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听The African Union summit starts in Ethiopia today听and will be dominated by the Kenyan crisis.

0712 The business news.

0716
Tory MP Derek Conway's parliamentary colleagues today vote on whether he should be suspended from the Commons for paying members of his family public money for no apparent work.

0718 It is claimed that about 1000 new Army recruits have had their training听shortened to be sent more quickly to Afghanistan.

0721 Would changing the classification of Cannabis back to class B have any impact on young people using the drug?

0728
The sports news.

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0730
There听is听a new听skills academy for the nuclear industry to help tackle skills gaps.

0737
What reforms can we expect of the prison service? Yesterday Jack Straw the Justice Secretary implied that proposals for massive "super prisons" may not go ahead.

0740 The paper review.听

0743 The earliest surviving route map of Britain, known as 'the Gough Map', is published in book form today.

0745
Thought for the day with Rev. Rosemary Lain-Priestley.听

0750 The latest figures on the American economy confirm that it's slowing down, although there's not yet technically a recession.


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0810
A young mother seeks damages after her baby was removed by social services just two hours after it was born. A High Court judge ruled that the child be returned and that officials "should have known better".

0820
听A former US ambassador to the UN, Thomas Pickering, tells us why he thinks that Afghanistan risks becoming a failed state caught up in a forgotten war.

0827 The sports news.


0830-0900

0830
More information on the situation in Kenya: We speak to Mohammed Qazilbash the head of emergencies in Kenya for the charity Care International.

0837 The business news.

0841 Campaigns often use celebrities for promotion, but is celebrity endorsement a good thing? Or are they just doing it 'to win PR points'.

0845 JG Ballard has been a celebrated novelist for more than forty years. We speak to him about his new memoir.听

0854 The Scottish Wildlife Trust has controversially suggested that beavers be introduced into Argyll.

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The Blunder Clips

Some of Our Less Memorable Moments
These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!

Jim crashes the pips
James Naughtie keeps going on and on and on until Continuity cuts him off.
- 9th January 2008
Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005
What is our website and email address John?
John gets confused about all this modern technology and it's David Blunkett Jim!
- 22 December 2004
Who's reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, as听Nick Clarke of the World at One demonstrates
- 4/5th October 2004
The boy who likes to say YES!
Sports presenter Steve May is left trying desperately to get his seven year old guest to say something other than yes!
- 23rd September 2004
When the technology fails听John and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
Jim听introduces a very听strange sounding听
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
听- 23th听July 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
听- 25th October 2003

Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
The Extended Interview

We don鈥檛 always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.

(26/11/07)
The legendary Jazz saxophonist听talks about his time in prison, phone calls with听John Coltrane,听9/11 and the ambitions of a Jazz survivor.
(17/11/07)
James Naughtie interviews asks the President of Pakistan when he will听lift his country's state of emergency and what he is doing to tackle Islamist Terrorism.
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