26/05/2010
All English schools are to be given the chance to become academies by the new government and former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith discusses the idea of elected police chiefs.
English schools are to be offered the chance to become academies and take control of their own budgets - Education Secretary Michael Gove explains his reasoning.
Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith discusses the notion of directly elected police chiefs - an idea she had to back off from while she was in government.
The Faces were one of the great seventies rock bands - and Simply Red weren't. So, can Mick Hucknall fill Rod Stewart's winkle pickers as the group reforms?
And should prospective parents be allowed to chose the sex of their unborn children? Lord Winston holds forth ahead of a discussion between a professor and a medical ethicist.
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North and South Korea severe ties, what does this mean?
Writer Francis Wheen travelled as a tourist to North Korea to study the region. He talks about the background to the North, South Korea relations with some striking first hand accounts.
Duration: 05:30
Should you be able to choose your baby's sex?
A leading expert on biological ethics, Professor Stephen Wilkinson of Keele University, says the arguments against gender selection no longer apply. Professor Robert Winston gives his reaction.
Duration: 04:19
Education Secretary on academy proposals
Education Secretary Michael Gove, who is writing to every school in England today inviting them to apply to become academies, says he aims to give more choice to parents and more control to teachers.
Duration: 07:50
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- Wed 26 May 2010 06:00大象传媒 Radio 5 Live
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