremism in Pakistan, are our authorities doing enough to curb the fanatics now targeting sects and religions among Britain's ethnic minorities?
Datum: 01.02.2011 20:40 •
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With banks chasing profits and affordable mortgages harder to find. Michael Robinson asks what impact the new housing freeze will have on Britain's economy.
Datum: 25.01.2011 20:44 •
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Legal cases brought by patients who have been harmed by drugs are notoriously difficult to win. Is the government making it almost impossible for them even to be heard in court?
Datum: 18.01.2011 20:40 •
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As EU member states make harsh spending cuts, Angus Stickler tracks how European funds are really being spent. Can widespread fraud and abuse be prevented?
Datum: 30.11.2010 20:40 •
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As the number of care home inspectors is cut, Fran Abrams asks if enough is being done to protect the elderly from neglect and abuse.
Datum: 23.11.2010 20:40 •
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As fares are set to rise again, much of the passenger criticism is aimed at the Train Operating Companies, but how much are they to blame? Allan Urry investigates.
Datum: 17.11.2010 09:53 •
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As part of its Big Society project, the government wants charities to play a leading role in providing public services. Can we be sure they are fit and honest enough to do the job?
Datum: 09.11.2010 20:40 •
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How are young, British-based Somalis lured into fighting for the al-Qaeda-linked Jihadist group, al-Shabaab?
Jenny Cuffe investigates.
Datum: 02.11.2010 20:40 •
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While the government axes spending to try to balance the books, Michael Robinson reveals how some firms are slashing their UK tax bills.
Datum: 26.10.2010 19:40 •
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The NHS is meant to be shielded from the cuts that threaten huge areas of public spending. But even elite foundation hospitals are already in the red. Julian O'Halloran reports.
Datum: 19.10.2010 19:40 •
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Corporate undertakers. Allan Urry investigates whether insolvency practitioners measure up to the high standards expected of them when they are called in to a stricken business?
Datum: 12.10.2010 19:41 •
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$27 billion has been spent on training the Afghan police and army, to allow British and other troops to eventually withdraw. But are they ready to take control of their country?
Datum: 05.10.2010 19:43 •
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Fran Abrams investigates whether mentally incapacitated people are being short changed by the system that is supposed to safeguard the finances of some of societies most vulnerable peopel.
Datum: 27.07.2010 19:40 •
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Gerry Northam asks if the BP oil spill was a tragedy America should have been better prepared for.
Datum: 20.07.2010 19:40 •
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Allan Urry asks how effectively the UK Government is tackling shadowy arms dealers who are using British company registration to help them ship weapons to banned countries.
Datum: 13.07.2010 19:40 •
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Jon Manel hears about the illegal workers living in London and uncovers a world of bogus identities, faked documents and workers who are even paying tax and National Insurance.
Datum: 06.07.2010 19:40 •
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Morland Sanders investigates claims that British banks, especially those bailed out by taxpayers, have a poor record in offering finance to businesses.
Datum: 29.06.2010 19:40 •
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Jenny Cuffe investigates allegations that foreign workers being trafficked to work in the UK in domestic servitude are suffering exploitation and abuse. Adn she hears claims that some foreign embassies have harboured some of the worst culprits.
Datum: 22.06.2010 19:45 •
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Julian O'Halloran asks is there a looming epidemic of mental health problems, including post traumatic stress disorder in UK forces serving in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Datum: 15.06.2010 19:40 •
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Gerry Northam asks if there really is a looming crisis in public sector pensions?
Datum: 08.06.2010 19:40 •
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Ann Alexander asks whether enough is done to investigate the death rate among new born babies.
Datum: 01.06.2010 19:40 •
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Allan Urry investigates concerns that the punishment is not fitting the crime when it comes to UK firms guilty of corruption abroad.
Datum: 25.05.2010 19:40 •
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Allan Urry investigates whether the jobless are getting the help they need, in the uncertain economic climate, from Jobcentre Plus.
