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0650

Could the NHS reduce the number of its patients who kill themselves to zero? That is the goal Nick Clegg is going to set the health service in a speech today, calling on health professionals to replicate the example set by mental health services in the US city of Detroit, where a decade long strategy resulted in the number of patients who killed themselves dropping to zero for two years. Michael Buchanan is social affairs correspondent. Dr David Fearnley is a consultant psychiatrist and medical director of Mersey Care NHS Trust.

0710

Suspected militants from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram have kidnapped dozens of people in neighbouring Cameroon, officials say. Many children are believed to be among their number. The cross-border raid occurred on Sunday in the remote Far North region of the country. This is the first time villagers have been kidnapped by Boko Haram from Cameroon. Issa Tchiroma Bakary is minister of communications of Cameroon. Virginia Comolli is from the International Institute of Strategic Studies.

0715

Around 1300 properties are now without water in Northern Ireland as a result of industrial action. Yesterday around 2500 households were affected, in Counties Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone. Northern Ireland Water says it has been working to minimise disruption. Trade Unions are taking action in a dispute over pensions and repairs are not being made out-of-hours. Ryan McKinney is assistant secretary of the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance of trades unions in the water industry. Sara Venning is chief executive of Northern Ireland Water.

0730

The Home Secretary has said we must redouble our efforts to deal with anti-Semitism in the UK.聽 Jewish schools will today have added police protection and Jewish areas extra patrols.聽 The police too have been warned to be extra vigilant after Belgium foiled an attack by Islamic extremists to target the police. The call comes on the day that the Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, along with minister Lord Ahmad has written Muslim leaders urging them to help in "explaining and demonstrating how faith in Islam can be part of British identity". We speak to Lord Tariq Ahmad and Steve White, chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales.

0740

Author Michael Chabon is perhaps best known for his novels Wonder Boys and the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay, but he's also the latest novelist to have a go at cracking the pop chart. Chabon has written most of the lyrics on Mark Ronson's new album, and in doing so has joined the ranks of Kazuo Ishiguro, Nick Hornby and Salman Rushdie, all authors who have tried their hand at writing words for music. Natalie Jamieson has been speaking聽 to Ronson and Chabon and looks at what tempts novelists into song-writing.

0750

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, says victims and witnesses should be warned when they're likely to be questioned about their sexual history or bad character in criminal trials.聽 Mrs Saunders has proposed guidance which would allow prosecution witnesses in England and Wales to be given more information about the Defence case before a trial begins.聽 The aim of the proposed new guidance is to prepare witnesses for the rigors of giving evidence.聽 It follows a series of cases in which witnesses have complained they've been subjected to hostile cross-examination about deeply personal matters. Tony Cross QC is chair of the Criminal Bar Association. Alison Saunders is director of Public Prosecutions.

0810

The mother of murdered schoolboy Breck Bednar has spoken of her fury after it emerged his killer was on two national crime databases but the police did not act. Breck's mother Lorin LaFave was told on Thursday that her son's killer Lewis Daynes, was on both the Police National Computer and the Police National Database following a previous sexual assault and rape allegation received by Essex police.聽 But despite that, Surrey Police did not take action when Ms LaFave, told them of her concerns about Daynes. Lorin LaFave is the mother of Breck Bednars. Kevin Hurley is the elected Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey.

0815

The home secretary Theresa May spoke out very trenchantly about anti-Semitism over the weekend.聽聽 She said we must re-double our efforts to wipe it out.聽 She was speaking after the terrible events in Paris but Paris was not a one-off, there had been murders at a Jewish museum in Brussels and at a school in Toulouse. Lord Sacks is former Chief Rabbi and now Professor of Law, Ethics and the Bible at King鈥檚 College London.

0820

The writer, historian and traveller Lesley Blanch lived a life like few others. Having worked as a theatre designer she became features editor for Vogue during World War 2. After the war she travelled extensively with her diplomat husband Romain Gary and wrote bestselling novels such as the 鈥淲ilder Shores of Love鈥�.聽 We speak to her goddaughter, Georgia de Chamberet, who has collected Blanch鈥檚 memoirs of childhood and numerous stories, some never published, to create a new book.聽

0830

Over 20,000 cases of Ebola have been reported by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the three most affected countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea and 8,500 people have died. There are signs that that disease is receding in Liberia. There are just 10 confirmed cases according to the government, which hopes that figure may fall to zero by the end of next month. And in Sierra Leone and Guinea the number of cases are starting to reduce. Dr David Nabarro visited some of the effected countries in West Africa last week. On Monday he is London to speak to the UK Government about the challenges that lie ahead.

0840

Next weekend Greece will go to the polls, an election that could lead to the unravelling of the Euro.聽聽 The Greek opposition say that is not their intention, they merely want to change the terms of the austerity package Greece has signed up to, but other European governments, including Germany, are saying you stick to this deal or that's it. Robert Peston is economics editor.

0845

In Iraq, men convicted of membership of Islamic State, and involvement in attacks, have been featuring in a programme on state television. In weekly episodes, prisoners elaborate on their role in I-S, re-enact their crimes, and face families of the victims. So what does the show reveal about Islamic State? Our correspondent in Baghdad Rami Ruhayem reports.

0847

Is it time for a serious public debate on genetics, given the latest advances by scientists, including some which take us closer to 'designer babies'? Dr Tony Perry, from the University of Bath, is a pioneer of cloning mice and pigs and has written recently about editing the genome of mice at the moment of conception.

0850

Hilary Mantel鈥檚 Wolf Hall begins this week on the TV. In it Thomas More is portrayed as heartless and cruel.聽 How can that be for he is a catholic saint who created utopia. Is this too harsh a revision of character? Tracy Borman is historian and author of Thomas Cromwell: The Untold story of Henry VIII's most faithful servant. Michael Walsh is a Catholic historian.

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