5 live Investigates
By BBC Radio 5 live
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Adrian Goldberg presents an entertaining mix of dirt-digging, debunking, and intriguing interviews revealing unreported issues. Investigative news report from Adrian Goldberg’s BBC Radio 5 live programme, broadcast Sundays at 9pm.
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5LI: Commercial Energy 22 Apr 12 | An investigation into mis-selling at Commercial Energy - a firm of brokers arranging gas and electricity contracts for small businesses. We also explore the mystery around who's in control of the company. | 22 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Stop Delaying Justice 15 Apr 12 | Defence lawyers say an initiative to reduce delays in the Magistrates Court system is leading to miscarriages of justice. | 15 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Football Fan Surveillance 01 Apr 12 | Why are supporters - especially those who travel to away games - being routinely treated as potential criminals by the police? One group of visiting fans tells Adrian Goldberg who they were banned from a pre-match get together at a church. Plus, on drugs and on the road, a lorry driver says colleagues at one international firm are taking illegal substances. | 1 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Olympic Brand Police: 25 Mar 12 | The 'draconian'rules controlling use of Olympic brand and date 2012:banned sausages in shape of Olympic rings, and exhibition celebrating best of British which had to fight off 7 lawyers. Also, how heart attack care has improved but heart failure care hasn't. And the bailiff company being investigated by trading standards for unjustified payments. | 25 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Drivers Dodging Penalty Points 18 Mar 12 | The pounds for points scam that allows dangerous drivers to stay behind the wheel by getting someone else to take the rap for their speeding offences. The teachers suspended over school equipment leasing scam first reported on by Investigates earlier this year. And the water companies failing to meet their leakage targets. | 19 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: GPs Refuse to Visit Care Homes 11 Mar 12 | Some care homes are being denied basic level of NHS care and GPs are refusing to visits. Homes complain that even when a retainer is paid doctors are reluctant to attend. Also, the 'industrial scale' perjury by expert witnesses who lied in court about car hire charges in insurance disputes. | 11 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Car Credit Hire Fraud | Fraudsters are costing the motor insurance industry £60 million a year by exploiting the system that gives drivers a replacement hire car if they're involved in a road smash. | 4 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Care Fees Avoidance 26 Feb 12 | Is it easier to avoid paying care home fees and get the state to pay in some areas than others? Elderly people in need of residential care receive no financial help from the local authority if their assets, including their homes, are worth more than £23,250. It's led to some estate planners advising families how to hide their assets and get the state to fund care instead. But these families risk legal action from councils if they can prove individuals have deliberately deprived themselves of assets to avoid the cost of care. Adrian Goldberg reveals which local authorities are clamping down on the practice and those which aren't. Plus, the payday loan company that threatened customers it might contact their employer if they didn't settle their debts. | 26 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Privacy Watchdog Whistleblower 19 Feb 12 | A former senior investigator with the privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office speaks to Adrian Goldberg and criticises his former employers for not doing more to stamp out malpractice by the media years before the hacking scandal broke. Since last November the Leveson Inquiry has been hearing evidence about media ethics in the wake of the hacking scandal. Much of the media's focus has been on high profile celebrity witnesses and their accounts of their treatment at the hands of the press. But the role of the Information Commissioner's Office that's emerged through evidence to the Inquiry has been largely overlooked. Adrian Goldberg asks why more action wasn't taken when the ICO was investigating links dating back to 2002 between journalists and the private detectives who provided them with illegally obtained private details about celebrities, politicians and ordinary members of the public. | 19 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Britain's Ghost Streets 12 Feb 12 | Under the last government, £2.2 billion was spent regenerating areas in the north of England and the Midlands to make them more attractive to new homeowners in what were known as Pathfinder schemes. Eight years into the initiative, the Coalition Government scrapped it because, it was argued, instead of rejuvenating local communities, there had been an obsession with demolition. Adrian Goldberg investigates what's happened to the families stuck between the policies