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	Thursday 13 August 2009 - 22.30 BST - BBC TWO Presented by Gavin Esler Hello Why have the French and German economies come out of recession and the economy of the UK has not? Our Economics Editor Paul Mason is in Paris. Lynddie England became the poster-girl for American abuse in Abu Ghraib jail. Now in her first UK TV interview since leaving prison the disgraced former US soldier talks about the death threats she's received, her agony over how to tell her five-year-old son about the photographs and her refusal to accept that she did anything wrong. You can watch a preview clip here. Professor Stephen Hawking has defended the National Health Service from attacks by the American Right, claiming that he would not be alive without it. He was speaking after Republican politicians labelled the NHS as "evil" in their effort to stop President Obama's reforms of US health care which will widen the availability of treatment but at a cost to higher earners. And we'll be looking at the extraordinary double life of Swallows and Amazons author Arthur Ransome. A new book about his life reveals that he was married to Trotsky's personal secretary; had close links with the Bolsheviks and at one stage was considered so dangerous that while on a visit to London he was arrested, with a view to prosecution for treason. Do join us at 10.30pm on BBC Two.
	LAST NIGHT'S HIGHLIGHT A view of the recession from Newark The Audit Commission has warned of a "second wave" of the economic downturn in England and said that councils should prepare for worsening social problems such as alcoholism and domestic violence as a result. Newsnight's Graham Satchell spent market day in the East Midlands town of Newark to find out how the recession is affecting people there. Watch the item
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