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Climate of Fear

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Kinnane made national news when footage emerged of him being hit by police at the G20 protests on April 1st 2009. Alex speaks exclusively to Headliners reporters about his experience.

Watch the video here.

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The Date A film by Headliners that promotes the benefits of greater understanding between hearing and deaf communities.

Thamesmead Estate of Mind In 1968 the first residents moved into Thamesmead estate. 40 years on, Headliners reporters find out what life is like for the young people who live there today.

When's old enough to drink? At the age of 16 you can join the army and kill another person or have sex and get married if you choose to. Yet you can't have an alcoholic drink. Is this right? Eshe Nelson, 17, gets to grip with the underage drinking debate in two seperate articles.

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Held Back or Moving Forward?

Reporter Peter Raising the school leaving age from 16 to 18 raises some big questions. How will the new system work? Will it give young people more job skills? Will it hold them back from making their own choices? Headliners spoke to Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP to get the answers. Watch the video.

Don't they know? It's not the end of world...

With the global recession getting constant coverage in the news, Headliners reporters investigate it's impact on young people. Read their report here.

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