of two governments and left marooned in desolate streets. And he asks why, despite promises against further demolition, yet more taxpayers' money is being spent knocking down homes. | 12 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: The Dark Web 5 Feb 12 | The dark web: a hidden part of the internet where paedophiles, drug dealers and gun smugglers can ply their trade without fear of being identified. Supporters of it say it's played a key role in facilitating free speech for people living under oppressive regimes but critics fear it's being exploited by sophisticated criminal gangs operating under the radar of the authorities. | 5 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Taxis to School on the Taxpayer 29 Jan 12 | Adrian Goldberg investigates the millions of pounds local authorities spend every year sending children to and from school in taxis. Rural areas spend disproportionately more on cabs for pupils because of the lack of public transport but should the taxpayer be subsidising the lifestyle choice of some young families? And should councils be paying for taxis for pupils just because they’ve been excluded from their local schools? Plus: why thousands of patients dispensed counterfeit drugs on the NHS in the largest ever case of its kind have yet to identified or informed. | 29 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: SOPA + Business Rates Avoidance 22 Jan 12 | Businesses are avoiding paying full rates on empty property by exploiting a tax loophole. Some businesses are moving in charities as tenants, who qualify for an 80% discount on their rates for doing as little as hanging up posters in shop windows. Plus: the controversial US SOPA bill plans to crack down on online piracy. 5 live Investigates speaks to the co-founder of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian, who has been at the forefront of the anti-SOPA campaign. Joining the disucssion is the Chris Marcich, president of the Motion Picture Association, Europe. | 22 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Foul Play in Football Apprenticeships 15 Jan 12 | How wisely is taxpayers' money being spent on government-backed apprenticeships? This week the programme investigates one scheme set up by ex-Welsh football international Mark Aizlewood which was meant to train teenagers to become sports coaches. The company - Luis Michael Training - was awarded around £6 million by eight further education colleges to deliver the scheme at football clubs up and down the country. Two thousand young people signed up - but many failed to get their qualifications. Hundreds of trainees have been left out of pocket and the company is now in liquidation. Was the scheme properly scrutinised by the colleges and the government's Skills Funding Agency? We ask who's to blame for the failure and what happened to all the money. | 15 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Multi-Million Pound School I.T Scam 08 JAN 2012 | Schools across the UK have been caught-out in an I.T leasing scam which experts say could cost hundreds of millions of pounds. Adrian Goldberg speaks to one school which unwittingly signed-up to a lease agreement for over £700,000 worth of computer equipment. Also: Google Ads making money from unlawful 2012 Olympic ticket firms. | 8 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: UK's Counterfeit Goods Capital 18 DEC 2011 | Manchester and neighbouring Salford is the counterfeit capital of the UK, distributing fake and sometimes dangerous goods across the UK. Industry advisers say not enough is being done to tackle the trade now estimated to cost £1.3bn a year. | 18 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Sinking of the Swanland 11 DEC 2011 | The cargo ship that sank off the North Wales coast with the loss of 5 crewmen had been at the centre of repeated safety concerns, according to a BBC 5 Live investigation. Controversy in the world of wrestling after it's revealed that Britain's Olympics hopefuls may not get their passports in time. Why the promised train carriages are not on our railways, and more on the small businesses trying to get government contracts. | 11 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: British-Pakistani Kidnap 04 DEC 2011 | British-Pakistanis are being abducted when they travel to Pakistan, with 22 recorded last year - and police say that's the 'tip of the iceberg'. They are seen as easy and lucrative targets with few perpetrators ever brought to justice. One man taken captive and whose family paid a ransom speaks out. Also, the small firms saying they are being prevented from securing contracts from Government and councils by inflexible and cumbersome rules. And as the Christmas party season starts, why have the Home Office still not supplied drug driving analysers to police despite telling us last year that the devices would be operational by this summer? | 4 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Bogus Car Insurance Brokers 27 NOV 2011 | The cheap car insurance that's too good to be true, we investigate the fake brokers and hear from a duped victim. Also, the police watchdog - do they have enough powers? And the fraudsters facing prison for the car matching