Datum: 23.03.2010 20:40 •
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Jackie Long investigates the taboo subject of children who sexually abuse other children and asks if a long-promised national strategy to help victims has been delivered.
Datum: 16.03.2010 20:40 •
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Fran Abrams investigates whether companies are using the Pension Protection Fund to avoid paying for their pension scheme.
With more people seeking help from the fund, which has a £1bn deficit, she asks if it will need bailing out.
Datum: 09.03.2010 20:39 •
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Gerry Northam examines the continuing costly problems that are plaguing major government IT projects
Datum: 02.03.2010 20:38 •
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Jenny Cuffe investigates fears over the level of service and support for vulnerable children in care proceedings.
Datum: 23.02.2010 20:39 •
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Julian O'Halloran investigates what happens when hospitals are issued with patient safety alerts and asks how many people die in hospital due to avoidable medical mistakes.
Datum: 16.02.2010 20:40 •
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Michael Robinson explains why the banks face a major problem due to the amount of negative equity in the commmerical property sector.
Datum: 09.02.2010 20:40 •
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Allan Urry examines what is being done to protect British troops against the use of IEDs (improvised explosive devices) in Afghanistan and he asks, where do the Taliban get their explosives from?
Datum: 02.02.2010 20:35 •
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Ann Alexander reports on the background to legal action being faced by one of the UK's pharmaceutical giants.
Datum: 26.01.2010 20:42 •
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Gerry Northam investigates the independence and effectiveness of the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Datum: 19.01.2010 20:40 •
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Fran Abrams investigates claims that the 'market' in forensic science is leading to miscarriages of justice.
Datum: 08.12.2009 20:35 •
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Concerns are growing over the UK Government?s attempts to forcibly repatriate Iraqi refugees.
Even Iraqi officials say it is too risky for some exiles to return.
While in neighbouring Jordan and Syria more than two million refugees would rather live in poverty than risk returning to Iraq. Kate Cla...
Datum: 01.12.2009 16:01 •
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A donor shortage means that organs from the elderly, drug users, heavy smokers, and cancer patients are being used for transplant.
Gerry Northam investigates the risks associated with this practice and hears why surgeons say they have no option but to use these organs.
And he asks if patients have...
Datum: 24.11.2009 20:40 •
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The UN Security Council is due to hear a report on breaches of its arms embargo in Congo.
Jenny Cuffe investigates the trail that leads from impoverished miners in DR Congo to the international gold market.
And she hears how the huge profits from smuggled gold fund the rebel militias.
Datum: 17.11.2009 20:40 •
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Allan Urry investigates claims that the Government's funding formula for the police is leaving some forces millions of pounds out of pocket.
Datum: 10.11.2009 20:40 •
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In a world shares can change hands in micro seconds, thanks to automated trading, Michael Robinson reveals reveal how this kind of trading can give big banks an advantage over the rest of us.
And he asks what chance regulators have of controlling casino bankers?
Datum: 03.11.2009 20:40 •
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Julian O'Halloran investigates concerns over increasing levels of pay for council chief executives.
Datum: 13.10.2009 19:40 •
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Gerry Northam hears claims of a military procurement system which is sluggish, incompentent and strapped for cash.
And he reveals the conlusions of a blistering official report not yet released by Downing Street.
Datum: 06.10.2009 19:40 •
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Miriam O'Reilly investigates evidence of serious shortages in front line staff delivering mental health treatment - increasing the risk to patients and public.
Datum: 29.09.2009 19:46 •
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As the government's strategy for combating extremism is revised to focus on white racist groups as well as Islamic radicals, Allan Urry assesses the threat of attacks by right-wing extremists and fears that they could lead to a rise in racial tensions.
Datum: 22.09.2009 19:40 •
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Stephen Grey looks at the relationship between the US and the UK security services in the hidden War on Terror and hears claims that the UK was complicit in the torture of suspects.
Datum: 28.07.2009 15:38 •
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Gerry Northam asks are some of the UK's biggest corporate fraudsters now practically immune from prosecution?
