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Samantha Morton:

I was sexually abused as a child in care homes

G    12 September 2014

Samantha Morton: I was sexually abused as a child in care homes

Video        Guardian Interviews        12 September 2014

Following revelations of child sex abuse in Rotherham,

actor and director Samantha Morton

felt the need to go public about her own shocking experience

growing up in care homes in Nottingham.

Here she talks for the first time

about being sexually abused by residential care workers,

and what happened when she went to the police about it.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geoPGZSYFXM&list=PL0C73F1830698CCFF

Breadline Britain:

pawnshops and private schools

Guardian    4 February 2014

Breadline Britain: pawnshops and private schools

Video        G        4 February 2014

Meet Fran,

a single mother from Leeds who is unable to work.

When Niamh wins a scholarship

to the private school she always dreamed of attending,

Fran borrows money for the uniform

and pawns nearly all her possessions.

What had seemed like an opportunity for Niamh to escape poverty

does not quite end like that.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_6kZ8kj3LY&list=PLa_1MA_DEorGkBGoM7RIsnGMMKOitJZ0e

Creationism and evolution

tackled head-on in science lessons

G    8 January 2014

Creationism and evolution tackled head-on in science lessons

Video        G        8 January 2014

Are some science teachers failing their pupils

by not confronting creationist arguments

when they come up during lessons on evolution?

In this film presented by science journalist Dr Adam Rutherford

made to mark the 150th anniversary of Darwin's Origin of Species in 2009

Prof Michael Reiss from the Institute of Education, University of London,

said many science teachers felt uncomfortable talking about religion,

but that refusing to engage with pupils

who had creationist views would be counterproductive

(a viewpoint that would later get him into trouble).

Dr Jeremy Pritchard at the University of Birmingham,

and London's Natural History Museum,

explain how they are trying to redress the balance.

YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr61zni_AxE&list=PLa_1MA_DEorGkBGoM7RIsnGMMKOitJZ0e

Be Myself:

Lucy's story of homelessness and survival

G    1 February 2013

Be Myself: Lucy's story of homelessness and survival

Video        G         1 February 2013

Over eight months, between 2011 and 2012,

Georgina Cranston documented

the lives of homeless women in London.

She spent time in hostels, joined outreach teams, met rough sleepers

as well as the 'hidden homeless' and women who had found a home.

This is Lucy's story. It's not easy to watch but it offers hope,

and her struggle sheds light on issues that so often go ignored.

Warning: contains strong language and distressing content

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2013/jan/31/
be-myself-lucys-story-homelessness-survival-video 

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