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Is Margate a safe place for vulnerable children?

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Is Margate a safe place for vulnerable children?

Thanet North MP Sir Roger Gale says he knows of a street in the town where 15 sex offenders live very close to a a number of children's home. Do you think that's safe?

Hundreds of vulnerable children are sent to Kent every year, often from London - is Margate the right place for them?

We speak to the Children's Minister, Tim Loughton - he says most children will be safer if they are housed closer to home.

The deputy children's commissioner says some children in care in England are subjected to sadistic and violent abuse. Does placing them far away from home in seaside towns like Margate make that more likely? Are they perfectly safe here?

If you live in Margate with your own children is it a safe place to live?

Are you overwhelmed with London children who have been shipped down to the seaside because it is a cheap place to put them?

Bipolar is a condition in which people go back and forth between mania and depression.

It is relatively common with one person in 100 being diagnosed.

EastEnders has come under fire recently over a controversial storyline in which bipolar sufferer Jean Slater was made to seem like a "crazy person".

Soap fans also took to Twitter to vent their anger about the plot suggesting the show's portrayal of Jean's mental illness was "unrealistic".

We speak to Lynn Hodges from West Kingsdown. She was diagnosed with the condition in 2004 after an episode that saw her behaviour turn completely erratic, resulting in her blowing a whooping 拢25,000 in one day.

We hear your views and stories.

3 hours

Broadcast

  • Tue 3 Jul 2012 09:00