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Last week's programme "A Very Dangerous Doctor" proved that the controversy is still very much alive, with both supporters and detractors writing in to express their views on David Southall.
You can read these comments on the Panorama website.
It is almost a month since the MPs' expenses scandal first rocked Westminster, and the fall out continues. This week Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith resigned, swiftly followed by Beverley Hughes, Tom Watson, Hazel Blears, and James Purnell - prompting speculation of a plot to oust Gordon Brown.
The prime minster will be hoping that his 'make-or-break' cabinet reshuffle will restore stability to his government, but it remains to be seen how Labour does in the European elections on Sunday.
A right-wing party in Holland has made big gains in the European Parliament, according to early election results, and here in the UK many people are asking whether the degree of public anger felt about expenses, combined with the economic situation, could push the British electorate to vote in the same way.
Back in 2001, Panorama reported on the British National Party's claims it has renounced its past associations with racism, violence and Nazi ideology. In Under the Skin, we revealed, through the testimony of insiders, a very different take on the organisation.
You can read this report on the BBC News website.
We will be analysing the results of the European Elections in our Week that Was blog on the Panorama website on Monday.
BACK IN THE NEWS
On Monday, 8 June, the families of some of the victims of the Omagh bombing will hear the outcome of their civil action against the five they think are responsible for one of the worst incidents of the Troubles.
On 15 August 1998, 29 people were killed and 200 injured when a car bomb exploded in the town's high street on a busy Saturday afternoon.
Despite police inquiries on both sides of the Irish border at the cost of tens of millions of pounds, none of the bombers are in jail.
In September 2008, seven years after his award-winning programme Who Bombed Omagh? Panorama reporter John Ware revisited the subject in Omagh: What the Police Were Never Told.
You can watch the programme on the BBC News Player and read about Who Bombed Omagh? on the Panorama website.
If there is anyone under the impression that the Troubles in Northern Ireland are over, then the tragic case of Kevin Brendan McDaid, the Catholic father of four who was beaten to death by a sectarian gang close to his home last Sunday, is a harsh reminder. Mr McDaid's widow, Evelyn, has spoken out against retaliation, saying that her husband would not have wanted it.
Just over a year ago, Declan Lawn returned to Northern Ireland to see how much things have changed 10 years on from the Good Friday Agreement. His conclusion, a decade on, is that life is far from peaceful.
You can watch this programme on the BBC News Player.
ACTION IN PAKISTAN
The situation in Pakistan has moved on a great deal since last week. On Saturday, Pakistani troops drove Taliban rebels out of Mingora, the main city in the Swat valley - an area that has seen dramatic change over the past few months, starting with a new and intense criticism of the Taliban from the Pakistani public, and culminating in military action.
Panorama has been following developments in the country and at the end of last year sent reporter Jane Corbin to the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan to investigate the threat of civil war.
If you missed Britain's Terror Heartland you can watch it on the Panorama website where you can also find more information about the programme.
For all the latest news from Pakistan go to BBC News Online.
OBAMA AND THE AYATOLLAH
On a visit to the Middle East this week, President Obama delivered his highly anticipated speech, in which he called for a new start in the relationship between America and the Islamic world. But before Obama spoke, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had delivered his own speech, saying the US was still "deeply hated" in the Middle East.
Iran's presidential elections take place next Friday, but the election is not just about who becomes the next president. It will determine Iran's future relationship with the West.
Panorama's Jane Corbin has been to Iran to look at how the nation might vote, and to ask whether Barack Obama's recent plea for greater understanding will be heeded.
Watch "Obama and the Ayatollah" on BBC One, Monday 8 June at 8.30pm.
That's all for this week but you can keep up to date with Panorama on our website.
And remember you can e-mail us anytime at panorama@bbc.co.uk
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