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05/11/2014

The UK is sending more military personnel to Iraq to train forces fighting Islamic State. A report finds that EU migrants pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits.

A round-up of the day's news and sport with Tony Livesey and Caroline Barker. The UK is sending more military personnel to Iraq to train forces fighting Islamic State, but the Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has promised it will not lead to the deployment of combat ground troops. A report into the effects of immigration on the British economy has found that EU migrants pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits. We speak to the head of the UK's Ebola Taskforce, Donal Brown, as the first British built treatment centre for people suffering from Ebola opens in Sierra Leone. Plus we quiz the headteacher who sent home more than 200 pupils for breaking the school dress code.

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Wed 5 Nov 2014 16:00

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  • Wed 5 Nov 2014 16:00