service that never was. | 27 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Illegal Metal Scrapyards 20 NOV 2011 | Hundreds of illegal metal scrapyards are feeding the epidemic in metal theft and 5 live Investigates reveals the flaws in enforcement which could shut them down. Also: the councils having to refund over £1m in fines. | 20 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Criminal Private Investigators 13 NOV 2011 | Private investigators are still prepared to break the law to access personal information, despite the furore over the hacking scandal at the News of the World. Also the nurses defying their professional code by refusing to speak out about poor care. | 13 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Small Firms Caught by Fraudulent Leases 06 NOV 11 | Many small businesses are being chased for thousands of pounds for leasing agreements that have been drawn up fraudulently, Adrian Goldberg reveals. And he asks why big banks are pursuing GPs and small traders even when the rogue companies which drew up their leasing deals have gone under, with their salesmen jailed for fraud. Also in the programme: insider insights into the row over UK immigration controls. Plus, the company hoping to change the face of car insurance - so why are so many customers complaining about them? | 6 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Are Consumer Watchdogs Tough Enough? 30 OCT 11 | Are watchdogs tough enough, Adrian Goldberg asks, as the Office of Fair Trading takes steps to shut Yes Loans - 7 years after the BBC first started getting complaints about the business. The OFT is "minded to revoke" the licence of the Cwmbran-based loans broker. Plus, a new report says football clubs could be open to fraud and mis-management; Adrian hears more debate on public and private cord blood banks; and why a second-class stamp could sometimes be your first-class option. | 30 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Inside the World of Political Lobbying 23 OCT 11 | Adrian Goldberg lifts the lid on the curious world of parliamentary lobbying and consultancies. And he asks the question - should Members of Parliament or their researchers be paid by private companies or pressure groups who want to bend their ear? One lobbyist spills the beans on his own efforts to influence people in power, while a former minister admits he wasted his chance to clean up the Commons. Plus, he reveals that Guinness World Records does not recognise the 100-year-old marathon runner, Fauja Singh, because he has not been able to present a birth certificate. | 23 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Homeowners Beware of Risky Lease Deals 16 OCT 11 | Experts warn homeowners desperate to sell against risky lease option deals. Adrian Goldberg discovers people struggling to sell their home are being approached by investors who want to take a lease option on their property - the would-be sellers agree a price that the investor can buy the house at, at a future date, and the investor agrees to cover the mortgage payments in the meantime, so the owners can move out and move on. It could be a win-win situation, but experts say this is an unregulated area and sellers could end up losing out - and even losing their property. Plus, an insight into how Liam Fox's self-styled special adviser Adam Werritty funded his jet-set lifestyle. | 16 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Stem Cell Banks: A Miracle Cure? 09 OCT 11 | Adrian Goldberg and the team investigate the companies offering to store blood from your baby's umbilical cord, which they say could one day save their life. The programme also investigates the NHS hospitals signing agreements with companies to allow the practice on their premises, despite concerns from the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Plus, the environmental health officer whose job is being paid for by a supermarket. | 9 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Trading Standards: Cash & Complaints 02 OCT 11 | Trading Standards is taking consultancy payments from a firm which is also the subject of customer complaints. Adrian Goldberg reveals West Yorkshire Trading Standards has received payments from online loans broker, SGE Loans, in exchange for regulatory advice. But some customers claim that SGE Loans has debited their bank accounts without consent - a claim SGE Loans denies. WYTS says such partnerships are necessary because of budget cuts but its integrity remains unaffected. Plus: the landlady of a Portsmouth pub, Karen Murphy, speaks exclusively to 5 live Investigates ahead of a ruling by the European Court of Justice on whether the EU single market means she should be able to use any European satellite service to screen Premier League football. And we hear from the chief executive of Wolverhampton Wanderers, Jez Moxey. | 2 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Middle Class Cannabis Farms 25 SEP 11 | Adrian Goldberg reveals the new money earner for the 'squeezed' middle classes: renting out the spare room - to cannabis farmers. He interviews an IT professional making thousands of pounds from the marijuana he grows in his utility room, and a drug dealer from