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LONDONERS may moan about buses being overcrowded and expensive, but compared to the rest of the country, they are in bus heaven. More than 8,000 London buses cover some 700 routes, day and night, and it is relatively easy to live without a car. Outside of London, it’s a different story. Lynsey Hanley presents MIND THE GAP: BRITAIN’S TRANSPORT DIVIDE (RADIO 4, 11AM); she talks to people living in isolated communities, and hears of long waits, huddled in shelters, hoping for buses that might never come.

IF YOUR family has a history of breast cancer, there are good reasons for taking Tamoxifen. A form of hormone therapy, it is recommended as an effective form of breast cancer prevention. For INSIDE HEALTH (RADIO 4, 3.30PM), Mark Porter looks

at the reasons for prescribing this drug and why only one in seven women eligible for Tamoxifen take it.

THE first of the Now That’s What I Call Music! series (pictured) was released in November 1983, featuring hits from Bonnie Tyler and UB40. Compilation albums were seen as decidedly naff, but this changed all that. Now albums have sold in their millions, and Now 100 is about to be released. NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL NOW! (RADIO 2, 9PM) looks at the albums that have supplied the soundtracks to so many parties, romances and heartbreaks.