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0609 | Another American soldier has been killed in a bombing in Iraq. Jonny Dymond is our correspondent there. | |
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0613 | Greg Wood in Moscow with the business news. | |
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0630 | How long will it take to听clear the backlog of mail left by the postal strikes? Our听Labour Affairs correspondent Stephen Cape. | |
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0635 | This programme has learnt that the government is planning to abolish English Nature. Roger Harrabin has more. | |
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0640 | Rory Morrison with a review of today's papers. | |
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0644 | Our world press review from Ian Pannell in Washington. | |
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0647 | A proposal to allow people suspected of sex offences such as rape to remain anonymous was thrown out by MPs last night. Susan Hulme reports from Westminster. | |
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0650 | A business update from Greg Wood. | |
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0655 | Eurozone ministers have yet again put off a decision on what to do about France's ballooning deficit. Quentin Summerville is our Brussels correspondent. | |
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0657 | Scientists are looking at a new technique which uses nanotechnology to target and destroy cancer tumours without affecting healthy cells. Jennifer West of Rice University in Houston led the research. | |
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0709 | The American Senate has approved a massive funding package for military and humanitarian programmes in Iraq and Afghanistan. We speak to New York congressman Pete King, just听back from Iraq. | |
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0714 | The Home Secretary addresses the Association of Police Authorities today. Ruth Henig is their chair. | |
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0718 | Parliament is debating new laws this week which for the first time would make it an offence to traffick people for sexual exploitation. Our correspondent Danny Shaw reports from Romania, one of the countries at the heart of the trade.
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听 | It's Gordon Brown's first day back from paternity leave, and he's off to Brussels to discuss national economics听in relation to听the EU draft constitution. Sarah speaks to Mr. Brown about his concerns. | |
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0740 | Did the Spanish over-react by closing their border with Gibraltar because the Aurora had docked there? We speak to Dr Michael Ingram, a GP from Hertfordshire. | |
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0750 | The proposal to abolish English Nature is already raising hackles. Our correspondent Roger Harrabin and the Shadow Environment Secretary, David Liddington. | |
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0810 | How can police forces be made more responsive to the views of the communities they serve? We hear from the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers听Chris Fox, Shadow Home Secretary Oliver Letwin, and Home Secretary David Blunkett.
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0820 | Are fireworks听too noisy? Dogs certainly seem to think so, though听goldfish aren't so worried. Dominic Arkwright reports. | |
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0830 | Though Pakistan is an ally of America in its war against terrorism, the country has been criticised for not doing enough. Mian Khursid Kasuri is the Foreign Minister of Pakistan.
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0840 | Greg Wood with a business update. | |
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0845 | The appointment of Rupert Murdoch's son James听as head of the satellite broadcaster BSkyB has angered some shareholders. Lord St John of Fawsley was the senior non-executive director in charge of the selection process. | |
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0850 | An Anglican peace envoy in the Middle East has come back with some disturbing intelligence about what's happening in Iraq. We speak to Canon Andrew White. | |
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0855 | Bad weather in Estonia is holding up听the听migrating swans that we're tracking -听ornithologist Stephen Moss has all the details. | |
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0857 | Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for the Environment, on the听government's plans to abolish English Nature. | |
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0858 | Does it matter that the church and state are linked by the constitution? The Bishop of Woolwich, Colin Buchanan, has campaigned for disestablishment for thirty years. The MP Robert Key thinks it would be a huge mistake.
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