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The great German sausage crisis
Who is going to make the sausages in Germany if no-one wants to be a butcher?

The travelling speech therapist
Speech therapist Mary Weinder travels to the Turks & Caicos islands to teach children

Living with power cuts
We hear from people who experience regular power interruptions

Uruguay’s Cash Cow
How does Uruguay’s beef industry compete with their neighbours and climate change threats

The Night Witches of World War Two
The all-female Soviet combat unit which terrorised German forces using wooden biplanes

A short history of sadness
Author Helen Russell explores a history of gloom, and how different cultures tackle it

Babies and families
Why people decide to have children or choose to be childfree

Iran Protests: Tales from the frontline
Why did people take to the streets, risking arrest and a barrage of bullets?

Sierra Leone's children of war
What happened to Sierra Leone's child soldiers?

The Black Book
Why was the Black Book, a chronicle of the Nazi extermination of Soviet Jews banned?