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Show notes: NHS security concerns, Iraqi Awakenings and landmine beauty queens

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Jennifer Tracey | 17:10 UK time, Saturday, 24 November 2007

The stories and interviewees in today's programme.

The security of NHS data
This week we made investigations into the security of our medical records on the NHS database and interviewed a security consultant who'd looked at the NHS system in detail.

As a result we spoke to Helen Wilkinson from concerning recent changes on how personal data is transferred around the UK.

The Iraq Awakenings group
The Last of Iraqi's blog post on the Awakenings group who've reclaimed their suburb in Baghdad, formerly under the control of Al Quaeda. Another Iraqi blogger, Salam Adil, has to the Awakenings movement.

We also spoke to the Baghdad-based reporter Amit Paley from The Washington Post who's written that .

The US Military's Chief spokesperson responded.

My Favourites
Award-winning British actor Jonathan Pryce told us his favourite websites.

Blogging politicians
The problem with politicians on the internet. Marc blogged on this topic earlier in the week and we recorded a discussion between blogging Liberal Democrat MP Lynne Featherstone and Phil Hendren, who blogs as Dizzy Thinks.

Landmine beauties
The controversial beauty pageant.

Crowdsourcing the new England manager
This idea came from . More about .

The stories that didn't make it this week
Half a Shandy - comments from who reported that it may be against the law to get drunk in Birmingham pubs this Christmas - a story we may pick up again nearer the festive period.

Blogging from Iran - try as we might, we didn't get Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, next time...

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