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From next year restaurants and takeaways face hugely increased penalties if they sell food that makes you ill. Currently if a company is taken to court after a case of food poisoning, fines are in the region of a few thousand pounds. But new guidelines, issued to the courts, could mean fines of millions of pounds for big companies in the worst cases. But will the fines succeed in improving standards of hygiene and reducing the number of cases of food poisoning?

Football fans in Northern Ireland were delighted last month when their team qualified for Euro 2016. It's the first time they've got into a major tournament in thirty years. Thousands are expected to make the journey to France next summer, but fans are protesting at how the price of flight tickets rocketed when their team qualified. We examine the options for die-hard fans and find the cheapest way of getting to the game.

There is growing evidence of the health benefits of joining a choir. A study published this year in the British Journal of Psychiatry suggested that singing in a community choir can have a positive impact on the mental health of older people. Separate research has found that organised singing can give a big boost to people with speech problems following a stroke. We hear from members of the recently-formed Bristol Neurological Choir and ask how singing can improve health.

The fitness company, Pure Gym, is planning to close the pools in its gyms. They say it will reduce costs for their members. But it's prompted a public campaign for the pools to be retained, with some prominent supporters, among them the TV presenter, journalist and peer, Joan Bakewell, and the swimmer and Olympic gold medallist, Duncan Goodhew.

Producer: Jonathan Hallewell
Presenter: Peter White.