The Report
Summary: Uncovering the real stories behind the news. Simon Cox and fellow reporters delve beneath the headlines. The Report airs every Thursday evening at 8pm on Radio 4 for 38 weeks a year. The programme lasts 28 minutes.
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Podcasts:
A badger culling trial to tackle tb in cattle is announced in England, while a proposed cull in Wales has been abandoned. Nick Ravenscroft reports the effect of policy paralysis.
How did the MOD lose track of over £5bn worth of military equipment? Adrian Goldberg asks why the system is in disarray and asks what's the risk to frontline troops.
Simon Cox investigates whether the phone hacking scandal goes further than just the News Of the World.
The Report asks what is going on with the UK exam system when 10 errors were found in this summer's papers. Can the 100,000 affected pupils now trust the August results?
Simon Cox asks what happens to some NHS doctors when they voice concern about patient safety. Should they be better protected?
In the wake of the findings of the 7/7 inquest Simon Cox looks at what has changed within the emergency services. Would the public be safer in the event of another attack?
After riots in Bristol following the opening of a Tesco store Phil Kemp looks at calls for changes in planning rules. As the Localism Bill goes through Parliament and a 'High Street' Tzar is appointed councils want more control over retail developments.
Conflicts in Libya and Tunisia have sparked an immigration row in Europe which could threaten the EU's fundamental principle of open borders. Simon Cox investigates.
Linda Pressly travels to Tunisia to find out what has happened since the uprising earlier this year.
In the 21st century age of digital technology is it still really necessary to have a paper census costing the British tax payer 482 million pounds and taking 9 years to plan? In opposition, the Conservative Party was highly critical of the census. So, as the dominant partner in a coalition government could they be about to abolish it? Reporter James Silver investigates the options for a replacement survey of the nation and reveals how some proposed changes could result in more goverment intrusion.
In the wake of Fukushima, Andy Denwood investigates the recent record of Britain's nuclear safety agency: is the inspectorate - relaunched this month - up to the job?
The Report looks at plans to stop the illegal downloading of music and asks, is the Digital Economy Act unravelling?
James Silver asks who is bankrolling the referendum campaigns for and against the introduction of the Alternative Vote.
Simon Cox investigates the problems that donations from Middle Eastern and North African countries are creating for British universities.
The real story behind cases involving evangelical Christians and the equalities legislation - is it just about faith versus gay equality, or are there other factors involved?
