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16/12/2010

Presented by Anna Hill. According to DEFRA, farmers should be able to spray pesticides without giving prior notice to their neighbours.

Farmers should be able to continue spraying pesticides without giving prior warning to their neighbours, despite the public saying in a DEFRA consultation that they would like to be told first.

Fish quotas have been decided after lengthy discussions in Brussels. We hear reaction from the Scottish Fishermen's Federation.

And how the Big Society is working for volunteers clearing footpaths in Suffolk.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Emma Weatherill.

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Thu 16 Dec 201005:45
BBC Radio 4 FM

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