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 0607 |
George Bush has declared that America will accept nothing less than "total victory" in Iraq. |
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 0609 |
Shimon Peres has gone from the Israeli Labour Party to join Ariel Sharon. |
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 0615 |
TheÌýbusiness newsÌýwith Greg Wood. |
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 0625 |
TheÌýsports newsÌýwith Garry Richardson. |
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 0630 |
The Government is poised to introduce new guidance forÌýteaching children to read. |
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 0635 |
We take a look at the political response to Lord Turner's pensions report. |
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 0640 |
The Government is starting a new campaign to convince us of the threat of global warming. |
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 0645 |
TheÌýpaper reviews from Britain and Cairo. |
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 0650 |
A look at the events of Yesterday In Parliament. |
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 0653 |
Russian gas suppliers are threatening supplies of natural gas to Europe. |
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The charity CARE International is launching an emergency appeal for a famine that has yet to happen calledÌýtheÌýAfrica Food Crisis Campaign. |
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 0709 |
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Office have compiled a list stating the quantity of aÌýdrug you can claim to the police is for personal use. We talk to Alistair Carmichael the Liberal Democrats ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Affairs spokesman. |
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 0712 |
Literacy teaching in England's primary schools is to be reviewedÌýand will nowÌýinclude the use of "synthetic phonics". |
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 0715 |
Police are concerned about a Government idea which would allow courts to order the closure of places of worship. |
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 0719 |
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood. |
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 0722 |
The racist murder ofÌýAnthony Walker was a tragedy waiting to happen according to the Merseyside Racial Harassment Prevention Unit. |
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 0725 |
The Turner report onÌýpensionsÌýis causing considerableÌýdebate in the Cabinet. |
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 0729 |
The Today ProgrammeÌýhave madeÌýan online advent calendar. Hear more about it. |
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 0735 |
Hear the second of the special reports made for us byÌýLord May this time onÌýbiodiversity. |
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 0740 |
As the Christmas shopping count down starts we ask what drives women shoppers? |
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 0745 |
Thought For The Day with Anne Atkins, Novelist and Columnist. |
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 0750 |
Jack Straw has written to the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking about the allegations that the CIA has been flying terrorist suspects to secret prisons in Eastern Europe. |
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 0810 |
A Government commissioned report by the former OFSTED inspector Jim Rose concluded that England's primary schools should useÌý"synthetic phonics" to teach children to read.Ìý We speak to Education Secretary Ruth Kelly. |
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 0827 |
An environmental campaign has been launchedÌýagainst sandwiches. We speak to Tony Juniper, the executive director of Friends of the Earth, and Julian Metcalfe from Pret a Manger. |
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 0835 |
The Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett talks to us about the challenges that face her at theÌýclimate change conference in Montreal. |
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 0840 |
The business update with Greg Wood. |
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 0845 |
As the Bush AdministrationÌýfaces criticism over their treatment of prisoners, we speak to Tom Ridge, formerly the Director of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½land Security, and a staunch ally of President Bush.Ìý |
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 0850 |
It is world AIDS day and it has been announced that Lesotho will be the first country in the world to provide HIV testing for all its population. |
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WeÌýhear the arguments surroundingÌý"synthetic phonics" from Dr Bethan Marshall, Senior Lecturer in English Education at Kings College, and Nick Gibb theÌýShadow Education Minister for Young People. |
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