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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 11/11/2009

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News Briefing

News Briefing: 11/11/2009

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 11/11/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 11/11/2009

Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Lesley Carroll.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 11/11/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 11/11/2009

News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.

Anna Hill hears from a landowner who has turned down the opportunity to earn thousands by refusing to have a wind farm. Plus Andy Biggs on vaccinating badgers to fight bovine TB.

Anna Hill hears from a landowner who has turned down the opportunity to earn thousands by refusing to have a wind farm because he does not think they are the solution to meeting our renewables target. And Andy Biggs from the British Cattle Veterinary Association explains how badgers will be vaccinated next year to fight bovine TB.

Today

Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day

Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including religious reflections from Thought for the Day at 0748

Today: 11/11/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 11/11/2009

Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.

With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.

Presented by James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. 

Youth unemployment in the UK could pass one million, becoming the highest in Europe, according to new figures out today. Correspondent Luke Walton spoke to unemployed youths in Sunderland, and Paul Fletcher, director of charity Youth Engagement at Rathbone, discusses why so many youths are unemployed. 

Legislation to build a coastal path around the entire coast of England and Wales and to set up marine conservation zones could be passed today. The Marine and Coastal Access Bill is the first of its kind, but fishermen say it will damage their livelihoods. Environment correspondent Sarah Mukherjee reports from Studland Bay in Dorset. 

Bosnian leaders are meeting tomorrow to try and resolve long-standing divisions which many fear could lead to a new civil war. Correspondent Edward Stourton reports from the Bosnian Serb town of Banja Luka. 

Three more scientists who sit on the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) have resigned. Scientists met home secretary Alan Johnson yesterday seeking reassurance that their independence would not be compromised, following the sacking of the chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt. One of those who resigned, Dr Simon Campbell, comments on the breakdown in the discussions. 

Armistice Day is an opportunity for the country to remember and honour the dead of the First World War. The two-minute silence has been part of the tradition for 90 years, but continued British deaths in Afghanistan will make today's occasion more poignant. Today presenter Justin Webb examines whether the mood of Armistice Day has changed. 

Thought for the Day with the Right Rev Tom Butler, Bishop of Southwark. 

The number of unemployed youths could exceed one million, with thousands of unemployed graduates joining the growing number of 16- to 24-year-olds who are not in employment, education or training ('NEETS'). The government will today set out its plans to tackle the problem in its white paper, Skills for Growth. Skills secretary Lord Mandelson discusses the proposals. 

The DNA profiles of innocent people arrested in England and Wales will be kept for six years and not indefinitely under new government proposals. The changes will be put before the European Court of Human Rights, which had ruled the current policy unlawful. Police have defended the system, which it says has led to the solving of crimes, but human rights groups are unhappy with the compromise. Julie Bindel from the campaign group Justice for Women and the shadow home secretary Chris Grayling debate the DNA policy. 

The recording of a telephone conversation between the prime minister and the mother of a dead soldier has generated much media comment. Mr Brown contacted Jacqui Janes to apologise for a mis-spelt letter of condolence. Sheila Gunn, former press secretary to John Major, and former Downing Street press officer Lance Price examine whether the continuing criticisms of Gordon Brown and his actions are reminiscent of the last days of the Major government. 

Economists are warning that the growing number of 'NEETS' could lead to a whole generation being lost to mass unemployment. Today presenter Sarah Montague visited a youth project in Salford which tries to engage and reform the lives of unemployed youths. 

A growing dispute between Venezuela and its neighbour Colombia is threatening trade and stability in the region. Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez has ordered his army to prepare for war after the Colombian president granted US troops access to its military bases. Todd Landman, Professor of Government at Essex University, examines the dispute. 

Between five and ten per cent of the prison population in England and Wales are former servicemen. The Howard League for Penal Reform is setting up an inquiry to investigate the issue. Wing Commander Dr Hugh Milroy, chief executive of Veterans Aid, comments on the high proportion of ex-serviceman in prison. 

The goalkeeper of the German national football team Robert Enke has died after being hit by a train in what is believed to have been suicide. The BBC's Berlin correspondent Steve Rosenberg has the latest. 

Author Catherine Millet, renowned for her account of the many sexual adventures she had outside her marriage, has published a new book. Jealousy examines how she felt when she had proof that her husband was also being unfaithful. Ms Millet discusses how the revelations in her books affected her life.

