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 0607 |
Space shuttle Discovery will attempt to return to Earth today after being delayed due to bad weather. Alistair Leithead reports. |
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 0609 |
The British Medical Association says a new training programme for doctors has left many unemployed. Adam Brimelow has the details. |
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 0615 |
The petrol price hit a record high. Greg Wood has the business news. |
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 0626 |
Will Aussie paceman Brett Lee make it for the third Test? Steve May with the Sports news. |
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 0632 |
Shaun Ley and Neil Bennett assess the government's anti-terror plans after a controversial Islamic cleric leaves the UK. |
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Mike Thomson looks at Doctors' concerns about the growing use of health workers from countries with severe shortages of medical staff. |
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UN nuclear watchdog the IAEA holds a crisis meeting today following Iran's decision to resume its nuclear programme. Emma Jane Kirby with the details. |
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A review of today's papers in the UK and Japan. |
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David Loyn reports from Mali, neigbouring Niger, where similar drought and famine problems are starting to affect the population. |
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The ex-UN oil-for-food programme head has been accused by US investigators of taking bribes. Benon Sevan's lawyer Eric Lewis talks to us. |
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 0709 |
Is space travel now nothing more than a spectator sport? Astronomer Royal, Sir Martin Rees tells us why the Space Shuttle programme should be scrapped.
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The UN torture expert Manfred Nowak says Tony Blair's plans to deport Islamic extremists would fall foul of international human rights law. |
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 0717 |
Is the voluntary code of practice - hoped to stop poaching of foreign healthworkers - working? The Royal College of Nursing's Tom Standford states his views. |
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UK High Street sales drop this month. Greg Wood has the business news. |
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 0721 |
Melissa Shields talks about her brother Michael jailed for attempted murder in Bulgaria. We also speak to his lawyer, Julian Linskill. |
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Sport news with Steve May. |
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The Colombian vice-president Francisco Santos says the three on-the-run Irish republicans will not escape justice. The DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson calls for their extradition to Colombia. |
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Two jurors in the Jackson trial say they believe the singer was guilty of child abuse. Michael Jackson's lawyer Brian Oxman responds. |
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Does a strategically-placed towel give a German a legally-binding claim on a sun-lounger? German lawyer Dr Ralf Hocker shares his views. |
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 0748 |
Thought for the day with Anne Atkins. |
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 0748 |
Ex-Tory MP Howard Flight says his party's plans to strengthen the leadership's grip over the parliamentary party are overly authoritarian. |
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 0810 |
Has extremist Omar Bakri Mohammed left the UK for good? He tells Today he's prepared to return to stand trial for any offence. Plus Ian Macdonald QC on pre-trial hearings without juries. |
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 0823 |
Reporter of BBC 2' programme 'Sad to be Gay', David Akinsanya says he hates being gay. What does the gay community think of that? We hear from Jason Pollock of Pride London. |
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 0828 |
Steve May is in Hove for the start of a two-Test women's Ashes series. |
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 0835 |
The BMA says the guidelines to stop "poaching" of overseas workers aren't effective. But the NHS's Alastair Henderson says the claim is "myth". |
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 0844 |
Sudoku game grips the UK. Greg Wood has more. |
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Guy Pratt, a bass guitarist - who's played with some of the biggest names in rock and pop - talks about his new show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. |
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NASA's Dave Drachlis with an update on the space shuttle Discovery's attempt to return to Earth today. |
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Chris Lowe continues his series that looks at the dramatic final days of the Second World War in August 1945. |
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