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Rabiya suggested we talk about it yesterday, and after reading several articles about the story and it's wonder issues, I think it should make it in to today's programme. Alice Miles in The Times asks if we have let these girls down. The article isn't online as I'm writing so I'll summarise. She says that at the beginning of this year Labour launched a "prostitution strategy", but abandoned initial ideas for managed zones in favour of crackdowns on kerb crawling and a more hardline policy which drove the girls into even darker corners and yet more danger. Home Secretary John Reid and PM Blair have been noticably silent since news of the killings broke she says.

So, tell me your thoughts on the oldest profession ion the world. Should it be made legal? How is it dealt with where you live?

Or would you rather we looked into the mind of a seriel killer. Newspapers here are full of speculation as to what drives these people to kill. As has pleaded not guilty to six charges of murder (again, prostitutes) would you like to hear from psychologists?

The other main story that caught my eye - will hear today if they were evicted illegally from their land, seen as a test case of whether governments can move people from their native lands.

Ros talked yesterday about a moving to Liberia and it's impact on the local people and land, a story I really liked. Seperate stories but along a simlar vein. Should we have a look at the impact of the modern world on the less developed societies?

David's just called, he's been keen to do a story on English football being up for sale.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger voiced his concerns in a press conference yesterday:

At the moment the point is the love of the game. Once it becomes investment only, then you have some different ingredients that are not necessarily for the love of the game, or the good of the game

Would you continue to support your club if a foreign owner took over it? Does it matter who runs the books, so long as your team is winning? I spent a good year at University writing my dissertation on football finance (ok, two weeks...) and I vaguely remember drawing a strong conclusion (apart from not attempting to write a dissertation in two weeks). You cannot make money from football. I think the business brains behind these takeovers are somewhat bigger then mine and must know this - so what is their motivation in buying clubs?

A few ideas for you to ponder, my mind has really been taken over by the murders in Ipswich, so please let me know if you have any other thoughts....