File on 4 (Investigative)

Fran Abrams investigates claims that the 'market' in forensic science is leading to miscarriages of justice.

Fran Abrams examines aggressive cost-cutting in the government's forensic science service.

Kate Clark investigates why thousands of Iraqi refugees are still refusing to return home.

Concerns are growing over the UK Government’s attempts to forcibly repatriate Iraqi refugees. Even Iraqi officials say it is too risky for some exiles to return. While in neighbouring Jordan and Syria more than two million refugees would rather live in poverty than risk returning to Iraq. Kate Clark hears why.

Increasing numbers of people are finding that ownership of their houses has been stolen. Often it is vacant or tenanted property but sometimes it can be homes people have lived in for years. Land Registry, the government department responsible for who owns land and property in England and Wales says it is committed to openness. But as Shari Vahl discovered questions are being asked over whether Land Registry is robust enough to fight off criminals.

The British Government said in 2002 it was determined the UK will not harbour war criminals or people who commit other human rights abuses abroad. But File on 4 has learned that several hundred could be here, many with government knowledge. Fran Abrams asks whether Britain seems to be an attractive destination for human rights abusers and war criminals.

As UK hospitals struggle to get hospital-acquired MRSA under control, scientists warn of a new more virulent strain of the bacteria spreading the community. Meanwhile there is disturbing evidence of another type of MRSA, transmitted from farm animals to humans and spreading rapidly across Europe, has entered the UK. Jenny Cuffe asks are we doing enough to identify emerging strains and stop the spread of infection?

Fran Abrams investigates if aggressive cost-cutting in the government's forensic science service is beginning to hit the way the service operates and consequently undermine justice.