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 0607 |
Schools inspectors in England sayÌýspecialist schools need to do more to improve standards in their chosen subject. |
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 0610 |
The Foreign Secretary,ÌýJack Straw, is in Afghanistan today to meet the President, Hamed Karzai. |
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 0615 |
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood. |
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 0628 |
TheÌýsports news with Garry Richardson. |
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 0632 |
The Kyoto Protocol, establishing targets for greenhouse gas emissions in 36 countries, came into force at midnight. |
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 0635 |
The Conservatives unveil theirÌýhealth manifesto today. James Hardy has more details. |
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 0637 |
The Appeal court will rule today on the legality of the hunting ban. |
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 0641 |
The General Synod, the Church of England's Parliament, is debatingÌý women bishops again today. |
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 0644 |
A review ofÌýtoday's papers both in Britain and Portugal. |
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 0650 |
Dr Peter Marsh from the Social Issues Research Centre and Professor Mike Kelly from the Health Development Agency on whetherÌýchildhood obesity is out of control. |
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 0653 |
The world's biggest spider, discovered in a fossil, has turned out to be aÌýsea scorpion. Dr Paul Selden explains. |
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Klaus Toepfer, of the UN Environment Programme, explains why theÌýKyoto Protocol is still important despite the lack of support from America, China and India. |
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 0712 |
Lib Dem treasury spokesman Vince Cable with details of their policy on 'personal debt'. |
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 0716 |
AÌýbusiness update with Greg Wood. |
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 0720 |
Jon Tucker from the Science museum and Emily Boase from the Union Prospect, on the strike at the Science museum. |
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 0723 |
The sports news with Garry Richardson. |
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 0731 |
Would givingÌýmatron more authority help clean up our hospitals as the Tories propose? Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and Niall Dickson of the Kings Fund discuss. |
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 0742 |
President Kibaki of Kenya is suffering from depression and is staying in bed and to readÌýbooks byÌýPG Wodehouse. The author's biographer, Robert McCrum, reacts to this news. |
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 0745 |
Thought for the Day with Rabbi Lionel Blue. |
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 0749 |
A new report by Ofsted has revealed that a number ofÌýspecialist schools are having problems with their subjects. |
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 0810 |
The Kyoto Treaty on reducing greenhouse gases comes into force today. Environment SecretaryÌý Margaret Beckett gives her views. |
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 0822 |
Does it make a politician or a figure in public life more popular if they show an interest in sport rather than the arts? |
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 0834 |
Tom Heap reports on theÌýEnglish hunters going to France to continue hunting and Douglas Batchelor from the League Against Cruel Sports comments. |
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 0840 |
AÌýbusiness update with Greg Wood. |
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 0843 |
Kim Ghattas reports from theÌýfuneral of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. |
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 0847 |
Campaigners in favour ofÌýwomen bishops are protesting at the Synod building of the Church of England. Jane Little is there. |
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 0850 |
Are our cities becoming tooÌý sanitised? Dolan Cummings from the Institute of Ideas thinks so but architect Sir Terry Farrell thinks otherwise. |
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 0855 |
Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker looks at the implications of theÌýKyoto ProtocolÌýfor England. |
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