24/05/2012
Matt Baker and Alex Jones present the stories that matter from across the country. Graham Norton is in the studio before flying off to Azerbaijan for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Dr Mark Porter discovers how distracting the brain can result in less pain.
In a new scheme set up by the government to help combat the breakdown in family discipline, parents will be given the opportunity to attend parenting classes. Cherry Healey went to find out if you can really learn to be a good parent.
And in London's Leicester Square there is the premiere of a new British film funded by the people of Kingston Bagpuize in Oxfordshire, with villagers acting as the cast and crew.
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