Datum: 21.07.2009 19:07 •
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As the debate rages over equipment provided to UK armed forces, Angus Stickler investigates the state of its military aircraft and asks are they fit to fly?
Datum: 14.07.2009 17:37 •
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The Government claims Britain?s system of public protection is among the best in the world.
But some dangerous offenders have committed murder once they were freed.
Allan Urry hears concerns that there is not enough public scrutiny of the public protection system.
Datum: 07.07.2009 18:43 •
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What is the real cost to the NHS of legal fees from lawyers in medical negligence case?
Datum: 30.06.2009 18:53 •
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As arguments about public spending cuts take centre stage, Prime Minister Gordon Brown is under pressure to justify his numbers.
But how is the crisis hitting his flagship policy for public investment, the Private Finance Initiative?
Michael Robinson reveals new research showing how much more the ...
Datum: 23.06.2009 18:29 •
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New Labour created the biggest Quango in England, the Learning and Skills Council, to engineer a skills renaissance but a recent report damned it as incompetent in managing its multi-billion pound budget.
Gerry Northam investigates why colleges had to shelve rebuilding plans and how other flagship...
Datum: 16.06.2009 17:11 •
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Julian O'Halloran investigates claims that industrial-scale pig farms in America played a key role in exposing us to the swine flu virus.
Datum: 09.06.2009 18:59 •
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Government policy that says British jobs should be for British workers.
Yet Jenny Cuffe has found what some believe is a loophole in the law. An arrangement that allows blue chip companies to import thousands of foreigners who may in some cases be displacing UK staff.
Meanwhile in another ...
Datum: 02.06.2009 17:03 •
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Allan Urry reports on the inside story of irregular loans at a branch of HBOS and offers an insight into the reckless culture which brought the bank down.
Datum: 26.05.2009 18:43 •
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Increasing numbers of people are finding that ownership of their houses has been stolen.
Often it is vacant or tenanted property but sometimes it can be homes people have lived in for years.
Land Registry, the government department responsible for who owns land and property in England and Wale...
Datum: 31.03.2009 19:14 •
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The British Government said in 2002 it was determined the UK will not harbour war criminals or people who commit other human rights abuses abroad.
But File on 4 has learned that several hundred could be here, many with government knowledge.
Fran Abrams asks whether Britain seems to be an att...
Datum: 24.03.2009 19:09 •
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Jenny Cuffe spends seven days at a children's hospice, as it supports children with life limiting conditions. Like many charities, their funding has been hit, and so even as the roof is being erected onto the new wing designed specifically for young people, there are concerns the money may not be th...
Datum: 17.03.2009 20:10 •
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Local authorities have been kept buoyant in recent years with profits from money they are able to invest.
But as interest rates have dropped, returns have fallen sharply and to make matters worse poor decisions mean almost) a billion pounds of taxpayers money is beyond reach, tied up in October...
Datum: 17.03.2009 16:58 •
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Next month judges in London begin a judicial review of claims by five Iraqi civilians that they were tortured by British forces and that they heard other Iraqis being executed. It will focus attention again on the way these high profile serious cases are investigated by the Royal Military Police Sim...
Datum: 10.03.2009 17:55 •
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In one day in January, Stoke-On-Trent lost over 1,000 jobs.
It may be one of the few remaining centres of British manufacturing. but the area has been in declined for several years.
Now Wedgwood and JCB - key employers in the area - have been hit and plans for regeneration are threatened.
Jenn...
Datum: 05.03.2009 19:49 •
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The extent of binge drinking in Oldham, Greater Manchester, has recently hit the national headlines.
As the town launches an inquiry into excessive alcohol consumption, Jenny Cuffe spends a week with those working at the sharp end, developing new ways to intervene in the lives of heavy drinkers ...
Datum: 05.03.2009 19:47 •
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Julian O'Halloran investigates claims that the careers of hundreds, perhaps thousands of teachers, are being needlessly blighted or destroyed.
