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Is meat a moral issue?

The World Health Organisation has warned that processed meats like bacon, ham and sausages now rank alongside cigarettes, alcohol and arsenic as a major cause of cancer. While the report prompts a radical rethink of unhealthy Western diets, it also provides an opportunity to discuss the morality of meat consumption. Only 2% of Britons are vegetarians - does that mean the majority of us don't care about ethical farming, animal welfare and the impact the meat industry has on the world? When it comes to meat, does abstaining make us morally superior?

Should we abolish the House of Lords?

The Houses of Parliament went to battle this week. The Lords successfully delayed a government bill on proposed reductions to tax credits, although it had passed a vote in the Commons. Prime minister David Cameron has now announced an urgent review of the powers of the House of Lords. So what does this mean for the second chamber? Is it an archaic drag on our democracy, or is it instead important ballast against the House of Commons?

At height of his boxing career Nigel Benn was a world champion known as the Dark Destroyer, but now he's more interested in the light he receives from a relationship with God. He talks to Hardeep Singh Kohli about overcoming the demons of addiction and depression and how he uses prayer to pack the proverbial punch.

Should we recycle graves?

Burial plots are running out across the UK. Over 80% of the space designated for burials is currently occupied. A surprising solution is being discussed to the cemetery space problem - recycling graves. Exhuming decades old graves, and reusing them for new bodies is already being done in many parts of the world. What is the solution to this deathly problem?