http://www.702.co.za Talk Radio 702 - The Podcasts en-us 2006 19 March 2010 2 702webmaster@702.co.za The five-year-old boy freed by kidnappers in Pakistan after his family paid a £110,000 ransom returned home to the UK last night; and dramatic footage has emerged of a lorry apparently pushing a car sideways along a motorway in Yorkshire. 19 March 2010 Five people have been arrested in connection with the kidnap of the five-year-old British boy Sahil Saeed after a substantial ransom was handed over for his return; police investigating a kitchen porter accused of poisoning soup at a top public school said there was no apparent grudge or grievance that would suggest a motive for the act; and the latest Office of National Statistics figures show the changing trends of Britain's shoppers. People's 'receptivity to health advice, their age and changing work patterns' are key factors. 18 March 2010 There is mounting pressure for the legal high drug mephedrone to be banned after it was linked to the deaths of two teenagers; the family of a five-year-old British boy who was kidnapped while in Pakistan say they are ecstatic after he was found safe and well; and the world’s first wave and tidal energy projects on a commercial scale are to be built off the Scottish coast, with developers claiming they have the potential to power 750 000 homes. 17 March 2010 The union behind the British Airways strike is actively co-ordinating attempts to secure Gordon Brown another term as Prime Minister, a leaked email reveals; a British soldier who lost his sight in Iraq is being taught to 'see' with his tongue, using a revolutionary new device; sleep-deprived students in Scotland are taking lessons in how to get enough shuteye; and the story of a woman who was stranded by snow for a month after she popped out to buy a Christmas turkey could be made into a Hollywood film. 16 March 2010 David Beckham's chances of playing for England in this summer's World Cup appear to have ended after the midfielder suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon; a British couple accused of kissing in public in the Muslim emirate of Dubai will find out next month if an appeals court will uphold their one-month prison sentence; and one in 10 children thinks the Queen invented the telephone, a survey of children's science knowledge suggests. 15 March 2010 A sticking plaster approach to treating skin cancer has been unveiled at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee; another twist in the story of the British boy kidnapped in Pakistan; and British rock icons Pink Floyd won a suit in London that will halt their record label EMI from “unbundling” albums like The Dark Side of the Moon and selling single songs online as individual downloads and ringtones. 12 March 2010 The father of Sahil Saeed, the five-year-old boy kidnapped in Pakistan, has left the country and returned to the UK against the wishes of the Pakistani authorities; British police and local authorities in Sheffield and Lincolnshire have publically apologised for failing to protect a family from their father who has been dubbed the 'British Fritzl'; and David Beckham received a rapturous welcome on his long-awaited return to Old Trafford - and got an even bigger cheer when he left the pitch with a green and gold anti-Glazer scarf draped around his neck. 11 March 2010 The majority of thieves and violent criminals who are jailed for less than a year go on to re-offend within 12 months of their release, the public spending watchdog has found; Fabio Capello's World Cup preparations have been thrown further into disarray by an illegal recording of an England team meeting before last week's friendly against Egypt; and Andrew Lloyd Webber's theatre sequel Phantom 2 opens. 10 March 2010 Sex attacker Peter Chapman has been jailed for life for the kidnap, rape and murder of a teenager he ensnared using an internet social networking site; and every dog owner in the UK would have to take out insurance against their pet attacking someone under government proposals to tackle dangerous breeds. 09 March 2010 Stir as Gordon brown visits Iraq; Anti discrimination laws to be widened; And Britain has no Oscars. 08 March 2010