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Firstly a quick apology - due to technical trouble last week the Panorama newsletter did not make it into your inboxes on Friday. Happily, all is fixed now so here's a roundup of what's been happening on the programme.
WHO'D BE AN NHS WHISTLEBLOWER?
Monday's programme drew a huge response from viewers. We received over 1,500 e-mails mostly expressing their support for nurse Margaret Haywood who was struck off the register by the Nursing and Midwifery Council over her decision to work undercover for Panorama.
In Who?d be a NHS Whistleblower?, Panorama reviewed some of the changes that came about after Ms Haywood?s findings in Brighton were first broadcast in July 2005, and spoke to friends and family of some of the elderly people that she encountered.
Panorama delved further into the reality of whistleblowing protections in the NHS, asking if Ms Haywood's punishment paints a disturbing picture of what really happens when someone blows the whistle.
If you missed the programme you can watch it on the BBC iPlayer.
To read more about Ms Haywood's case visit BBC News Online.
BACK IN THE NEWS
Haringey Council have sacked a manager and three social workers for failings in the care of Baby P.
The case of the 17-month old toddler who died after months of abuse despite being known to social services in Haringey highlighted serious concerns in child protection.
In What Happened to Baby P?, Panorama investigated how social workers missed the signals and physical injuries that eventually led to the toddlers death.
If you missed the programme you can watch it on the Panorama website.
You can read the latest news on the case of Baby P on BBC News Online.
COMEBACK COAL
Budget day dominated the headlines last week and brought news that the government has given the go-ahead for a new generation of coal-fired power plants - but only if they can prove that they can reduce their emissions.
Up to four new plants will be built if they are fitted with technology to trap and store CO2 emissions underground. Green groups welcomed the move but said any new stations would still release more carbon than they stored.
The news follows on the December 2008 Panorama Comeback Coal which examined the growing push by mining companies to obtain permission to create new opencast mines in Britain.
Panorama found that worry over the security of foreign coal supplies was a factor in the government decision to grant permission for not only more deep mines, but also for the quicker and easier method of extracting coal through opencast mining on the surface, often despite local objections.
When the government came to power it called the huge excavations of opencast mines "too high a price to pay" in environmental terms.
But Panorama found that Whitehall?s views had changed and, in 2007, no opencast applications were rejected, while 14 were approved, compared with just four in 2005.
If you missed the programme, you can read more about Comeback Coal on the Panorama website.
You can read more about the budget announcement on coal power on BBC News Online.
THE GUNMEN WHO NEVER WENT AWAY
The ongoing security situation in Northern Ireland has been covered by Panorama for more than 30 years. It was back in the news last week with the dire warning that Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, the Sinn Fein MP, was the subject of death threats from dissident nationalists.
In the Gunmen Who Never Went Away, reporter Darragh MacIntyre revisited the issues and offered the most detailed analysis yet of the threat posed by a band of dissidents estimated to number 300.
His report came just three weeks after two soldiers and a policeman were murdered highlighting the fact that for some people the war never ended and that for their victims the violence never stopped.
The programme was based on 10 years of investigating the breakaway republican movements, their aims, roots and tactics.
If you missed it you can watch it on the Panorama website.
You can read more about the situation in Northern Ireland on BBC News Online.
That's all from us this time. You can keep up to date with Panorama on our website.
And remember you can e-mail us at panorama@bbc.co.uk
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