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It has been four years since the government scrapped the dedicated, nationwide Forensic Science Service, forcing individual police forces to take on forensic work themselves in-house or farm it out to private companies. Kerri Allen is a former senior scientist at the Forensic Science Service.

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It is now less than a fortnight until voters in London go to the polls to choose a new mayor. Speaking on the programme is Peter Whittle, the UKIP candidate for Mayor of London.

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The UK's ability to fight terrorism would be "more effective" if it sticks together with its European allies, the US President Barack Obama has said. Speaking on the programme is Jon Sopel, the 大象传媒鈥檚 North America editor who arrived into London on Air Force One with the President last night, and Laura Kuenssberg, the 大象传媒鈥檚 political editor.

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The hugely popular, acclaimed and influential musician Prince has died at his home in Minnesota at the age of 57. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Aleem Maqbool reports.

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Since 2012 ash trees have been under threat from fungal disease ash dieback and experts have warned it may wipe out 90% of the trees in the UK. Professor Nicola Spence is the UK鈥檚 chief plant health officer.

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There is a warning today from the Royal College of Surgeons that overweight听people听or smokers are being denied the treatment they deserve on the NHS because of their health. Speaking on the programme is Clare Marx, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, and Azra Bashir, who was diagnosed with gallstones and told by doctors that they would not operate until she lost weight.

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More than two million people regularly use electronic cigarettes in the UK but the regulations that exist to control the manufacture and purchasing of so-called e-cigs are minimal. That will all change in May, however, when new EU-wide rules come into force. In the latest in our series on how everyday objects are affected by Britain's membership of the EU, Today鈥檚 chief correspondent Matthew Price reports.

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The schools minister Nick Gibb has scrapped this year鈥檚 national spelling test for seven-year-olds in England after the paper was published in 鈥渉uman error鈥� on a government website. Speaking on the programme is Charlotte Smiles, a primary school teacher who spotted the mistake, and Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.

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The UK's ability to fight terrorism would be "more effective" if it sticks together with its European allies, the US President Barack Obama has said. Peter Westmacott is former British Ambassador to the United States and Dominic Raab is justice minister and Vote Leave campaigner.

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Tributes have been streaming in for the American singer Prince, who died unexpectedly on Thursday at the age of 57. Speaking on the programme is Hans Martin-Buff, Prince's engineer from 1996-2000, and Kelley Carter, a journalist who interviewed Prince last year.

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David Cameron says that he wants a prison system fit for the 21st century, and he wants prison education to be completely reformed too. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Siobhann Tighe reports and we speak live to Nina Champion, head of policy at the Prisoners鈥� Education Trust.

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The so-called Islamic State has been using chemical weapons in Iraq in its conflict against the Kurdish Peshmerga, according to an expert, Hamish de Breton Gordon, who witnessed the aftermath of one such attack this week. Speaking on the programme is Hamish de Breton Gordon, a former commanding officer of a specialist British Army regiment against chemical and biological weapons, and Mina Al Lami, 大象传媒 Monitoring's Jihadist Media and Iraq expert.听

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The Royal College of Surgeons says hospitals in Wales are struggling to cope with a record number of patients and a shortage of beds. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Hywel Griffith reports.

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How many so-called 鈥渃huggers鈥� is an acceptable number to have in a town or city at any one time? At the moment in Birmingham as many as 42 face-to-face charity workers can be operating on the streets at the same time, but that number is to be cut in a three month trial by 70%, to just 12. Peter Hills-Jones is chief executive of the Public Fundraising Association and Mike Leddy is a member of the council鈥檚 Licensing Committee.

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Is it possible to create a natural environment entirely from images drawn on a computer, that looks so realistic an audience will believe it is real, even to the point when the animals start talking? Speaking on the programme is Adam Valdez, visual effects supervisor on The Jungle Book.

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