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Stephen Nolan: 13/05/2016

13/05/2016

BBC Radio 5 Live - Stephen Nolan, 13/05/2016

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As a dad wins a landmark High Court ruling after refusing to pay a fine for taking his daughter out of school for a trip to Disney World. Is this a victory for parents?

The High Court has ruled in favour of a father who refused to pay a fine for taking his daughter on holiday during term time. Jon Platt argued he had no case to answer as his daughter went to school regularly. Is this a victory for parents? 
And Vote Leave campaigners have been accused of 'peddling false figures'  about the cost of Britain being in the EU by the former Conservative Prime Minister John Major. It comes after the head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde said voting for Brexit could cause substantial harm to the economy, echoing comments by Mark Carney, Bank of England governor who said the EU could 'possibly include a technical recession'. We ask Dr Gerard Lyons from the independent economists for Brexit group to respond. 
A Welsh seaside resort has banned its Punch and Judy show because it trivialises domestic violence. Barry Council asked organisers to pull the traditional puppet show as it had 'inappropriate elements'. We hear from the Ian Johnson, the Plaid Cymru councillor who says it's treading a fine line between 'entertainment and what is not appropriate'.
And Stephen hears from Gerry McGowan, a Derry man who was just 17 when he signed a professional football contract to play at Leicester City, alongside the likes of Gary Lineker. His entire world was turned upside down, however, after he was wrongfully arrested for the murder of a British soldier in 1979.

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