It is said even an apparently minor physical intervention can lead to a teacher facing a long drawn out and flawed disciplinary process.
And often te...
Datum: 03.03.2009 20:40 •
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UN estimates suggest up to 75% of Zimbabweans need food aid, while unemployment is put at more than 90%.
But File On 4 has heard claims that President Robert Mugabe and his elite have become very wealthy in defiance of international sanctions while the rest of its economy is in ruins.
Grant Fe...
Datum: 24.02.2009 19:19 •
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Just when they need new finance most ? to weather the sharp downturn in the economy ? businesses are finding their banks cutting back on what they are prepared to lend.
Michael Robinson looks at the causes and consequences of this dangerous lending squeeze, and reveals new dangers for British ban...
Datum: 17.02.2009 18:47 •
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Security and the recent war in Gaza top the agenda as Israelis cast their votes this week but what about the role played by Israel's former foe and current ally in the south - Egypt.
As the conflict ragedin Gaza, Egypt refused to open its borderaza.
Egyptian streets boiled with anger as p...
Datum: 10.02.2009 18:01 •
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In recent months the market for recycled goods has collapsed.
Simon Cox investigates what is happening to the mountains of recycled waste?
And he asks whether the solution could be something that dismays environmentalists - incineration
Datum: 05.02.2009 14:54 •
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Last year Britons were issued nearly 800 million prescription and the numbers keep rising.
But some patients say they are suffering in the drive to persuade doctors to issue cheaper, generic alternatives to the branded drugs they take.
And criminal gangs have penetrated the UK?s supply chain,...
Datum: 03.02.2009 16:40 •
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Piracy in Somalia is big business. Last year alone pirates were paid an estimated £25m from holding scores of ships and hundreds of crew to ransom, making it one of the country?s main sources of income.
It has created a mini industry of lawyers negotiators and ransom delivery teams which has its b...
Datum: 28.01.2009 16:54 •
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For some couples a surrogate pregnancy is a way of making their dreams of having children come true.
More and more British couples are having children using surrogate mothers both in the UK and abroad.
Jon Manel lifts the lid off the world of surrogate pregnancy.
And he investigates what ...
Datum: 27.01.2009 18:27 •
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Each year thousands of parents ask to have their children taken away because
they cannot cope with their behaviour but social services are often reluctant.
Official policy is to avoid care where possible in the belief that children do
better with their natural parents.
But are they right? ...
Datum: 21.01.2009 13:10 •
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The 2003 Enterprise Act was designed to make going into administration easier, quicker and cheaper with the aim to help companies and save jobs.
But BBC File On 4 has heard claims that it is now easier for failing companies to dump their debts leaving thousands of creditors and suppliers owed mil...
Datum: 20.01.2009 19:25 •
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The world?s human rights watchdog, the Human Rights Council was formed by the United Nations to protect and promote human rights around the globe.
The council faces bitter criticism that it is too political, too mealy-mouthed when it comes to some repressive regimes, while singling out other coun...
Datum: 16.01.2009 14:45 •
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The Prime Minister is urging the banks to do their best to keep people in their homes, as the level of housing repossessions rises rapidly.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders, the trade body for mortgage providers, says repossession is a "last resort" for its members.
But BBC File On 4 has heard ...
Datum: 25.11.2008 15:29 •
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There are an estimated 200 Islamic terror cells in the UK.
In 2007, the government set out an ambitious plan to work with Muslim organisations in order to tackle violent extremism.
But Amardeep Bassey asks if it is in danger of creating a backlash in the community it is trying to engage with.
Datum: 18.11.2008 18:57 •
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Football has turned a deep shade of red, the game has spent the last 10 years on a massive spending spree but now banks are wary about lending more money and rich sugar daddys are thin on the ground.
Simon Cox reveals why the interest rate cut will end up penalising football.
And he explains...
Datum: 11.11.2008 20:30 •
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British troops who have suffered psychological trauma in battle have another fight on their hands when they return home.
