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IMMIGRATION - TIME FOR AN AMNESTY?
Last Monday Panorama looked at immigration, reporting new figures that there could be as many as 725,000 illegal immigrants in the UK.
The programme then asked if this large figure should mean a government rethink on an immigration amnesty - allowing some of them to stay.
The programme spoke to London Mayor Boris Johnson who put to reporter Raphael Rowe some of the reasons why he felt an amnesty should be considered.
Raphael also spoke to a number of illegal immigrants, including a teacher called Farhan Zakaria, who is waiting to be deported, despite being in the UK for 12 years. His school now has to employ two people to take his place.
We then heard from a cleaner who is working illegally meaning she does not pay taxes.
You can watch the programme here.
Click here to watch an interview with Farhan.
Panorama also produced an immigration quiz, test yourself here.
For some Panorama archive videos on a variety of UK immigrants see here.
GROUNDED
Now all Nimrod aircraft, which lack replacement engine bay hot air ducts, are to be withdrawn from service from the 31 March.
The decision follows the 2006 crash in Afghanistan of a Nimrod - based at RAF Kinloss - in which 14 servicemen died.
In June 2007, Panorama looked at the Kinloss-based fleet and was told by a RAF whistleblower about deep concerns among servicemen about the state of the Nimrod fleet.
The insider, an airman with 20 years' experience, revealed a number of technical problems and fuel leaks.
But in an interview with the programme, Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, the Chief of Air Staff, denied there was a safety problem with the planes.
Nimrods are mainly used for sea surveillance, anti-submarine warfare and support for search and rescue operations.
Read about Panorama's investigation into the Nimrod's faults here.
Read about the grounding here.
Read more about the Nimrod here.
TROUBLE FLARES
The week's news has been dominated by events in Northern Ireland, after a policeman and two soldiers were shot dead by dissident republicans.
Panorama reporter John Ware, who has covered Northern Ireland extensively, wrote in The Guardian that the response to the shootings from the unionists are crucial for the peace process.
He followed this up, writing for the BBC News Website, saying the attacks had also put pressure on the republicans.
Panorama's Divide and Rule was made last year, 10 years after the Good Friday Agreement. In the documentary, reporter Declan Lawn suggests that peace is bringing benefits to the region but that segregation is still alive.
He visits Londonderry's Fountain Estate, a Protestant enclave in a Catholic part of Londonderry, where those either side of its high security fences feel under siege - one man poignantly telling our reporter sectarianism has not gone away.
And Declan discovers in another estate, the Catholic Dunclug Estate, polarisation may have even got worse since the Good Friday Agreement.
Read John's article in The Guardian here.
And his one for the BBC News Website here.
Watch Divide and Rule here.
LAMING LAMENTS
Child social services are under scrutiny again with the publication of Lord Laming's review into child protection.
Lord Laming - who chaired the inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbie - gave 58 recommendations on how to protect children from harm.
These included the introduction of targets for child protection, guidelines setting out maximum case loads for social workers and a strategy to address recruitment and retention problems in children's social work.
However, Lord Laming has said that most of the necessary reforms are in place and it was time to see them implemented.
What Happened to Baby P? - was Panorama's six-month investigation into the mistakes and missed opportunities that led to the toddler's death.
It discovered that Haringey Council's social workers struggled to handle their workloads, became "too parent focused" and couldn't decide the best way to protect Baby P.
Panorama's What Happened to Baby P? - can be seen here.
Read the BBC News Website's coverage here, including a link to Lord Laming's report.
CRIME PAYS
In next Monday's Panorama, we reveal how organised criminals are stopping the courts getting hold of the cash they make from crime.
In the programme, reporter Samantha Poling goes undercover to show how major drug dealers and money launderers are making a mockery of high-profile laws designed to take the proceeds of their crime.
Panorama: Crime Pays, Monday 16th March 2009, 20:30, BBC 1.
 bbc.co.uk/panorama
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