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• Blue Lights – the new series

  Action, some laughs and a lot of tears are to be expected as BBC One's police drama Blue Lights returns for its "most emotive season yet".The long-anticipated third season of the show, which follows rookie cops navigating law and order in a post-conflict Northern Ireland, is set to air from Monday 29 September.After scooping up a Bafta award for best drama earlier this year – producer and co-creator Louise Gallagher joins Tara Mills to talk about the huge success it has been. While the premiere of season three is a matter of weeks away, headway is already being made on season four, with filming pencilled in for February.Will Louise give Tara any spoilers? Get in touch: [email protected]

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• Uncovering the truth about Katie Simpson’s death

  It was a case that shook the equestrian community. Now a new series explores the secret investigation that led to a murder trial. Tara Mills speaks to Rachel Hooper and Natalie Maynes, producers from ‘Walk on Air’ films about events that led up to the death of 21-year-old showjumper Katie Simpson.In a new documentary series, recorded over a period of years, Rachel and Natalie delve into the coercive control so many women experienced at the hands of Jonathan Creswell. He’s the man accused of Katie’s rape and murder, and was found dead one day after going on trial. Police initially thought Katie had taken her own life, and were it not for the tenacity of a small group of people, the case would likely have ended there.For help and support: www.bbc.co.uk/actionlineGet in touch: [email protected]

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• Stuart Robinson: ‘Behind enemy lines’ chatting about the Cool FM cash call, BBC licence fee & the biggest show in the country

  Radio presenter Stuart Robinson started his broadcasting career 3 decades ago, as a wide-eyed 16 year old.He has risen through the ranks of commercial radio and is now controller of NI’s most successful commercial radio portfolio – Cool FM, Downtown and Downtown Country.In this interview he goes ‘behind enemy lines’ to tell Tara Mills and Declan Harvey just how real his public spats with Stephen Nolan and Barra Best are.He also discusses why he’s critical of the BBC licence fee, and how successful the cash call has been. Get in touch: [email protected]

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• Tuam: Ireland’s secret burial shame

  It was a story of institutional inhumanity – which, at first, many found unbelievable.Hundreds of babies and children, buried in an unmarked mass grave, at the site of an institution for unmarried mothers near the west coast of Ireland.St Mary’s Home operated in Tuam, County Galway, from 1925 until 1961.A religious order ran the institution, at a time of moral taboos when there was a social stigma around pregnancies outside of marriage. It’s 11 years since a local amateur historian uncovered evidence of the scandal – and now, an excavation has begun to try to identify the lost children. BBC Ireland Correspondent Chris Page tells Tara Mills and Declan Harvey about his long association with this horrifying news story, and has the very latest on the excavation.For organisations that can offer help and support visit: www.bbc.co.uk/actionlineGet in touch: [email protected]

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• Ireland's missing children: Donabate & Kyran Durnin

  Gardaí continue to search a site in Donabate, north county Dublin, for a missing child, who is presumed dead.Since the authorities last contact with the family - five years ago - the child disappeared. He would have been aged two at the time.The case is disturbingly similar to that of Kyran Durnin, and gardaí have renewed an appeal for information on him a year on.The last known images of Kyran were taken in June 2022, when he was six-years-old.He was reported missing from his home in Drogheda, County Louth, in the Republic of Ireland in August 2024.Despite extensive and ongoing enquiries carried out by Irish police, they have been unable to locate Kyran or determine what has happened to him.How can two boys disappear for years, and it go unnoticed?Tara Mills and Declan Harvey speak to Eimer McAuley, a correspondent for TheJournal.ie about the latest in both cases.Get in touch: [email protected]

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