What's The News? With Sam Willey

In this episode Sam speaks with Greg Brown from the National Campaign Against Fees & Cuts.

The group says it plans to fight government spending cuts through "direct action". But what exactly is direct action? We have the answers.

It comes as Police reveal CCTV footage of alleged violent protesters, the Home Secretary Theresa May has also caused for tougher measures against protesters.

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NASA have discovered what some consider to be a new form of life. The discovery was made at Mono Lake just outside of Yosemite National Park, California. The microbe discovered appears to not require phosphorus, instead it substitutes it with arsenic which up until was thought to be poisonous to all life. NASA say the discovery will aide in the search for life away from Earth.

We interview Nick Pope, former MOD UFO desk front man about the discovery which many think could be a second genesis of life on Earth. We also speak with Dr. Lewis Dartnell from the University College London, Centre for Planetary Sciences.

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First episode of the brand new podcast, The Current Cast!

Sam Willey brings you two interviews on the new electric car, the Nissan Leaf. The Leaf recently won European Car of the Year 2011 and is set to be produced in Sunderland, UK from 2013. We speak with Richard Candler, manager of Nissan Technology Centre Europe and Ian Lucas, Labour MP and Shadow Minister for Business.

Also featuring recent news from across the globe and a great track from Aqualung.

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