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Elections 2007 on Radio Five Live
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In the run up to local and national elections across the UK, 91Èȱ¬ Radio Five Live cuts through the party political agendas and gives five families a chance to tell the truth about what matters to them, not the politicians.
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Radio Five Live does what it does best, and offers everyday people the chance to speak at a time when the focus is usually on Westminster.
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Over five days on the mid-morning phone-in, from Monday 23 April, five families from Inverness, Huddersfield, Wrexham, Solihull and London will push the politicians aside and speak frankly about what makes life good and bad for them.
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The phone lines will be open for listeners to debate the points raised and compare and contrast views, stimulating debate about the real issues affecting the British public today.
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On Monday 30 April, Simon Mayo will be in Grantham, Lincolnshire to host a special local election debate.
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The invited audience and a panel will be debating the question – is your bin collection rubbish? Refuse collection is currently a hot topic, bringing in environment concerns, council tax and privacy issues.
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This summer, Grantham will have fortnightly collections throughout the area and it's a controversial subject locally. The programme will include people fined because their bin lids won't shut; taken to court because they've put the wrong kind of rubbish in the bin; and those angry at the idea of spy cameras on bins. The live debate broadcasts from noon to 1pm.
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Radio Five Live will also broadcast interviews and comment from key political figures and, as the polls close at 10pm on 3 May, bring all the local and national election news from across the country, beginning in the Anita Anand Show.
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Then on 4 May from 1am, Simon Mayo and John Pienaar present an election special for Radio Five Live.
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The five-hour programme comes from London, Glasgow, Cardiff and elsewhere as the results come in for the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly and the English local councils.
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There is also full coverage of the elections on 91Èȱ¬ TV and online at bbc.co.uk/election2007.
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