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Up All Night: 14/06/2012

14/06/2012

BBC Radio 5 Live - Up All Night, 14/06/2012

Australian lawyer held in Libya, Redknapp leaves Spurs, Occupy London protestors evicted.

An Australian lawyer is accused of passing information to Saif Al Islam; Harry leaves Tottenham; Occupy London protests end; mobster Henry Hill dies; Dr Karl's science questions.

Giles Dilnot with stories from around the world.

Melinda Taylor is one of four representatives of the International Criminal Court being held in Libya. She was there to meet Muammar Gaddafi's captured son, Saif al-Islam, and discuss his defence. But Melinda is in prison - accused of trying to pass documents to Saif al-Islam. Danielle Taylor, Melinda's sister, tells us she's safe and well, but they shouldn't have been detained because they believed they were under diplomatic immunity.

Harry Redknapp has left Tottenham Hotspur after nearly four years as the boss at White Hart Lane. James Bremner, chairman of the fans  group, New York Spurs, tells us he thinks the England manager debacle cost the club dear at the end of the season, and he'd choose Andre Villas-Boas as the next manager.

Occupy London protesters at Finsbury Square have been evicted by the police. Taxi driver, Linda, tells us what she can see from her cab, and reporter Linda Hardy says the evictions happened because of recent fighting at the site.

Henry Hill, the man who wrote the book which inspired the hit film Goodfellas, has died. He was 69 and living in Los Angeles. We hear from Joe Coffey, a former Commanding Officer of the New York Organised Crime Task Force who investigated the mafia for 32 years. He says Henry wasn't the sharpest tool in the box because he spent his money far quicker than he earned it.

And Dr Karl answers your science questions. This week we ask why body hair doesn't grow as long as the hair on your head, and why live TV  pictures get across the world faster than they used to.

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