Midweek

Lively and diverse conversation with weekly guests

Midweek: 11/11/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Midweek, 11/11/2009

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Jayne Torvill.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests WC David Hill and James Saunders, Toby Keith, Jayne Torvill and James Gemmill.

Wing Commander David Hill is director of operations with Combat Stress, the charity that specialises in the care of British veterans who have been profoundly traumatised by harrowing experiences during their service career. He is joined by James Saunders, a veteran who has been helped by the charity.

Toby Keith is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Since releasing his first album in 1993 he has sold more than 30 million albums and is the fourth best-selling artist in the US this decade across all musical formats, ahead of Madonna and Bruce Springsteen. He is currently touring the UK and has just released a new album, his 16th, entitled American Ride.

Jayne Torvill is one half of the ice skating duo Torvill and Dean, who won gold at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics in 1984. They are releasing a DVD to celebrate the 25th anniversary of winning the gold medal with their stunning Bolero routine. They now star in the ITV1 show Dancing on Ice, in which celebrities compete and have released the DVD Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice: The Bolero 25th Anniversary Tour 2009.

James Gemmill is a scenic artist and sculptor. Born in the United States, he got his first big break in the early 1990s when he worked as a scenic artist on Four Weddings and a Funeral, and since then has worked on The Da Vinci Code, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Atonement, to name but a few. He has a new exhibition of his works at London's Belgravia Gallery.

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

Daily Service

Spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.

A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.

Daily Service: 11/11/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 11/11/2009

Christian worship and music led by Dr Michael Ford.

Woman's Hour

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

Woman's Hour: Women bishops; Chef Darina Allen

Women bishops; Chef Darina Allen

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Women bishops; Chef Darina Allen

Sexism in the Church of England. Plus, chef Darina Allen on forgotten cooking skills.

Sexism in the Church of England discussed. Plus, chef Darina Allen on forgotten cooking skills; and Dr Andrea Marshall on her ground-breaking work on manta rays.

A Service to Mark the Passing of the First World War Generation

BBC Radio 4 - A Service to Mark the Passing of the First World War Generation

The Queen, the Royal Family and senior government figures gather in Westminster Abbey.

Her Majesty the Queen, other members of the Royal Family and senior government figures gather in Westminster Abbey to mark the passing of the WWI generation.

Earlier in 2009, the nation bid farewell to its last surviving First World War veteran, Harry Patch. Her Majesty the Queen, other members of the Royal Family and senior government figures gather in Westminster Abbey to mark the passing of this generation. 

The address is given by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams. 

Director of Music: James O'Donnell. 

Commentator: Nicholas Witchell.

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 11/11/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 11/11/2009

National and international news and the shipping forecast.

The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast.

You and Yours

You and Yours: 11/11/2009

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 11/11/2009

Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.

Weather

Weather: 11/11/2009

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World at One

Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.

World at One: 11/11/2009

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National and international news with Martha Kearney.

The Media Show

This is the programme about a revolution in media.

Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.

The Media Show: 11/11/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, 11/11/2009

Libel law reform, X-Factor success and coverage of the PM's letter to Jacqui Janes.

Calls to reform English libel law, the secret of the X Factor's success and The Sun's coverage of the PM's letter to Jacqui Janes.

A new report describes English libel laws as intimidating and out of date. The campaigning organisations Index on Censorship and English PEN are calling for urgent reform before the UK becomes a global 'pariah'. So what exactly is wrong with the laws as they currently stand? Joining Steve to discuss is John Kampfner, chief executive of Index on Censorship, and Mark Thomso,n a media lawyer with Atkins Thomson.
 
There is no escaping the X Factor: stories about the contestants, the judges and speculation on production changes are filling the column inches week after week. But with thousands of complaints about Simon Cowell's decision to keep twins John and Edward in the contest and fans alleging it was a fix, could the programme be coming apart at the seams?       
 
And the story of the badly written letter and the apology from the PM. The Sun's managing editor Graham Dudman tells us the story behind the paper's coverage of the letter Gordon Brown sent to Jacqui Janes, whose son was killed in Afghanistan.

The Archers

An intense and gripping week of events unfolds in Ambridge. Listen to all the drama here.

