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Victoria Derbyshire: 02/03/2012

02/03/2012

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The head of the British Olympic Association takes questions and discusses drug cheats.

Stories, news and sport. Athletes banned for drugs offences will be backed if the British Olympic Association's ban on them from representing Britain in the Olympics is overturned.

The Chief Executive of the British Olympic Association has said that athletes banned for drugs offences will be backed by the BOA if their rule - banning them from representing Britain in the Olympic games - is overturned. Andy Hunt also spoke to callers and discussed the issue of so-called plastic Brits.

The Metropolitan police say they've investigated 83 'faith-based' child abuse cases involving witchcraft - a belief which is widespread in some African communities and sometimes called kindoki. We explore the practice and the issues.

17 million of us have the numeracy skills of an 11-year-old or less. We speak to some of the people who struggle with everyday calculations.

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