the West Midlands who has a number of middle-class professionals letting their spare room to him for a share of his cannabis-farming profits. Plus, we reveal the high-street shop that's been selling customers a camcorder they didn't want. It says the camera was a better model than the one advertised, but was it really? And we hear the inside story of BBC Newsnight's investigation into international boxing, as well as report on the latest blow to the online poker industry. | 25 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: NHS Staff Who Can't Speak English 18 SEP 11 | Foreign NHS staff with a poor grasp of English are causing confusion, mistakes and bad treatment across the UK, 5 live Investigates reveals. Adrian Goldberg talks to patients and health sector insiders who say that some care workers, dentists and pharmacists – as well as doctors and nurses – cannot properly understand their patients. People arriving from the European Union do not have to pass English language tests to register to work. The General Medical Council, and other healthcare bodies, say this needs to change. | 18 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Cyber Stalking 01 MAY 2011 | On 5 Live Investigates this week - cyber stalking. A senior police officer us tells the law needs to be strengthened to protect internet users from online harassment, and we reveal the latest tricks used to capture personal information and spy on victims via the web. One man faced a terrifying four year campaign of persecution from an artistic rival who falsely accused him of being a paedophile. Plus - meter madness. More electricity customers have been in touch to tell us how they've been forced to pay for the mistakes made by their energy company. We'll also catching up Britain's new high speed rail link. Are forecasters playing fast - and loose - with the truth? And are MP's more interested in going down the pub than soldiers in Afghanistan. Please note, a change has been made to the original podcast | 2 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 17 Apr 11 | Deaths and illness from carbon monoxide poisoning are being grossly under-estimated we reveal. A charity that promotes the safety of heating systems says in cases of unexplained deaths, scientists are failing to test for signs of carbon monoxide, by doing so lives could be saved. Is the HSE doing enough? Adrian Goldberg also hears from businesses facing massive bills because their energy companies failed to read the meter properly. One company tells us it is facing closure because it says it can't afford the demand that's dropped through the letterbox. And, some nurses are defying their own professional standards when it comes to administering Botox, because patients are not being given a face-to-face consultation with the doctor, but using what's called 'remote prescribing'. | 18 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Adventure Holiday Safety Scare 03 Apr 11 | A coroner has called on the Government to review the safety procedures of companies offering adventure trips. It follows the death of a student on a conservation holiday in Fiji. We investigate how well some companies are implementing safety procedures. We also look at the issue of disability hate crime. Leading charities say many police forces are still failing when it comes to tackling the problem. They say officers have not heeded the lessons of the tragic case of Fiona Pilkington who set fire to herself and her disabled daughter more than three years ago. We talk to a woman with learning disabilities who has endured 20 years of abuse. She's been spat at, assaulted, had chewing gum put in her hair and kids have even got into her home. And following last week's debate about new plans to tackle uninsured drivers, and concerns that new penalties won't be tough enough, the Roads Minister Mike Penning comes onto the show to defend the scheme. | 4 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Racism in Russian Football 27 MAR 2011 | Russia has pledged to tackle racism in football ahead of the 2018 World Cup. We investigate the depth of prejudice at one of Russia's most successful clubs. Zenit St Petersburg competes regularly at the top level of European football but has never signed a black player. The club has a following of dedicated fans called the Ultras - and they say they're proud that the club has never had a player of African heritage. The club says it trying to tackle racism. The Russian football authorities say they have launched a campaign to eradicate intolerance across football more generally. We ask if the approach is working. Also, we examine the epidemic of liver disease brought on by the way we lead our lives - and the impact it is having on an already-stretched NHS. And it's been a long time coming... the crackdown that's designed to get uninsured drivers off the roads. | 28 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Stolen Fuel Crime 20 MAR 2011 | The rise in fuel crime as the price of petrol and diesel reaches a high at the pump. Hauliers tell us of theft and damage to their vehicles. The Road Haulage Association surveyed 6000 members for 5 live Investigates, 150 responded and two-thirds said they'd had fuel