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One of the government's big ideas is 'the Big Society' - people volunteering, becoming involved in the community and taking up the slack left by spending cuts. The Prime Minister says: "The Big Society is one in which we all try and do more. We don't just look to government to solve the many problems that we have, we actually look to ourselves, to voluntary bodies, to companies, to charities, to all of those things to build a bigger, richer country."

Tonight, we'll have an in-depth examination of what the Big Society means. Jackie Long will look at the background to the idea and we'll have the first in a series of films from Stephen Smith looking at the Big Society in practice - over the summer he's contributing to the Big Society by agreeing to take over the cosmetic maintenance of a roundabout in Hastings.

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We'll be joined by the Cabinet Office Minister, Francis Maude, the former Communities Secretary Hazel Blears and a charity worker to discuss the significance of the Big Society.

Unemployment showed a fall this month - to 2.47 million in the three months to May - but the Office for Budget Responsibility says that the chances of a double-dip recession have increased. The Secretary General of the OECD has been in London meeting ministers today - we'll be speaking to him to find out what he thinks Britain needs to do to ensure continued economic recovery and how he views the crisis in the Eurozone.

The Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, says she will look into a request from four US Senators for the State Department to investigate whether BP had a hand in the release of the Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi. Megrahi, who has prostate cancer, was released last August by the Scottish Government on compassionate grounds after medical advice indicated he only had three months left to live. Nearly a year later he is still alive. Glenn Campbell, who broke the story of his release, will bring us up to date with events.

And the last "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" is being filmed tonight. He'll be joined by David Beckham, Jackie Chan and Mickey Rourke with Roxy Music performing. After his Radio 2 programme on Saturday he'll then take a year off from broadcasting, before starting with ITV. He has been in the headlines quite a lot - not least because of the size of his pay packet. We'll be asking - is it possible to get top talent without top pay.

Do join Gavin at 10.30pm