The Archers: 10/11/2009

10/11/2009

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Susan's not interested in Annette's gossip about absent Matt and Lilian. She's getting employment rights advice from Usha later. Annette bemoans her own lack of employment rights - and lack of boyfriend

Susan is hopeful when Usha explains her potential rights to an unfair dismissal claim and redundancy pay, although this would only amount to a few thousand. Usha freely admits that she's agreed in principle to be on the shop committee. Susan hasn't been asked but intends to keep fighting.

As they head off to look at their new grassland, Mike is surprised that Ed disapproves of Jazzer's interest in Fallon. He doesn't want to see Fallon hurt; Jazzer will only be out for one thing. Will's Land Rover is parked across the track to their new fields. Ed is quick to put an angry note under Will's windscreen wiper, threatening to shove his Land Rover in a ditch. Mike despairs, wishing that the brothers could bury their differences.

Later, Will confronts Ed in the shop. The boys square up to each other as Will insists that if Ed carries out his threat, he'll call the police. A possible fight is diffused by Annette, who timidly asks Ed to pay for his shopping.

Episode written by Joanna Toye.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Play

Drama on 4: 28

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, 28

By Dawn King. A teacher is detained for 28 days, after which he tries to rebuild his life.

By Dawn King. Nathan, a schoolteacher tainted by connection with a terrorist, is detained for 28 days and then released without charge, after which he tries to rebuild his life.

By Dawn King. Nathan, a schoolteacher tainted by connection with a terrorist, is detained for 28 days and then released without charge. In the 28 days following his release he tries to recover his former life with his family, his girlfriend, his job and his social life. 

Nathan ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole
Juliet ...... Emerald O'Hanrahan
Maggie ...... Gillian Wright
Tom ...... Rhys Jennings
Miss Warren ...... Tessa Nicholson
David ...... Philip Fox
Libby ...... Kate Layden
Police Officers ...... Piers Wehner and David Hargreaves
Lucie ...... Jade Beaty
Tiru ...... Matthew Hall
Brona ...... Stefanie Walker

Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.

Money Box Live

Phone-in programme with discussion and advice on personal finance

Money Box Live: 11/11/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Money Box Live, 11/11/2009

Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on wills and estate planning.

Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on wills and estate planning.

Guests:  

Alan Barr, partner, Brodies and director of Legal Practice at University of Edinburgh 
Ian Johnson, tax partner, Grant Thornton
Nicola Plant, partner, Thomas Eggar.

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: The Diaries of Edith Appleton

Afternoon Reading: The Diaries of Edith Appleton: Episode 2

Episode 2

The Diaries of Edith Appleton

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Edie is moved to Etretat, where she must supervise members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment

It is 1915 and Edie has been moved to a hospital in Etretat on the Normandy coast, where she must supervise members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment.

Series of readings featuring extracts from the diaries of Edith Appleton, a nurse working close to the front line during the First World War. 

It is 1915 and Edie has been moved to a hospital in Etretat on the Normandy coast, where she must supervise members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment. These are well-meaning but relatively untrained girls and, at times, Edie finds their presence somewhat trying. 

Read by Rachel Atkins

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.

Extracts from the diaries of Edith Appleton, a nurse working near the front line in WWI

Series of three readings featuring extracts from the diaries of Edith Appleton, a nurse working close to the front line during the First World War

Whatever Happened to the Teapots?

Whatever Happened to the Teapots?: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Whatever Happened to the Teapots?, Episode 3

Roger Law finds out who is winning in the battle for ceramic supremacy, Stoke or China.

Roger Law finds out who is winning in the battle for ceramic supremacy, Stoke or China. The Far East may have a high score but Stoke has key players in reserve.

In the 1980s, Roger Law of Spitting Image went to Stoke-on-Trent to get some novelty Margaret Thatcher teapots made. Now Roger returns to meet up with the craftsmen who helped him get a handle on Mrs T.

Roger finds out who is winning in the battle for ceramic supremacy, Stoke or China. The Far East may have notched up a high score but Stoke-on-Trent have some key players in reserve.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Roger Law of Spitting Image meets the craftsmen who made his 1980s Mrs Thatcher teapots

In the 1980s, Roger Law of Spitting Image went to Stoke-on-Trent to get some novelty Margaret Thatcher teapots made. Now he returns to meet the craftsmen who made them

Thinking Allowed

Thinking Allowed: White Collar Crime: Regulation of Crime

White Collar Crime: Regulation of Crime

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, White Collar Crime: Regulation of Crime

2/3 Why has corporate crime had such a low priority?

