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Older women 'absent from news'

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TV presenter Selina Scott has reached a settlement with TV channel Five, worth around £250,000, after suing them for age discrimination. Broadcaster and journalist Joan Bakewell, who now represents the interests of older people to the government, and chairman of GMTV Clive Jones, discuss why this settlement was reached.

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