Toxic sludge

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Enquiries are continuing into the toxic red sludge that engulfed several Hungarian towns at the start of October. It flooded out of a reservoir after an accident at an aluminium oxide plant southwest of Budapest. Ten people died and more than 100 were injured by the sludge, which contained heavy metals such as arsenic, and was toxic if ingested. The BBC's Nick Thorpe reports, on attempts to hold those responsible to account. Plus, a report from IFAD, a United Nations agency, has revealed 350 million people were lifted out of extreme poverty in the last decade. Lesley Curwen talks to IFAD's president, Kanayo Nwanze about how small farmers might improve production to meet ambitious targets for feeding the world. Fiona Dent of Ashridge Business School gives advice on how to get another job after you've been sacked, and the BBC's Jamie Robertson voices his opinions about the changing face of the cycling industry and the rise of MAMIL, Middle-Aged Men in Lycra.