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0710 | Our policitical correspondent, Sean Curran on the Peter Hain and the tax debate. | |
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0720 | John Humphrys talks to Jack Straw about why Peter Hain was slapped down.
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0722 | The Church of England continues to be bitterly divided over the appointment of an openly homosexual priest as the next Bishop of Reading. Eight Bishops have now written to the Archbishop of Canterbury in support of Jeffrey Johns appointment.
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0725 | A Bill designed to end rows between neighbours over high hedges has been defeated. It ran out of time in the Commons after facing a barrage of last minute amendments. Our Parliamentary Correspondent, Tessa Duggleby, reports. | |
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0734 | Yet again European ministers have had a go at reforming the common agricultural policy. Yet again they've failed. Grant Burton is a farmer from Wilberfoss, near York. He believes the current system, under which farmers are paid huge subsidies, can't be sustained. | |
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0740 | A review of the Papers | |
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0746 | The new Harry Potter is out. The publicity hype is magnificent. Hundreds of children and parents collected outside Waterstones bookshop in Picadilly last night. Our Arts Correspondent Rebecca Jones was among them. | |
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0755 | Police in London say they're worried demonstrations outside the French Embassy could get out of hand and that more officers could be injured. | |
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0810 | Peter Hain made a speech last night....PART of a speech. The bit he didn't deliver was the bit that got everyone so very excited. Here's what he told John Humphrys 24 hours ago what he was GOING to say.
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0822 | Prince William is 21 today. To mark the occasion the Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, has written a special two-part poem inspired by - a bit of a dying art form these days - the pop single . Earlier, he told us why. | |
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0846 | Is Tony Blair starting to lose it? Is the Blair lustre getting dulled? Shades of John Major..? Sheila Gunn worked for Mr Major and Tim Allen, who worked for Tony Blair. Both were interviewed. | |
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0850 | The Saturday Essay is by the actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah who has been travelling to Senegal to highlight issues of inequity in trade for the charity Christian Aid.
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0856 | The new Harry Potter's out - what's it like? A bit early for the reviews yet... except that we've brought our own reviewers in. | |
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