'Five Live Report - Pupils in Peril'
(BBC Radio 5 Live, 12 to 12.30pm).
Although there have been 45 deaths on school trips since 1985, the police have not brought one prosecution against any school, nor has the Health and Safety Executive. This programme investigates why schools and scouting organisations do not require the special licence held by outdoor activity centres, and hears from bereaved parents, children at risk, safety experts and teachers.
22 April
'It's My Story - Beating the Burglars'
(BBC Radio 4, 8 to 8.30pm).
Former police chief superintendent Brian Steele works in Leeds with elderly and vulnerable people to warn them of the dangers of distraction burglary where victims are duped into allowing bogus officials into their homes. In his research, he met young offenders who began their careers in childhood by pretending to have lost a ball in someone's garden in order to distract the householder while their father entered the property.
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