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Between about midday and eight o'clock tonight you can see the planet Mercury. It will be passing between the Sun and the Earth so will appear as a tiny black dot moving over the face of the Sun. Dr Marek Kukula is public astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich and joins us here in the studio.

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The culture secretary is due to publish the long-awaited proposals in a white paper this Thursday, which could lead to the most far-reaching changes to 大象传媒 governance in its history. Several stars made a defence of the 大象传媒 at last night鈥檚 BAFTA TV awards. Colin Patterson is the 大象传媒鈥檚 Arts correspondent.

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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that patients admitted on a Sunday have a higher chance of dying than if admitted on a Wednesday when he was explaining why he wanted to change the contracts of junior doctors. Researchers from Oxford University say that is based on flawed data. Peter Rothwell is the author of the report and professor of neurology at Oxford University.

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The culture secretary is due to publish the long-awaited proposals in a white paper this Thursday, which could lead to the most far-reaching changes to 大象传媒 governance in its history. Lord Waheed Alli is Labour peer, independent TV producer and founder of The Great 大象传媒 Campaign.

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Reg Grundy, the creator of a string of Australian TV hits, including Neighbours and Prisoner Cell Block H has died at the age of 92. We look back at his work.

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Liverpool City Council is putting up posters around the city confronting parents with the amount of sugar contained in seven popular makes of soft drinks. They hope it may help tackle the growing levels of childhood obesity. Dr Sandra Davies is director of public health in Liverpool.

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Whaddon village is hosting commemorations to mark the very first message that was sent from Whaddon Hall to embassies during WWII. Should Whaddon be celebrated for what it did during the war in much the way that Bletchley Park is today? Martyn Cox is co-founder of Secret World War II Learning Network.

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David Cameron is launching a new phase in the European Union referendum campaign by stressing the "big, bold patriotic case" for a vote to remain. He will turn to history to argue for Britain staying in the EU. Philip Hammond is foreign secretary.

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More than 300 leading economists have written to the prime minister and other world leaders saying there is no economic justification for the existence of tax havens. Professor Jeffrey Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and an adviser to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. James Quarmby is a tax lawyer at the international law firm Stephenson Harwood.

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Canada's giant wildfire, nicknamed "The Beast", has now been burning for over a week. The fire could have effects far beyond Canada and Alaska because of the frozen organic matter under the forest permafrost. Dr Iain Hartley is associate professor in terrestrial ecosystem science at Exeter University.

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Today Parliament is due to debate the final amendments to a bill which will let unaccompanied migrant children come to the UK. It follows a U-turn last week by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, who has said Britain will take more underage refugees. Yvette Cooper is Labour MP and chair of the refugee task force.

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David Cameron is launching a new phase in the European Union referendum campaign by stressing the "big, bold patriotic case" for a vote to remain. He will turn to history to argue for Britain staying in the EU. Penny Mordaunt is MP campaigning on behalf of Vote Leave.

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David Henty is a convicted passport forger who turned his hand to faking artistic masterpieces and selling them on eBay. He has an exhibition of his fakes in Brighton later this month. He joins us on the programme.

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A 拢6 million fund to support independent candidates standing for parliament will be launched at 10.30 am by former minister, Digby Jones, and the Campaign for a Free Parliament. Lord Jones is supporting the campaign because he believes that the existing party system is undemocratic and failing to support the long term interests of the British people. He joins us on the programme and Claire Wright is Independent Parliamentary candidate for East Devon in 2015.