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Practical steps to protect children online

Calls for a 'radical examination' of pharmaceutical care in Scottish care homes, practical steps to protect children online and business loans from the payday loan company Wonga.

How can you stop your children accessing pornography and other inappropriate sites online? Practical advice from a teenager and an online security expert.

The payday loans company Wonga is launching a service for businesses. Are small firms that are unable to get bank loans using Wonga to expand or as a stop-gap?

A report from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society is calling for pharmacists to have more power to review prescriptions in Scotland. Are people in care homes taking medication they don't need?

Does removing the traditional segregation of cars, pedestrians and other road users make using the roads any safer? We discuss the "shared space" approach to street design.

And 12,000 tents were dumped at the end of a music festival last year. We hear from the campaigners who want you to "Love Your Tent".

Presented by Julian Worricker
Produced by Olivia Skinner.

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55 minutes

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Mon 21 May 2012 12:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM

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Chapters

  • Baggage Handlers' Strike

    Baggage handlers at Stansted Airport are going to strike over the Jubilee bank holiday weekend.

    Duration: 02:12

  • Late Trains

    Tougher rules on what constitutes a late-running train are being proposed bya Scottish Parliament committee. It is calling for the threshold to be cut from 10 mins to just 1 minute.

    Duration: 05:15

  • Wonga Business Loans

    The payday loans company Wonga is moving into business lending. Could this be a good option for businesses struggling to get a loan from the banks?

    Duration: 08:05

  • Reforming Class Actions

    Current legal rules only let group actions to be bought by people who have signed up to be a party to the case. Is it time for Britain to have an opt-out system instead, of an opt-in one?

    Duration: 06:48

  • Love Your Tent

    The organisers of the Isle of Wight Festival say that 12,000 tents were dumped at the end of last year's festival. Why do so many people think that camping gear is disposable?

    Duration: 05:55

  • Protecting children from internet porn

    Chaim Narang who began accessing pornography over the internet at 14 and Tony Neate from Get Safe Online give pratical advice on how to protect your children online.

    Duration: 07:38

  • Care Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Medicines

    Pharmacists want permission to check the medical records of people living in Scotland’s care homes in an effort to stop people taking drugs they no longer need.

    Duration: 05:55

  • The end of traffic lights?

    "Shared Space", where cars, bikes and pedestrians negotiate the roads without any traffic lights or signs, is gaining ground in the UK. We hear how it works and whether its safer for pedestrians.

    Duration: 07:08

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 May 2012 12:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM

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