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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:

 R4Report: Maria Miller's Expenses 17 Apr 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:10

The MPs' expenses debacle has claimed another victim - 5 years after the initial revelations. Reporter Melanie Abbott investigates the story behind Maria Miller's resignation.

 R4Report: The truth about statins 10 Apr 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:03

Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins are already taken by around 1 in 7 adults in the UK. Reporter Tom Esslemont investigates plans for a dramatic increase in prescribing.

 R4Report: The mystery of flight 370 03 Apr 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:00

It may never be known why MH370 crashed into the Indian Ocean with the loss of everyone on board. Melanie Abbott asks how a plane can disappear in the 21st Century, and why nearly a month on we are still no nearer to solving the mystery of what happened on that flight.

 R4Report: Marius the Giraffe: Zoogenics? 27 Feb 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:10

The killing of Marius the giraffe at Copenhagen Zoo sparked a global outcry. Hannah Barnes asks whether what the Danes did in public is happening in secret in British zoos.

 R4Report: Who Killed Meredith Kercher? 20 Jan 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:14

Is Amanda Knox really guilty of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher? Ruth Alexander travels to Italy to investigate.

 R4Report: Ofsted 13 Jan 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:52

After a turbulent few weeks for those at the top of the schools' watchdog, Phil Kemp asks if this public row has distracted from the real struggle going on at Ofsted.

 R4Report: Turkey - the Gulen movement 06 Feb 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:57

The Gulen movement, Turkey's most influential Islamic network, helped bring the ruling AK Party to power in 2002. Now it threatens to bring it down. Edward Stourton investigates.

 R4Report: Dieudonne: France's most dangerous comedian? 30 Jan 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:12

What does the popularity of controversial comedian Dieudonne tell us about France today? Helen Grady meets some of his supporters and those who think he's a dangerous anti-Semite.

 R4Report: Oakwood Prison 23 Jan 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:03

Oakwood Prison has faced a troubled history since it opened in April 2012, with several rooftop protests and a number of damning reports into its operation. Hannah Barnes investigates the disorder at the prison earlier this month and asks whether the situation there is indicative of wider problems in Britain's prison system.

 R4Report: The seven-day health service 16 Jan 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:17

Wesley Stephenson asks what compromises the NHS will have to make to provide week-round services in a time of unprecedented financial pressures.

 R4Report: Right to die 09 Jan 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:27

The UK's Supreme Court will rule on the 'right to die' early in 2014. What can we learn from Belgium's experience of legalised euthanasia?

 R4Report: Miners' Strike Miscarriages? 02 Jan 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:09

Jenny Chryss examines growing calls for a public inquiry into allegations of widespread falsification of evidence by the police during the 1984 miners' strike.

 R4Report: Banking IT crisis 26 Dec 13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:08

The 'Cyber Monday' computer meltdown that affected RBS and NatWest customers, trying to bag bargains in the run-up to Christmas, was just the latest in a string of IT glitches that have plagued the big UK banks in recent years. But is there a greater problem than the inconvenience caused for shoppers? Do the ageing IT systems at the heart of the UK banking system pose a risk to financial stability? Melanie Abbott investigates.

 R4Report: Brixton Maoists 19 Dec 13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:10

Simon Cox explores the story of three women, an obscure Maoist sect, and a Metropolitan Police investigation into claims of domestic slavery.

 R4Report: Roma Migration 12 Dec 13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:05

With a new influx of Eastern European migrants expected in January, Andrew Fletcher asks whether enough is being done to ease community tensions in some UK cities.

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