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Up All Night: 05/06/2013

05/06/2013

BBC Radio 5 Live - Up All Night, 05/06/2013

Middle lane hoggers are targeted by the government, LA's smog and fell-running.

There are plans to stop people driving in the middle lane, why LA's smog is reducing even though there are more cars on the road and a close look at fell-running.

Motoring journalist Liz Turner talks to our presenter Phil Gayle about government plans to target people that drive in the middle lane of the UK's motorways. It's part of plans by the government to give police in England, Scotland and Wales more powers to target motorists who drive 'carelessly'. She's pretty sceptical. 

We speak to people in Germany and the Czech Republic as 12 are killed in flooding across Europe.
 
A new report from LA says the smog there's far less than 50 years ago even though there's three times as many cars now. We speak with the author Dr Illona Pollack

Our long book interview is with Richard Askwith and it's on fell-running. The best bit is when he describes putting a red hot needle through a toenail to release a jet of pus. Fell-runners aren't just fit, they're hard.

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