File On 4 has heard the despair of soldiers, who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, and their families as they try to get treatment and care from the NHS.
Allan Urry inves...
Datum: 04.11.2008 20:00 •
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Two and half months ago, a short war in South Ossetia - an obscure corner of the Caucasus Mountains - sparked the biggest crisis in east-west relations for 30 years, stoking fears of a new Cold War.
The West was quick to denounce Russia but has it closed its eyes to crimes by its ally, Georgia? ...
Datum: 28.10.2008 20:30 •
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Rising fuel prices have hit homes and businesses hard.
Energy companies blame market forces and say their hands are tied.
But File On 4 has haeard claims that the companies are benefitting from factors that distort the market.
Julian O'Halloran also hears allegations that covert gas trading...
Datum: 21.10.2008 18:10 •
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As presidents, prime ministers and policymakers try to avoid total financial meltdown lawyers and regulators are taking action against some of the bankers they blame for the mess.
Michael Robinson hears what their investigations claim to have uncovered.
And he reveals the financial timebomb wh...
Datum: 14.10.2008 15:21 •
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The RSPCA says it needs to recruit more inspectors to implement welfare provisions of new laws.
But File On 4 has uncovered serious concerns about the RSPCA's investigations and prosecutions.
Allan Urry asks, if they seize your pet could your children be next?
Datum: 23.09.2008 19:02 •
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As UK hospitals struggle to get hospital-acquired MRSA under control, scientists warn of a new more virulent strain of the bacteria spreading the community.
Meanwhile there is disturbing evidence of another type of MRSA, transmitted from farm animals to humans and spreading rapidly across Europe, h...
Datum: 16.09.2008 15:26 •
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Simon Cox investigates the dash for renewable energy. Can we generate a third of our electricity from wind power by 2020?
Datum: 04.09.2008 08:35 •
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Simon Cox investigates teenage knife crime. Press coverage has mainly focussed on the victims, but is there any common link between the perpetrators?
Datum: 28.08.2008 19:30 •
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Simon Cox asks whether obesity drugs really work and looks at how they are being promoted in the UK
Datum: 21.08.2008 19:00 •
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Why has the price of oil gone up so much within the last year? In The Investigation this week Simon Cox will be talking to insiders within the oil industry and he?ll be risking his own money in the volatile oil futures market by buying 1,000 barrels of crude oil.
Datum: 14.08.2008 19:05 •
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The Colonial Development Corporation was set up 60 years ago by the post-war Atlee government as an investment fund for some of the world?s poorest countries.
But since its partial privatisation, four years ago, critics say it is merely using taxpayers? money in the pursuit of enormous profits.
...
Datum: 15.07.2008 17:10 •
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For more than a decade retail-led development with flagship shopping centres has helped to form part of the government's urban and community regeneration strategy
This was buoyed by the retail boom and soaring property prices but the economic good times are over.
Allan Urry asks what happens w...
Datum: 08.07.2008 19:40 •
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Ever since World War Two, blood transfusion has been saving the lives of people who are bleeding to death.
But now doctors are beginning to ask, whether the risks of transfusion in other cases might outweigh the benefits.
Lesley Curwen lifts the lid on the scientific debate that has been rag...
Datum: 01.07.2008 17:30 •
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The UK has been the lead nation supporting Afghanistan?s counter-narcotics effort since the ousting of the Taleban.
But in a country where poppy farming can involve 80% of the population in some provinces, it is difficult to halt the opium trade.
File On 4 investigates efforts to halt the po...
Datum: 24.06.2008 10:32 •
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More than 100,000 elderly people with dementia are being given a range of dangerous drugs which may be doing them no good at all.
The drugs are not licensed for the treatment of their condition, and they can cause drastic side-effects.
Official figures reveal that 700 patients have died as a resul...
Datum: 17.06.2008 17:17 •
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Coal power is staging a resurgence with sky high oil and gas prices and the UK's need for energy security.
