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It has been 10 years since Scottish devolution.
Panorama marked the decade by asking whether the UK can be kept in one piece.
The Scotsman ran a story on General Sir Mike Jackson's comments in the programme that Scotland is safer as part of the United Kingdom than if it were independent.
His view is that a collective UK force is more cost-effective and better able to defend the British Isles. You can read the full report on The Scotsman website.
If you missed Will The Scots Ever Be Happy?, watch it on the BBC iPlayer.
BACK IN THE NEWS
City of York Council has unveiled plans to save £15.5m over the next three years, which is likely to include cuts to staff employed by the council to provide care for the elderly. Privatisation - such as on-call wardens or telecare service providers - could put quality of care at risk as Panorama reported in Britain's Homecare Scandal - an expose of the strained state of care for the elderly.
In the programme, Panorama reporters went undercover to reveal the problems with the Carewatch Care Service provider in York. You can watch the programme on the Panorama website and read Carewatch Care Service's response.
John Kinsella, regional organiser of the trade union Unison, explains: "We are amazed that the council is going down this line given the findings of the BBC Panorama programme recently. Staff employed by City of York Council to provide care services do so to the highest standard. Providing good value for money and maintaining direct provision is in the best interest of the community in York."
But Council leader Andrew Waller said that while more savings may become necessary after the next General Election, he stressed that the council would not compromise on the quality of services.
You can read the full story on the York Press website.
Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford has been refused bail and will remain in jail until his fraud trial, a US judge has ruled, overturning a previous decision to allow him to leave prison on a $500,000 (£305,000) bail.
Prosecutors consider him to be a flight risk, due to his network of wealthy friends.
Stanford is facing trial for an alleged $6bn (£4.2bn) fraud. He was arrested two weeks ago - only a month after Panorama's John Sweeney reported on the man who once ran Stanford International Bank from the Caribbean island of Antigua - a bank which at one point attracted Mexican drug money.
If you missed it, you can watch Panorama's The Six Billion Dollar Man on the Panorama website.
COMING UP
A committee of MPs has found that too many inexperienced police were on the frontline of London's G20 protests. However, their report also said that despite little time for planning and limited information from the protesters themselves, the policing strategy had been largely successful.
You can read the full story on the BBC News website.
Significantly, the committee also called for kettling to be used sparingly - a method which police use to contain protesters in one area. Panorama has investigated this practice, along with their filming and searching of protesters.
In What Ever Happened to People Power? Panorama asks if police tactics aimed at preventing troublemakers taking over demonstrations are in fact eroding the freedom to protest for all but the most hardened activists.
BBC One, Monday 6 July 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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