Talk Radio Breakfast with Mike Graham in for Julia Hartley Brewer and the Times.

Know your times.

Good morning. It's Friday the 21st of February. You're listening to Breakfast with me, Mike Graham,

standing in for Julia Hartley Brewer, right here on Talk Radio, not only on Talk Radio,

but now live streaming on YouTube, on Facebook and on Twitter as well.

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We've got Plank of the Week coming up. It comes out every Tuesday. We've also got off air, which is me in conversation this week with Christopher Snowden from the Institute

of Economic Affairs, talking about the BBC license fee, talking about why we are, where we are in

society, why we've got this ridiculous blame culture, and all of that. Today, the government

will pass plans to phase out the sale of coal and wet wood for domestic burning and encourage

the use of cleaning fuels in the home. Is this really a good idea?

Or is it really even something that needs to be done?

Are they just pandering to the eco-planks?

We'll find out with the Environment Minister Rebecca Powell coming up next.

Also, the number of criminals being sentenced by the courts

has dropped to its lowest level in a decade,

with just 6% being sent straight to jail.

And cases of food poisoning

have gone up as a result of more of us eating takeaway food. Plus, I'll tell you about Britain's

best and worst railway stations. You can, of course, nominate your own if you wish. But I don't

really want the best ones. I only want the worst ones. You know, the ones that literally have

nothing going on at all. You know, one bench with about four pieces of wood missing, perhaps.

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