Despite being branded as a key factor in climate change, ministers hope the next generation of coal-fired stations will be eco-friendly.
But can we have coal-fired stations without harm...
Datum: 10.06.2008 11:22 •
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Britain has been leading the international task force to tackle the funding of terrorism.
But are our defences really as robust as they need to be?
BBC File On 4 has found loopholes and inaction at the heart of the system.
Fran Abrams hears claims Government agencies are struggling to keep up w...
Datum: 03.06.2008 19:30 •
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Liverpool is having a year-long party as European Capital of Culture, but not everyone is celebrating.
The council sees the year as vital to regenerate the city but it has just been rated as the worst performer in the country.
And last week council workers protested about closing care homes fo...
Datum: 27.05.2008 15:21 •
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Protests continue around the world at the rising price of food.
Oil is at a record high and other commodity prices are soaring.
For some, the rises are explained by growing demand from India and China, but others ask if something has gone wrong with the market.
File On 4 investigates whether spe...
Datum: 20.05.2008 14:14 •
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Last month Heathrow Terminal 5?s opening day turned from triumph to chaos as the baggage system failed causing a cascade of cancellations.
British Airways was the obvious target of customer fury.
But how much of the meltdown was the fault of BAA, the airports operator which for decades has had a ...
Datum: 29.04.2008 16:29 •
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In the "The Investigation" this week, Simon Cox asks whether there is a culture in Jersey that makes dealing with problems like child abuse difficult.
Datum: 17.04.2008 19:16 •
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Liz Carney reports from Nigeria, where a group of white farmers who lost their lands in Zimbabwe are trying to start again.
They have been invited into the country in the hope that their expertise will help to kick-start commercial agriculture.
Datum: 15.04.2008 17:26 •
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Why can't we stop drugs getting into our prisons? Simon Cox investigates.
Datum: 14.04.2008 15:05 •
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Statins are a modern wonder drug ? routinely praised for their ability to lower cholesterol levels and prevent heart attacks. Over 3 million people in Britain are taking them. They are the most widely prescribed drug in the world.
This week the Government announced a policy of heart check ups i...
Datum: 03.04.2008 19:30 •
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Simon Cox searches for the facts about Polish workers in the UK. New evidence suggests that Poles are leaving Britain and that the British economy may suffer as a consequence.
Datum: 27.03.2008 20:00 •
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UK-based mining giant Anglo American courts prime ministers and presidents ? keen to promote itself as leading the way with corporate responsibility.
But as global demand increases for platinum, Angus Stickler examines its record in South Africa.
Amid a spate of deaths at the rock face, and with ...
Datum: 25.03.2008 21:00 •
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The UK's prisons are struggling to cope with record numbers of inmates, forcing the government to house prisoners at great expense in police stations and court cells.
Since last summer, 18,000 offenders have been released early to relieve the overcrowding.
Over the next six years, it's estimated...
Datum: 18.03.2008 21:00 •
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When a new compensation scheme for wounded soldiers began in 2005, the government hoped for plaudits.
Instead the scheme has led to anomalies, disputes and appeals.
For most soldiers, lump sum payments are based on a tariff with levels of payment set according to the three most serious injuries....
Datum: 11.03.2008 18:35 •
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A shift in the balance of global power is taking place as countries in the Middle East and Asia set up super-funds worth hundreds of billions of dollars to buy into cash-strapped Western Banks or companies.
In the second of two programmes Michael Robinson reports from the USA where in a Presidenti...
Datum: 07.03.2008 15:55 •
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With MPs under scrutiny as never before over their expenses, what about the running costs of the unelected senior executives in charge of England?s nine Regional Development Agencies?
One chairman spends more on taxis and limousines than all of Britain's MPs put together.
While a chief executive...
Datum: 04.03.2008 19:44 •
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A shift in the balance of global power is taking place as countries in the Middle East and Asia set up super-funds worth hundreds of billions of dollars to buy into cash-strapped Western Banks or companies.
