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NEWSNIGHT - Thursday 13 August 2009  - 22.30 BST - BBC TWO
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Presented by Gavin Esler
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Hello

Why have the French and German economies come out of recession and the
economy of the UK has not? Our Economics Editor Paul Mason is in Paris.

Lynddie England became the poster-girl for American abuse in Abu Ghraib
jail. Now in her first UK TV interview since leaving prison the
disgraced former US soldier talks about the death threats she's
received, her agony over how to tell her five-year-old son about the
photographs and her refusal to accept that she did anything wrong. You can watch a preview clip here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8199168.stm

Professor Stephen Hawking has defended the National Health Service from
attacks by the American Right, claiming that he would not be alive
without it. He was speaking after Republican politicians labelled the
NHS as "evil" in their effort to stop President Obama's reforms of US
health care which will widen the availability of treatment but at a cost
to higher earners.

And we'll be looking at the extraordinary double life of Swallows and
Amazons author Arthur Ransome. A new book about his life reveals that he
was married to Trotsky's personal secretary; had close links with the
Bolsheviks and at one stage was considered so dangerous that while on a
visit to London he was arrested, with a view to prosecution for
treason.

Do join us at 10.30pm on BBC Two.





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LAST NIGHT'S HIGHLIGHTS
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* A view of the recession from Newark *
The Audit Commission has warned of a "second wave" of the economic
downturn in England and said that councils should prepare for worsening
social problems such as alcoholism and domestic violence as a result.

Newsnight's Graham Satchell spent market day in the East Midlands town
of Newark to find out how the recession is affecting people there.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/nn/-/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8199198.stm

Watch the item
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/nn/-/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8199198.stm


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