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Rise in UK honour violence; financial literacy; should Paralympics and Olympics combine?

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Sat 3 Dec 2011 12:05GMT
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  • UK 'honour crime' levels revealed

    Police across the UK recorded more than 2,800 so-called honour attacks last year. We hear from Detective Sergeant Nita Jhanji Garrod of Public Protection Unit in Manchester.

    Duration: 04:52

  • Increase in UK 'honour crime' levels

    Is it happening more often or being better reported to the police? Diana Nammi director of the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation, the group that did the research, says it's both.

    Duration: 08:42

  • Saving the euro

    Ritula Shah went to the northern city of Lille to find out how the French feel about a future likely to include higher taxes, later retirement and a slimmed down public sector.

    Duration: 13:00

  • Paralympics apathy

    Would merging the the Paralympics with the Olympic games raise it's profile? We hear from Dan Johnson, a silver medal winner for Britain in wheel chair basket ball.

    Duration: 18:07

  • "The Iron Lady"

    Meryl Streep talks our Arts Editor, Will Gompertz about playing Lady Margaret Thatcher, in one of the most eagerly anticipated cinematic performances of the year.

    Duration: 23:00

  • Islamists sweep early results in Egypt

    Early results from the first round of voting in Egypt's first elections since the fall of Hosni Mubarak suggest that Islamist parties will dominate the new parliament. The 大象传媒's Jon Leyne reports.

    Duration: 30:55

  • Financial literacy

    How well prepared is the younger generation for the financial road ahead? Rebecca Kesby attends financial awareness programmes for young people preparing for University run by Sharan Jaswal.

    Duration: 34:38

  • Preparing for the economic uncertainties ahead

    We hear from financial educator and broadcaster Alvin Hall and two 24 year-olds, Naman Pugalia from Delhi and Iris Bian from China, who are polar opposites when it comes to handling finances.

    Duration: 44:07

  • Where the heart is

    Neil Murray tells us what it was like growing up in the British embassies in Tehran and Tripoli as a child.

    Duration: 48:47

  • Afghan life one year on

    Our correspondent Bilal Sarwary travelled to the Peach Valley in eastern Kunar, to see what's happened in the year since the Americans left and which is now under the control of Afghan forces.

    Duration: 53:00

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  • Sat 3 Dec 2011 12:05GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online

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