However as Michael Robinson reports, in this two part series because some Sovereign Wealth ...
Datum: 27.02.2008 20:00 •
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Britain is home to the largest community of Sikhs outside India ? a testimony to the 'special relationship' they have with the UK.
With their distinctive looks the Sikhs are widely viewed as loyal, well-integrated law abiding citizens who live peaceful and often prosperous lives.
But Amardeep Ba...
Datum: 26.02.2008 20:38 •
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The equal pay victories of lowly paid women workers have opened the floodgates for claims against public sector employers.
One lawyer alone claims he has 30,000 claims on his books.
But the legal victories have come at a price as local authorities struggle to fund the new pay awards and as well as...
Datum: 19.02.2008 20:50 •
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The British National Party has been accused, by an MP in the Commons, of financial irregularities.
Party officials dismiss this as a slur but a File on 4 investigation, using testimony from former key figures in the BNP, has raised a series of questions.
Fran Abrams looks at alleged US fund-raisin...
Datum: 12.02.2008 20:35 •
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Rail infrastructure company Network Rail is under investigation over the maintenance work which over-ran causing chaos on the rails at New Year.
But could mistakes and alleged management failures at NR be spilling over into the most vital task they perform ? repairing the tracks and ensuring they a...
Datum: 05.02.2008 20:40 •
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Investigations are continuing into the fire earlier this month at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
The blaze is a wake up call for the NHS according to the politician who oversees London's fire and emergency planning services.
Allan Urry investigates the fire risk in hospitals and whether NHS...
Datum: 29.01.2008 20:30 •
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An official inquiry into the death of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie found failings in ?basic good practice? by child protection agencies.
Five years after Lord Laming?s Inquiry, children at risk are still being killed.
Lord Laming tells of his despair that sound government policies are not being...
Datum: 22.01.2008 20:45 •
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Every day millions of us receive a torrent of spam e-mails offering to sell us viagra, make us rich or even enlarge intimate parts of our bodies. Simon Cox tries to track down the spam scammers. Who are they and do they really make millions by selling penis enlargement pills?
Datum: 14.12.2007 11:00 •
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Simon Cox asks why the European Commission gives millions of pounds to campaigning organisations involved in lobbying Brussels to promote their own causes.
Datum: 06.12.2007 06:00 •
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Simon Cox asks why the European Commission gives millions of pounds to campaigning organisations involved in lobbying Brussels to promote their own causes.
Datum: 30.11.2007 14:46 •
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Simon Cox asks why, despite huge government expenditure in recent years, cancer survival rates in the UK remain the worst in Western Europe.
He reveals how government targets have resulted in some patients waiting too long for radiotherapy and asks whether an obsession with expensive new drugs has...
Datum: 29.11.2007 20:00 •
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Simon Cox searches for the facts about the obesity epidemic. According to the government, the problem is now a crisis. Experts say that four fifths of men will be overweight in 15 years and that obesity can reduce life expectation by 13 years. But can we believe these figures? Is there really an obe...
Datum: 22.11.2007 10:00 •
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Every year scientists researching cancer receive millions of pounds of charity donations and taxpayers? money.
However a File On 4 investigation has found that millions of pounds is being wasted because scientists are using the wrong human cancer cells.
Gerry Northam asks, why is that simple and ...
Datum: 19.11.2007 18:22 •
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US President George Bush wants to end the Guantanamo detention camp but closing it is going to be easier said than done.
File On 4 has been told that some detainees have been mistreated, even tortured, after being sent back to their home countries.
This leaves remaining prisoners reluctant to go ...
Datum: 13.11.2007 18:39 •
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In an exclusive interview with File On 4, the Bank of England Governor Mervyn King gives an insight into the way Bank and Government coped with the Northern Rock crisis.
Northern Rock's need for emergency cash sparked the first run on a UK bank for almost 150 years in the UK.
Mr King reveals to th...
Datum: 06.11.2007 19:15 •
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