Laurie Taylor explores the culture of corporate crime and how regulatory bodies serve to keep the police at arm's length.

2/3 In a series of special programmes in association with the Open University, Laurie Taylor explores the subject of white collar crime, from its late addition to the statute books to the increasing difficulty in securing a conviction. He speaks to the key academic experts in the field, explores the latest sociological research and hears from professionals on both sides of the law about the culture, the practice and most often the non-prosecution of white collar crime.

In this edition, Laurie explores the culture of corporate crime and how regulatory bodies serve to keep the police at arm's length. In the UK, people are twice as likely to suffer a serious injury at work than to be a victim of violent crime, yet only a fraction of safety crimes are actually prosecuted.

Globally, more people are killed at work each year than are killed in war. Why has corporate crime had a low priority, why has it been so hard to prosecute corporations and will the new crimes of corporate manslaughter and corporate murder make firms more responsible for the crimes they commit?

All in the Mind

The show with the latest evidence on psychology, mental health and neuroscience.

The show on how we think, feel and behave. Claudia Hammond delves into the evidence on mental health, psychology and neuroscience.

All in the Mind: Drug Side Effects - Evolutionary Prejudice - Carl Jung

Drug Side Effects - Evolutionary Prejudice - Carl Jung

BBC Radio 4 - All in the Mind, Drug Side Effects - Evolutionary Prejudice - Carl Jung

Claudia Hammond hears about surprising side effects of drugs used to treat schizophrenia.

Claudia Hammond hears about some surprising side effects of drugs used to treat conditions like schizophrenia and why they particularly effect women.

Claudia Hammond hears about some surprising side effects of drugs used to treat conditions like schizophrenia and why they particularly effect women. Shubulade Smith, a consultant psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital in London, talks to Claudia about the hormonal side effects of anti-psychotic drugs and why they can cause infertility, premature ageing and a loss of libido. She discusses why patients are often not warned about the possible effects and how those effects can be avoided. 

Why the origins of prejudice might lie in our evolutionary past and the need to avoid infection and disease. Claudia talks to Mark Schaller, Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, about why our need to detect signals that might suggest someone has a disease may have led to us being programmed to erroneously discriminate against people who don't fit the norm. 

Along with Freud, Carl Jung is one of the most influential figures in psychoanalysis. But his most important work has been kept in a Swiss bank vault for nearly half a century. Jung started writing his Red Book in 1914. It is the story of his exploration of his own soul, but it has remained a mystery because his family have kept it hidden. Claudia Hammond talks to Sonu Shamdasani from the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, the man responsible for getting it published, who explains why its so significant.

1989: Day by Day

1989: Day by Day: Episode 38: 11th November 1989

Episode 38

Episode 38: 11th November 1989

11th November 1989

BBC Radio 4 - 1989: Day by Day, 11th November 1989

Bulldozers tear down sections of the Berlin Wall to make more crossing points.

Bulldozers tear down sections of the Berlin Wall to make more crossing points; 129 are injured in a riot between police and protestors in Moldavia - Moscow sends in the troops.

Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 years ago.

Bulldozers tear down sections of the Berlin Wall to make more crossing points; 129 are injured in a riot between police and protestors in Moldavia and Moscow sends in the troops to enforce calm; reformist foreign secretary Petur Mladenov is sworn in as the new leader of Bulgaria.

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.

Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 years ago

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines

PM: 11/11/2009

BBC Radio 4 - PM, 11/11/2009

Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.

Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.

Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 11/11/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 11/11/2009

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Nick Mohammed: Apollo 21

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Nick Mohammed: Apollo 21

Surviving astronauts reveal the story of their 1969 mission to the moon. Mockumentary.

Forty years later, surviving astronauts reveal the story of their 1969 mission to the moon. Mockumentary recorded at Bedford University. From November 2009.

Mockumentary by Nick Mohammed, recorded at Bedford University. 

Forty years after man first landed on the moon, the surviving astronauts tell us what it was like to be part of the moon mission.

The Archers: 11/11/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 11/11/2009

Matt and Lilian sadly part company as Lilian heads to the airport. She calls Jennifer before she boards, tearfully reporting that she's coming home alone. However, once she's on the plane, Matt joins her. He tells her that there was no point in facing life without her so instead he'll go home and face the music. Delighted Lilian calls Russell and tells him to let Jennifer know. She and Matt are coming home together. They should be back in time for the hearing tomorrow...