stolen from lorries or from tanks in a storage yard in the past year. One driver admits to using stolen fuel – claiming he pays enough in taxes. And organised crime is involved in fuel racketeering - investigators from customs and revenue are busting more diesel laundering plants, where the dye put in duty-exempt agricultural diesel is washed out. The loss in duty is believed to cost the public purse about £950 million a year. Also, just how safe is the UK nuclear industry? How much of the arms being used by Gaddafi’s forces were made in the UK? And a football league table of customer care! | 21 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Sports Scholarships 13 MAR 2011 | Increasing numbers of British students are going for sports scholarships in the USA, but are they getting value for money? Some parents who paid one recruiting agency upfront fees to arrange scholarships for their children say promises of offers didn't materialise. Also, we talk to the Imam under sentence of death because he wanted to debate religion and evolution: is the process of ex-communication or 'takfir' being used to stifle debate. Plus, as Britain's pot holed roads are cost motorists millions of pounds in damage to cars, we reveal that the crisis has been aggravated by engineers who've used the 'wrong' type of asphalt on many of our road surfaces. | 14 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Cross-Border Benefit Fraud 06 MAR 2011 | Polish criminal gangs are enticing job-seeking Poles to Britain with the promise of a job. Their aim? To steal their victims identity and rip-off the UK benefits system and run up credit and loans which will never be repaid. 5 live Investigates speaks to two victims caught up in the scam. Also: we reveal how Saif Gaddafi ingratiated himself with British high-society. Plus, Ahsan Ali Syed was the man who failed in his attempt to buy Blackburn Rovers last year, but now he's popped-up down under, where his company is accused of a multi-million dollar loan swindle. | 6 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Non-League Football Finance 27 FEB 2011 | Do you own your car? Are you sure? 5 live Investigates exposes a legal loophole which leaves the 1.5 million people who buy used motors every year vulnerable to having their car repossessed. At the root of the problem lies 'log book loans', which Trading Standards wants banned. These loans allow drivers to borrow cash, using their wheels as security - but if that car is sold on, it leaves the new owner liable to pay the previous owners debts. Also: the football clubs living beyond their means, spending money they don't have and going out of business because they can't make ends meet. No, not Premier League - this is non-league. 5 live Investigates exposes the full scale of the debt in semi-pro football. | 27 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Gay Muslim Marriage 20 FEB 2011 | Gay Muslim couples seek equal rights by having their union blessed by Islam. Controversial? Just a bit. Most mosques vehemently reject homosexuality but 5 live speaks to one pioneeting couple who have challenged convention by having a Nikah - a Muslim marriage contract. Also: One angry listener tells about exhorbitant residential service charges which saw him paying £74 to have a lightbulb changed. And as hundreds of protestors are shot in Libya, one woman tells the story of how her father was assassinated by Colonel Gaddafi's henchmen in London. | 20 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: The XXX Files 13 FEB 2011 | Thousands of people across the UK received letters accusing them of illegally downloading internet porn, demanding £495 for the privilege. But the firm behind the letters, ACS Law, didn't know for sure if they were guilty or innocent. Campaigners are warning that a new law designed to clamp down on online crime will encourage more bullying and intimidation of web users by unscrupulous legal firms. Also: we reveal the latest FIFA investigation into football match-fixing, following suspicious betting on a Turkish tournament last week. Plus, the latest twist on direct debit fraud which affects nearly 100,000 people a year. | 13 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: ADHD Drug Cheats 06 FEB 2011 | School teachers claim children are being prescribed powerful drugs which they say they don't need. The youngsters concerned have been diagnosed with ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - a potentially serious condition, which affects thousands of families across Britain. But teachers claim in some cases the system is being abused by unscrupulous parents who push to have their children treated because it allows them to claim disability benefits. Also: the family who caught the wrong train to London, and are now being hounded through the courts for £6,000. And the publishers selling books which consist entirely of articles copied from the internet. | 6 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Prison Riot Revelations 30 JAN 2011 | Serving inmates at HMP Ford reveal the inside story of what led to the recent riot on New Year's Day, which caused more than £3m worth of damage. Early reports blamed it on prisoners being drunk