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Victoria Derbyshire: 22/03/2011

22/03/2011

BBC Radio 5 Live - Victoria Derbyshire, 22/03/2011

Phil Williams sits in. A teacher sacked for writing a racy novel loses her appeal.

Phil Williams sits in. Leonora Rustamova wrote a racy book about her pupils, to get them interested in education. She tells why she'll still publish the novel despite being fired.

Sacked teacher Leonora Rustamova tells Phil Williams, sitting on for Victoria, that she'll publish the racy novel she wrote for and about her pupils in West Yorkshire after losing her employment tribunal for unfair dismissal. Teachers react to her methods.

Keeping tabs on Libya, we hear about an American jet that's crashed and also from British Libyans on how their families are coping.

And should Formula 1 have fake rain? Fans and an ex-F1 employee tell us if Bernie Ecclestone's plan is needed, while a special effects guru explains how it could happen.

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