30 July 2003

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Evidence extracted under torture

Are British legal cases now being decided on the basis of evidence from witnesses who have been tortured? We had a disturbing special report on the way cases against terrorist suspects may be using evidence extracted under torture abroad.

Tony Blair
Battered but unbowed - in his pre-holiday news conference Tony Blair said his appetite for office is "undimmed", and he would rather talk about public services than weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. But will he be allowed to, and will it be enough to re-establish voters trust in the Government?

Protecting the environment
And the Environment Agency calls for bigger fines for polluters. We asked if the carrot of market incentives would be better than a big regulatory stick in protecting the environment.

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