Since that programme hundreds of other care home residents, their relatives and staff have contacted the programme highlighting their concerns.

Now Atomic Kitten's Liz McClarnon turns investigative reporter to find out why so many pensioners - like her 102-year-old great grandmother - are being forced to move by care home closures.

The former care assistant asks why, when the government says it is spending more on care for the elderly than ever before, hundreds of homes are closing.

Liz speaks to 86-year-old Clara Dudley who is refusing to leave the Moreton Centre in Hastings and is taking her case to the European Court.

Liz also investigates why councils allow homes to close rather than pay what appear to be small rent rises. She features the case of the Lakes Care home in Dukenfield where owner Jack Merideth took Tameside Council to court after it refused to pay an extra �10 per resident a week.

Litter louts

If you ask people around the country what irritates them most about their town or city, litter often comes higher up the agenda than education or social services.

Now the government is planning a campaign to clean up the UK's towns and cities.

More and more councils are turning to fines to keep Britain tidy.

This already means �50 on the spot fines for anyone who drops even a cigarette butt in some areas.

Fiona Bruce reports on the battle to get tough with the nation's litter louts.

Crimes of passion

Every year in Britain more than 100 women are killed by their partners.

You might think the law would look harshly upon a man who kills his lover. But the reality is that if a defendant claims he acted on the spur of the moment - a so-called crime of passion - it is quite possible that he will not be charged with murder.

Now the government is considering changing the law.

Catherine Marston meets a woman whose twin sister was stabbed to death by her husband in one of many such cases that never go before a jury.

Real Story: Monday 4 August at 1930 BST on BBC ONE and the Real Story website.