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Coronation Street: 4 Feb 2010

It looks like curly top Simon will be whisked away any day now seeing as Peter has started drinking again - and not a day too soon. After all, what sort of soap would this be without an hopeless addict to give us misery and pain as he refuses to learn his lessons. Meanwhile, Simon will be esconced in Oak Hill, that demon-maker of a school, and Grandad George will turn him against Grandad Ken for good. Happy days.

Tower Block of Commons: 1 February 2010

So Austin Mitchell, Labour MP for Great Grimsby for 30 odd years, thought the 'drug problem' was exaggerated and had no idea of the extent of it until making this film. If he'd bothered to stay in Grimsby he might have found the same problems there but strangely he was sent to Hull's Orchard Park, where the residents must have thought this is the last of many last straws. What a shame it takes a camera crew and the promise of more air time before this and the other participating MPs bother to show interest in the world around them.