5 Live Investigates

Fiona Hollings is 19 years old. She suffers from anorexia and needs treatment in a specialist unit. But because no beds were available near her home in Buckinghamshire, her family have to travel to Glasgow to see her in a private clinic. In the last four months parents Stephen and Julia Hollings have travelled more than 8,000 miles and spent more than £3,000 on hire cars, air fares and accommodation.

Doctors have told 5 live Investigates that the need for places to treat illnesses like anorexia and bulimia is massively outstripping supply. And the programme has also discovered that the number of deaths from eating disorders in England and Wales has risen by 65 per cent since 2014.

Families tell 5 live Investigates about the daily difficulties they face living in homes which aren't suitable for their needs. More than 300,000 people with disabilities aren't able to live their lives to full, hampered by stairways, inaccessible bathrooms, and in one case the simple lack of a ramp which means one elderly woman hasn't been able to leave her house for two years.

And why has almost £60 million been paid out in compensation by UK police forces in the last two years?

Umpires in amateur cricket are giving up the game because of an increase in verbal and physical abuse from players and outbreaks of violence on the pitch. 5 live Investigates reveals that half of all umpires who took part in a survey say they have been verbally abused and 40 per cent are thinking of giving up the game altogether. One umpire says he's been spat at and is verbally abused in every game. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the Marleybone Cricket Club (MCC) - the guardians of the sport - say this kind of behaviour threatens the very future of the game.

5 live Investigates reveals startling new figures on the number of strip searches carried out by police. The Metropolitan Police alone carried out more than 76 thousand strip searches in the last three years - that's one every 20 minutes. Among them were 4,000 children.The programme has uncovered cases across England and Wales where searches appear unjustified, rules for children haven't been followed and even apparently racially motivated searches. The Home Office is now looking at whether extra safeguards are needed because it says many police forces don't have sufficient records to show if they're being carried out fairly or adequately supervised. Yvette Cooper MP, chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, says the figures are worrying and police need to demonstrate whether so many searches are justified. Only 13 of the 45 forces in the UK we contacted could tell us how many strip searches they'd carried out.

The British Medical Association has told 5 live Investigates it wants urgent action to tackle prescription drug addiction. It's calling for a 24 hour helpline, specialist treatment services across the UK and more information for doctors about withdrawal. The drugs include Benzodiazepines which are generally prescribed for severe anxiety and insomnia. 10 million prescriptions for them were issued in England alone last year and there are estimates that more than a quarter of million people are using the drugs long term - even though in most cases they should only be prescribed for up to four weeks. 5 live Investigates has spoken to people who have been using the drugs for decades.

5 live Investigates reveals an unlicensed and unproven medicine is being illegally sold as a possible cure for cancer. A year-long investigation finds that desperate patients - some of them terminally ill - are being offered a blood product called GcMAF costing hundreds of pounds. It's being sold on the high street in Bournemouth. However, Professor Peter Johnson of Cancer Research UK said: "I have great concerns about people offering completely unproven treatments in return for money. It seems to me to be a very dubious practice.' The MHRA, the government's medicines regulator, says it is now investigating.

Debts run up by 113 academy trusts in England amount to almost £25m according to figures obtained by 5 live Investigates. Labour MP Meg Hillier, chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee says the numbers raise "serious concerns about the accountability" of the system. More than half of England's secondary schools are run by self-governing academy trusts. The government says financial oversight of academies is "more robust than in council-run schools".

5 live Investigates reveals that some online pharmacies are selling antibiotics against guidelines laid down by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. It comes at a time when doctors are being encouraged to cut the number of antibiotics they prescribe because of real concerns we're breeding antibiotic resistance. The GMC has launched an investigation based on the programme's findings and Lord Jim O'Neill who carried out an investigation into Antimicrobrial Resistance, has described the revelations as 'disturbing.'.

5 live Investigates reports on claims that thousands of women and girls with mental health problems are being routinely failed by the NHS - sometimes with tragic consequences. Marjorie Wallace - chief executive of the mental health charity Sane - has called the situation 'the UK's hidden national emergency.' The charity Agenda - an alliance of more than 60 organisations representing women and girls at risk - submitted a Freedom of Information request to 57 NHS mental health trusts in England. But of the 35 trusts which responded, only one had a specific women's mental health strategy. Not only that, but more than half had no policy of routinely asking patients if they'd been abused - and that goes against best practice guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. The Department of Health said: "It is vital that all mental health care, particularly when abuse is involved, takes account of gender. Clinical guidelines are clear on this and the NHS has recently published its strategy for mental health - equality is central to this and we expect this to lead to rapid improvement across all care.".

The plane passengers putting lives in danger and costing airlines hundreds of thousands of pounds with their unruly behaviour. 5 live Investigates has been given exclusive figures which show more than a four-fold increase in the number of incidents being reported to the UK authorities over the last three years with drink and drug-fuelled disorder now being reported on a daily basis. In 2013 the Civil Aviation Authority received just 85 reports of passengers behaving badly - last year there were 386 incidents.