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30 minutes of numerical goodness and the last in our series on Radio 4. We hope you enjoy it.

Hello and welcome to more or less. This week is Colin Firth part of a broader trend of Brexit

nervous Brits applying for European passports.

My good opinion once lost is lost forever.

Are a handful of the world's biggest ships really more polluting than all the cars in the world put together.

And how do you measure domestic violence?

But first, last week Transport for London announced that it would not be renewing Uber's license to operate in London.

Uber has opened up the market for being driven around.

From the customer's point of view, you install an app on your phone, and you can quickly

and cheaply book drivers with very little hassle.

Now there's a lot going on behind TFL's decision, and we'll leave the pros and cons of it to others.

Instead, we wanted to focus on a very particular claim that's been circulating about which

several loyal listeners have been asking. It concerns allegations of sexual assaults by Uber drivers.

Now that Uber may have its license revoked in London, is there evidence that it's more dangerous to get an Uber than a black cab or a mini cab?

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