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0709 | The Scots' devotion to Hogmanay was sorely tested by the weather last night - Huw Williams is in Edinburgh. | |
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0713 | Police in Iraq say a suicide bomb killed at least five people in a Baghdad restaurant last night. Our correspondent is Chris Hogg. | |
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0720 | Our guest editor, Gillian Reynolds, wanted to investigate how you complain about a broadcast and what the sanctions would be if the complaint was upheld?
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0725 | Three British men accused of trying to overthrow the Eygptian state have had their case delayed again. | |
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0730 | The listeners' law for 'opt-out' organ donation came second - but a possible proposal nonetheless? Dr Evan Harris, the Liberal Democrat MP, and former Conservative Health Minister Tom Sackville.
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0740 | Peter Donaldson has a review of today's newspapers. | |
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0745 | 1973 was the year of the three-day week thanks to the first oil crisis. Documents released by the National Archives show the U.S considered invading Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Abu Dhabi to guarantee supplies. James Landale has the details. | |
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0752 | Another New Year, another anti-smoking campaign - but do they work? Professor John Martin and author Allen Carr. | |
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0810 | The Millennium Dome was closed three years ago. The cost so far is £600 million pounds and it's expected to cost a further £27 million in taxpayers' cash. So where has the money gone? Lord Heseltine. | |
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0820 | The winner of our Listeners' Law - with 37 % of the vote - was the proposal to authorise homeowners to use any means to defend their home from intruders. | |
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0830 | Today Ireland takes over the Presidency of the European Union. Can the constitution be put together this time? The Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. | |
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0839 | "The people have spoken, the bastards!" Stephen Pound MP reflects on the result of our listeners' law competition. | |
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0845 | A couple from London face prison for allegedly endangering the well-being of their baby daughter - by leaving her alone in their car while on holiday in New York. Angus Stickler spoke to the father who has been arrested. | |
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0850 | Are we facing the end of the old style double-decker bus? Peter Hendy of Transport for London.
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0855 | Hear the thoughts of today's guest editor - Gillian Reynolds. | |
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