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Naomi Long听was working as a civil engineer听when the Good Friday Agreement was signed in Northern Ireland 15 years ago. Today she鈥檚 deputy leader of the Alliance Party and in 2010 caused what鈥檚 been described as the biggest upset of the general election there when she defeated First Minister Peter Robinson in east Belfast, winning her party its first seat at Westminster. She recently found herself facing a death threat following the decision to fly the union flag over Belfast City Hall on designated days only.听

Isy Suttie is an award winning stand-up comedian, actress, writer, composer and musician. She is best known for playing the role of Dobby in the sitcom Peep Show. 听She currently has a series on Radio 4Extra, with tales of love stories, told partly through song, and often including real-life anecdotes from her own, often disastrous, love life. Isy joins Samira Ahmed, along with the journalist and broadcaster Anne Atkins, to discuss the pros and perils of 鈥榤eddling鈥� in the love lives of others.

is a four part series on Radio 4 Extra on Mondays at 0900,听and is听coming to Radio 4 on Tuesdays at 1830 from 30 April.

The 麻豆社鈥檚 programme has uncovered fresh evidence of how some Sharia Councils in Britain may be putting Muslim women 鈥渁t risk鈥� by pressuring them to stay in abusive marriages.

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From this year young people will be required to stay on in education or training until the end of the academic year in which they turn 17 and 18 years old by 2015. This means schools need to think of ways to engage with students who would normally want to move on as soon as possible. Harris Academy in Peckham has its very own salon, where Year 10鈥檚 try their hand at hairdressing. To discuss the value of vocational training, Samira is joined by Simon Shaw, Head of Vocational education at Ashfield School, Nottingham and Dr Tina Isaacs from the Institute of Education.

The View on the Way Down is debut novel. A frequently harrowing story of a family coping in the aftermath of tragedy, Rebecca joins Samira Ahmed to talk about how her need to explore her experience of deep depression and her passion for writing have led to the publication of her work.

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