Broadcasting House - 08/08/2010

News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell. The latest from Pakistan as fresh rains prolong the worst flooding for decades. Author and commentator Mohammed Hanif joined us from Karachi to tell us how President Zardari's visit to the UK is being viewed amongst ordinary Pakistanis. We went to Londonderry to find out what's behind the recent upsurge in hardline nationalist violence in Northern Ireland, and asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Owen Paterson, what the government can do to halt the attacks. We spoke to two vicars about whether it really is more fulfilling to do funeral services than weddings, and our reporter Jon Manel brought us the fascinating story of a American general wrongly forced to resign during the Vietnam War, now posthumously exonerated by President Obama. Reviewing the papers this week were eminent scientist Professor Colin Pillinger, comedian Bridget Christie and author Tim Parks.