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0607 | The votes will start to be counted this morning after yesterday's elections to the Northern Ireland assembly. Kevin Connolly is there. | |
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0609 | A European Parliament committee is voting on a plan to make it easier for health professionals from other EU members to work here - the General Medical Council doesn't like it. Adam Brimelow is our health correspondent.
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0615 | Rebecca Marston has a round-up of the business news. | |
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0630 | The government will publishÌýa new asylum bill today. It was mentioned in yesterday's Queen's speech and aims to tighten up the asylum system. Danny Shaw is our home affairs correspondent. Norman Smith is our political correspondent.
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0640 | A European Parliament committee is voting on a plan to make it easier for health professionals from other EU members to work here - the General Medical Council doesn't like it. Adam Brimelow is our health correspondent.
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0643 | The World Press Review comes from Phil Mercer in Sydney. | |
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0648 | The customary week-long debate on the Queen's Speech follows yesterday's State Opening of Parliament. As always, the event was accompanied by plenty of pomp and pageantry.ÌýDavid Wilby reports. | |
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0652 | The rain continues and and we could be facing more flooding. But that's not stopped the Environment agency warningÌýof possibleÌýwater shortages next year. Norman Baker is the Liberal Democrat's spokesman on environmental issues.
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0655 | There's an independent report into the NHS out today and it says the health service is improving the quality of healthcare. It comes from the Nuffield Trust, Sir Denis Pereira Gray is the Trust's chairman.
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0709 | The latest figures for asylum seekers are published this morning and theÌýresults show the Prime Minister's promise - to cut the figure byÌý50% by September 2003 - has been fulfilled. Maeve Sherlock is the Chief Executive of the Refugee Council and Harriet Sergeant. | |
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0715 | Votes will be counted this morning following yesterday's elections in Northern Ireland - the result will be known tomorrow. Dr Sydney Elliott is a psephologist at Queen's University Belfast. | |
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0721 | Australia have reached a deal with the U.S on their Guantanamo detainees - they have been promised the prisonersÌýwon't face the death penalty, and may be able to serve any jail sentences in Australia. Geraint Davies isÌýthe MP for Feroz Abbasi. | |
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0725 | They're calling it the "Sweet Chariot Victory" Parade. OnÌýMonday 8 December the England's rugby team will be honoured with an official day of celebration.ÌýNot everyone is happy - ÌýNick Holmes is a rugby teacher. | |
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0730 | TheÌýQueen's speech spelt out the government's priorities for next year. Are these the right issues? Shadow Chancellor, Oliver Letwin and Menzies Campbell isÌýLiberal Democrat Spokesman. | |
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0743 | Harriet Cass has a review of today's newspapers. | |
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0747 | There's a row between some senior British mountaineers andÌý'Trail' theÌýbiggest selling hill-walking magazine - about the dangerous routes the magazine hasÌýrecommended.ÌýScotland reporter, Huw Williams has more details. | |
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0752 | The European Parliament is voting on a set of guidelines to make it easier for doctors to work wherever they choose within the E.U. Is this aÌýgood thing? Sir Graeme Catto of the G.M.C and M.E.P Manuel Medina Ortega. | |
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0810 | Today the government publish the new asylum bill which shows they have met their asylum targets. We speak to the Home Secretary, David Blunkett. | |
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0825 | Country Life has declared a coming crisis over Christmas puddingsÌýbecause young people don't like them. So they've developed a new recipe.. Editor Clive AsletÌýand cook Clarissa Dickson-Wright. | |
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0830 | The British poet Benjamin Zephaniah has rejected an OBE from the Queen in a protest against the war in Iraq and the legacy of the British empire. | |
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0835 | One notable omission from the Queen's speech yesterday was the gender recognition bill which would have given transexuals the right to change their birth certificates to show their new gender.ÌýShaun WoodwardÌýMP and Ìýhis transexual sister Leslie Woodward. | |
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0845 | Where's the best place in Britain to go for a weekend away? Apparently Portsmouth.. according to The Good Britain Guide. Mike Hancock is the MP for Portsmouth South and Sam Jordison is co-author of the Crap Towns Guide. | |
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0850 | Tim Blackman has been in a court in Japan listening to the trial of a Japanese businessman who is accused of killing his daughter Lucy Blackman.Ìý Mr Blackman spoke to our reporter Jonathan Head.
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0855 | The next event for Labour MP's is the Big Conversation. A friendly chat or a dialogue of the deaf?ÌýIain Watson has been speaking to grassroots members and backbench MPs who'll be there. | |
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