on smuggled booze, but inmates speaking to 5 live Investigates via contraband mobile phones say havoc is being caused by unsuitable lags being transferred from high security jails to open prisons - a concern also raised by prison officers. Plus: it has been a rocky week for Sky Sports following the sexism controversy, and it could be about to get worse as full time approaches in a landmark legal battle over TV rights in the European Court of Justice. | 30 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: NHS Reforms - The Truth 23 JAN 2011 | Confused by the proposed NHS reforms? Adrian Goldberg gets under the skin of the biggest shake-up England's health service has seen for years. The 5 live Investigates team has been talking to policy advisors, MP's and health service insiders who reveal how the Sacred Cow of the NHS can now expect the cattle prod of market forces - and will be far more radical than the government is currently letting on. Also: the man who wanted to buy Blackburn Rovers until he was rumbled by 5 live Investigates is back on the scene - this time in Spanish football. Plus, the inside story of the arrest of 127 Mafia suspects in the United States. | 23 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Park Life Problems 16 JAN 2011 | Adrian Goldberg reveals allegations of bullying and intimidation, as Britain's growing community of mobile home residents trash the laws which they say allow unscrupulous site owners to force them to sell up cheaply. Housing Minister Grant Shapps tells 5 live Investigates what the coalition government has planned to stop this scandal. Also: the growing car insurance scam which is catching out innocent drivers. Plus, following last week's report on civil recovery - the controversial practice which allows retailers to pursue damages from alleged - Adrian speaks to another innocent shopper chased for compensation. | 16 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Civil Recovery - High Street Justice? 09 JAN 2011 | Civil Recovery is the latest weapon in the war on shoplifters - but is it victimising the innocent? It allows major retailers to pursue financial damages from anyone they believe has ripped them off, side-stepping the courts and the police. Retailers say its necessary in order to recover the billions lost to theft each year, but critics say money making private companies are targeting innocent people. Also: how cricketing authorities are safeguarding players from the temptation of match-fixing with the help of social media. Also, we reveal how you can lower your council tax bill. | 9 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Drug Driving 12 DEC 2010 | Driving under the influence of drugs is estimated to cost at least one life every week on the roads of Britain. 5 live Investigates has discovered that despite legislation passed seven years ago which made it easier to test motorists at the roadside for illegal substances, police across the UK still haven't been issued with testing kits which are commonplace in other parts of Europe. Plus: Thousands of so-called 'hacktivists' took part in revenge attacks to bring down the websites of major global companies this week, but what does the law say about these wiki warriors? And Adrian Goldberg unearths figures suggesting that chicken producers and processors in the UK have one of the worst records in Europe when it comes to controlling a bug that causes food poisoning. | 13 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Car Clocking 05 DEC 2010 | More than 650,000 vehicles have been clocked - 1 in 39 cars - and changing the mileage isn't illegal. We go undercover and find mileage correction services willing to clock the car knowing it was intended to deceive a new owner. We hear of domestic workers treated as slaves, when they are brought into the country to work for diplomats and wealthy families. Also, what do the Russians want to know? | 5 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: Name Change Danger 28 NOV 2010 | The loophole which allows sex offenders to evade restrictions of the register by changing their name without informing the police. Police are concerned, and Kidscape calls for change. Also: teaching emotional intelligence in schools, and the £30 million spent on an approach which new Government commissioned research now suggests may not be working. And a leaked survey of taxi drivers which suggests 93% have invalid insurance, and involvement of private hire drivers in 'cash for crash' scam. | 28 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5LI: How Drug Companies Keep Prices High 21 NOV 2010 | The tactics used by drug companies to keep medicine prices high - at a time when the NHS is struggling to control costs. We reveal that 300 European football games are fixed every season, with exclusive access to betting monitoring agency. Plus how to spot an insurance fraudster. | 21 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Wow
Really informative stuff... Highly recommended
Sounds great, BAD labelling...
Great content although what happened to Donal? What IS poor is the labelling - on an iPhone all you can read is "5 Live Investigates..." - can't you cut STRAIGHT to the subject title?
