5 Live Investigates

Adrian Goldberg presents cutting edge investigative journalism, as well as taking on listeners' campaigns and consumer issues.

Drug drivers know that the chances that they'll be brought to book are low, say MPs.

Why - after 10 years - has the Home Office still failed to introduce a roadside drugs test to tackle what's recognised as a lethal problem?

In many other European countries, the police have small hand held screening kits. In Germany last year, they led to 34,500 drivers losing their licence.

Figures for the UK - and for the previous year - reveal that only 168 drug driving guilty verdicts were recorded by the courts.

Without a hand held test, UK police have to look for the tell-tale signs in the driver's general demeanour.

In a damning assessment of the situation, MPs on the Transport Select Committee say: "At the moment, people assume - quite correctly - that they can take drugs and drive a vehicle with little chance of being caught."

Also on the programme - Adrian asks why the UK food industry is doing so badly in controlling a bug that contaminates the outside of chickens and causes potentially-fatal food poisoning.

More than 8 in 10 chickens are infected with campylobacter, which lives on the outside of the bird, and get on your hands or the work surface.

The Food standards Agency is now putting pressure on supermarkets to improve conditions in the supply chain - they have been given 12 months.

Adrian asks the British Retail Consortium why we have worse record than Romania.

How safe are you and your computer after you've signed up to 'Operation Pay Back', the campaign to exact revenge on companies who've abandoned WikiLeaks?

It's illegal, but will there be prosecutions? Your computer will have to be dis-infected otherwise it could be used for other campaigns you might not support.

And Christmas crackers - why has the Government ruled that children under 16 can't buy a box of crackers to go with the turkey dinner?

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Adrian Goldberg presents cutting edge investigative journalism, as well as taking on listeners' campaigns and consumer issues.

New figures reveal that 1 in 39 vehicles have mileage lower than at their last MOT: that's 670,000 cars. It's led to calls for a tightening of the rules surrounding individuals and garages that offer 'mileage correction services.'

Motorists are able to get their clocks turned back but if they sell their car, they must inform the new owner - otherwise it's fraud. 5 live Investigates found that six out of ten mileage correction services it contacted were willing to change the mileage reading knowing it was possibly to deceive a new owner. Listen to our secret recordings.

Also, denied justice. The modern day slaves working for the rich and powerful in the UK. Despite being awarded damages for the abuse and exploitation they've suffered, many have yet to see a penny. They are domestic workers brought into the country by overseas diplomats and business people. They've been paid below the minimum wage and in some cases have suffered sexual harassment. They've taken their bosses to employment tribunals and won - but 5 live Investigates has found those tribunal rulings are being ignored with impunity.

And Russian Spies: Just what are they after? We ask former MP Dr Kim Howells.

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Investigative journalism with Adrian Goldberg.

The identity dodge also hampers the effectiveness of Sarah's Law, a system allows parents and others to check on individuals with access to children.

In the second half of the programe, we investigate the teaching of emotional intelligence in schools. An idea from a US bestseller, it was introduced in many classrooms five years ago and has cost around £40 million. The belief was that it would improve behaviour and raise attainment. But Government-sponsored research shows it's been ineffective, and some critics claim it's been damaging for kids. They say it amounts to therapy by the backdoor. The proponents and the critics go head to head.

The BBC's Inside Out West Midlands suggests that passengers and other motorists are being put at risk. So why can't local authorities ensure that those with a licence are properly covered? We hear from a victim of 'crash for cash'. A taxi driver hit her at very low speed, and then claimed for serious injuries. She then saw him involved in another similar crash. The Insurance Fraud Bureau is investigating the increase in claims.

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Adrian Goldberg presents cutting edge investigative journalism.

An open letter to the Prime Minister in the British Medical Journal accuses drug companies of charging too much for medicines used in the treatment of rare diseases. But that's just one way in which the pharmaceutical industry protects its bottom line - and puts additional financial burden on the NHS.

5 live Investigates looks at the tactics used by the industry to keep prices high. They try to keep blockbuster drugs under licence - to prevent the manufacture of cheaper alternatives. Once a drug comes off licence, its price can drop by eighty percent. One delaying technique is to slightly alter a drug just as its licence comes to an end - and put the revised formulation under a new licence. Such techniques - some industry insiders say - is costing the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds a year.

We speak to Warwick Smith from the British Generic Manufacturers Association; Alan Maynard, Professor of Health Policy at the University of York; and Richard Barker, Director General of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.

Also on the programme, the shocking allegation that 300 football games a season in top European leagues are being deliberately thrown. We spend time with Sportradar, the experts monitoring betting patterns across Europe, looking for signs of match fixing in the top flight football leagues. They believe they are seeing evidence of matches being deliberately thrown - and they're tracking the dodgy players and managers responsible. Our guests are Declan Hill, who has written book on match fixing, and Rob Faulkner, spokesman for UEFA.

And taking on the fraudsters: Birmingham City Council believes lie detectors can help in the fight against the fraud. Not so - say the Government, which believes they're not accurate enough. The insurance industry is now looking at alternatives to lie detectors. They've commissioned Dr Sharon Leal, forensic psychologist at the University of Portsmouth, to devise an interview techniques that would help unmask those involved in deception. What's the best way to spot a deception?

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