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0607 | It looks as if mad cow disease has arrived in the U.S. Michael Buchanan is our correspondent in Washington. | |
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0610 | Westerners living in Bahrain are on alert after the U.S warned that it had received a "specific" threat of a terror attack. Mike Wooldridge. | |
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0615 | Greg Wood has a round-up of today's business news. | |
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0630 | The fighting in Gaza is some of the fiercest for a good while - James Reynolds is in Jerusalem. | |
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0633 | The government is looking at clarifying the interpretation of the Data Protection Act after it was implicated in four deaths over the past few weeks. Our political correspondent is James Landale. | |
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0637 | The Italian food giant Pamarmalat is applying for bankruptcy protection - David Willey is in Rome. | |
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0643 | Today's World Press Review comes from Jeremy McDermott in Bogata. | |
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0642 | The palaces of India are deteriorating under the care of the Indian government. Now the royal households of India are demanding the return their heritage.
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0652 | The union Amicus has done a survey which suggests that many of its members are too exhausted to enjoy Christmas - Chris Ball is its National Secretary.
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0709 | There's mounting pressure on the government to launch a formal review of the Data Protection Act. Tim Yeo, the Shadow Health & Education Secretary. | |
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0715 | Pakistan has admitted that some of its nuclear scientists may have passed information to Iran - Masood Khan is the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry. | |
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0719 | The discovery of B.S.E in the US could have profound ramifications. Michael Hansen ofÌýU.S Consumers Union and Mark Thomas of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. | |
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0723 | Listener's Laws : Miranda Sawyer and Keith Hellawell suggest what should go on the statue books..... | |
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0730 | The Archbishop has written a pieceÌýwarning of the dangers of gambling, and tomorrow he's expected to be critical of what theÌýU.S are doing at Guantanamo Bay. The Rev. Dr John Sentamu isÌýBishop of Birmingham. | |
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0742 | Chris Aldridge has a review of today's newspapers. | |
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0748 | It's estimated thatÌý75% of all clubbers suffer tinnitus, most temporarily but some permanently - it's an unpleasant condition. Robin Aitken reports. | |
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0752 | Yesterday Italy's Parmalat bowed to the inevitable - the government of Silvio Berlusconi put the food giant under what they term "extraordinary administration".ÌýAuditor, Luigi Ricetti and Peter Wyman | |
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0810 | The U.S has just announced it's first case of mad cow disease. Former Minister, Stephen Dorrell. | |
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0823 | What has been the response to our Listener's Law competition - and who will decide the shortlist? Stephen Pound M.P,ÌýJulia Hartley-Brewer, and Ian Dale. | |
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0830 | Could a united European Foreign Policy become a reality? Javier Solana,Ìýrepresents national governments at the E.U. | |
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0840 | Are we celebrating the wrong birthday tomorrow? Geza Vermes, professor of Jewish Studies at Oxford is author ofÌý 'The Authentic Gospel of Jesus' andÌýRev. Tom Wright, the Bishop of Durham. | |
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0847 | What sort of Christmas is in store for the British troops serving in Iraq? Alastair Leithead is in Basra. | |
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0850 | Should we expect to hearÌý"The Beagle has landed" tomorrow? Pallab Ghosh previews the landing expected tomorrow.... | |
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0855 | It is estimated that Israel has around 200 nuclear warheads - rather more than Britain - although the Israeli govenment never talks about it. Should Israel follow Libya's example?ÌýSecretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa. | |
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