Face the Facts
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Face the Facts

Investigative series looking at consumer and social stories from the UK

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First Broadcast22 Jul 2007
Latest Broadcast27 Jan 2011
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John Waite meets Loay Mohammed, an Iraqi interpreter whose life was threatened.

Jan 2009
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John Waite finds out about the funerals organised by councils.

Jul 2009
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John investigates the college which claims to train people in international development.

Aug 2008
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John Waite investigates what schools are doing to tackle bullying and to help its victims.

Aug 2009
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John reports on a property club which now stands accused of selling over-valued properties

Jul 2008
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The foreign workers abused and exploited by agencies placing them in UK care homes.

Jan 2011
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The grieving families waiting years for answers. John Waite investigates delayed inquests.

Aug 2010
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When domestic violence leads to murder, why do police keep missing the danger signs?

Aug 2010
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John Waite investigates allegations that speculators are pushing up the price of food.

Jan 2011
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John Waite investigates the fines for fatal health and safety mistakes that are never paid

Jan 2010
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As firms are fined over fire safety, John Waite discovers government breaches of the law.

Jul 2010
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John Waite investigates claims of malpractice in adoption agencies.

Aug 2007
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Ex-pats' retirement dream in France is left in tatters by British fraudster.

Jan 2010
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John Waite reveals how serious workplace injuries are not being investigated.

Jul 2007
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How a fatal tower block fire has exposed poor safety standards in similar buildings.

Jan 2010
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John looks at claims that potential employers are illegally using criminal record checks.

Aug 2008
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A false economy and a failure of justice for both asylum seekers and tax payers.

Aug 2010
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John Waite reports from India on a controversial development involving Oxford University.

Feb 2010
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John Waite looks at the plight of interpreters who work for British and US forces in Iraq.

Jul 2007
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John Waite investigates negative stories about Muslims in the UK press.

Jan 2011
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John Waite examines claims that the jobcentre service is badly stretched.

Aug 2009
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How local authorities are struggling to tackle the scourge of unlicensed bedsits.

Aug 2009
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The investors who unknowingly bought into Lehman Brothers and could now lose their capital

Aug 2009
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The Fire Service is wasting millions of pounds of public money.

Aug 2010
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John Waite investigates allegations of mismanagement in the New Deal for Communities.

Aug 2007
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John Waite reports on the lot of those who've opted for life on a mobile home park.

Aug 2007
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John Waite investigates attempts to clean up the image of the private parking industry.

Aug 2007
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The payment processors who refused to pass on customers' money to online travel firms.

Feb 2010
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John Waite on the impact of the collapse of housing maintenance firm Connaught.

Jan 2011
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John Waite investigates a controversial treatment for people with learning difficulties.

Aug 2008
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How can a landlord be allowed to bulldoze your mobile home?

Aug 2009
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John investigates the business of selling small plots of land to investors.

Aug 2008
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A recruitment scheme which left jobseekers thousands of pounds in debt and without work.

Jan 2010
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British property owners in Goa fear they may lose their homes.

Jul 2008
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With swingeing cuts in the pipeline, how well are universities managing their money?

Jul 2010

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