Adam reports that the planning meeting went well, so he can start looking for quotes on polytunnels. Meanwhile, Lynda reports that the editor of Borsetshire Life secured an exclusive with Lee Mason, rather than print the photos from Grey Gables. Lynda is delighted that she and Robert are to play host to Robert's daughter Coriander and new baby Oscar when Justin goes to work in the States for a few weeks.

Later, Jennifer is relieved to hear that Lilian is coming home. Russell talks to Brian, saying that there's still a long way for Matt to travel before he lands in the UK...and plenty of time for him to change his mind.

Episode written by Joanna Toye.

Front Row

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

Front Row: 11/11/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, 11/11/2009

Mark Lawson on the new Nottingham Contemporary arts venue and director Steven Soderbergh.

Mark Lawson visits the new Nottingham Contemporary arts venue and interviews director Steven Soderbergh about his new film, The Informant!

Mark Lawson visits the new Nottingham Contemporary arts venue and speaks to its director, Alex Farquharson, whose opening show is a major retrospective of the work of David Hockney, and the architect Adam Caruso of Caruso St John, who has created a green concrete and gold metal building on the site of a former railway cutting.

Steven Soderbergh, director of Erin Brokovich, Traffic and Ocean's Eleven, talks about his new film, The Informant! which stars Matt Damon as a whistleblower in an agri-industry company. 

Mark reviews the new Channel 4 comic drama series Cast Offs, in which disabled characters are left on a desert island for a fictional reality TV programme, with the journalist Sarah Crompton and the sociologist and disability rights campaigner Tom Shakespeare.

15 Minute Drama

Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations

Woman's Hour Drama: Our Mutual Friend

15 Minute Drama: Our Mutual Friend: Episode 3

Our Mutual Friend

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Our Mutual Friend, Episode 3

With young John Harmon presumed drowned, the Boffins have inherited old Harmon's fortune.

Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens' classic novel. With young John Harmon presumed drowned, the Boffins have inherited old Harmon's fortune.

Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens' classic novel. 

With young John Harmon presumed drowned, the Boffins have inherited old Harmon's fortune. 

Charles Dickens ...... Alex Jennings
Bella Wilfer ...... Daisy Haggard
Lizzie Hexam ...... Lizzy Watts
John Rokesmith ...... Carl Prekopp
Eugene Wrayburn ...... Patrick Kennedy
Mortimer Lightwood ...... Matt Addis
Nicodemus Boffin ...... Jason Watkins
Mrs Boffin ...... Pauline Quirke
Pa Wilfer ...... Philip Fox
Ma Wilfer ...... Annabelle Dowler
Charlie Hexam ...... Adam Arnold
Gaffer Hexam ...... Malcolm Tierney
Silas Wegg ...... Lee Ross
Aenus Venus ...... Stephen Hogan
Rogue Riderhood ...... Jamie Foreman

With Paul Rider and Janice Acquah.

Directed by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer

This episode is available until 7.45pm on 11th December as part of the Series Catch-up Trial.

15 Minute Drama: Our Mutual Friend

Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens's classic novel

Moral Maze

Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze

Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze

Moral Maze: 11/11/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Moral Maze, 11/11/2009

Michael Buerk chairs. With Claire Fox, Kenan Malik, Melanie Phillips and Clifford Longley.

Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind the week's news. Claire Fox, Kenan Malik, Melanie Phillips and Clifford Longley cross-examine witnesses.

What is the best way to bring up a child? According to the think tank Demos the answer is clear.  Children whose parents adopt a 'tough love approach' are much more likely to develop vital life than those whose parents took a more laissez-faire attitude to rules and boundaries. The research also found it was middle-class and married parents that were most likely to take the tough love approach. Demos believe this study shows the best way to bring up children and it's time to be more honest about the damage that poor parenting is causing our society. With so much at stake should parenting be a private matter or should the state take more action to support the most vulnerable children and their parents? What is the nature of good parenting, can we teach it and what should be the government's role in it all?

Witnesses: 

Sue Cohen, director of Single Parents Action Network 

Nola Leach, general director of CARE (Christian Action, Research and Education)

Dr Ellie Lee, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Kent 

Richard Reeves, director of DEMOS.

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