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WednesdayÌý11th May 2005
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0607
AÌýnuclear accident is being simulated in Romania.

0610
The safest place for a baby to sleep is in a cot and not inÌýthe parents' bed.

0615
Business news with Greg Wood.

0626
Sports news with Steve May.

0632
Parliament re-opens today. Tony Blair will address the first meeting of the new Parliamentary Labour Party.

0635
The Fire Brigades Union will discuss an internal report that could be embarrassing to the new leader of the FBU Matt Wrack.

0638
Criminal trials are set to be dramatically curtailed in major changes to the way lawyers are paid.

0643
A look atÌýtoday's papers in the UK and Egypt.

0648
The job of reconstruction after the tsunami in Sri Lanka has been slow and mired in controversy. The southern city of Galle was particularly severely hit.

0652
Three suicide bombings kill at least 50 people across Iraq.

0654
AÌýfood crisisÌýis threatening tens of thousands of children in the West African state of Niger.

0709
Michael Howard hopes there will be a new Tory leader by Christmas. Will Shadow Education Secretary David Cameron succeed him?

0715
Iain Watson assesses the strength of the forces ranged against the Prime Minister.

0718
The BMA recommended vaccinating all children against hepatitis B but some claim there are numerous risks. What action should a parent take?

0723
Business update with Greg Wood.

0725
Sports update with Steve May.

0732
Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer hopes to reduce the length of trials but will the new system produce justice?

0743
A memorial service for UK victims of December's tsunami will be held at St Paul's Cathedral later today.

0747
Thought for the day with Dr Jeevan Singh Deol - Lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies.

0750
Liberal Democrat Local Government Spokesman Ed Davey explains why the Liberal Democrats failed to take more Tory seats.

0810
Former Conservative leader William Hague explains how the Conservatives will elect their new leader.

0820
The Tate Modern is five years old but how successful has the museum been?

0825
Sports update with Steve May.

0832
Oona King talks about the election campaign for the first timeÌýsince losing her seat in Bethnal Green and Bow.

0840
Business update with Greg Wood.

0842
The world's most influential film festival opens today in Cannes. Rebcca Jones finds out why none of the twenty films competing for the top prize are British.

0850
Chief Constable Paul Kernaghan, of Hampshire Constabulary, questions whether tougher sentences are needed to crack down on repeat offenders.

0853
The Bank of England will publish its quarterly inflation report this morning. Will interest rates be cut to boost a slowing economy?
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These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!

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, asÌýNick 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 failsÌýJohn and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
JimÌýintroduces a veryÌýstrange soundingÌý
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
Ìý- 23thÌýJuly 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
Ìý- 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.
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
John and Jim share a joke about the weather?
The Extended Interview

We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.

Edward Stourton interviews Monsignor Charles Burns, a retired head of the Vatican's Secret Archives, inÌýRome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
Part 1
Part 2
First Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaksÌýto our reporter Zubeida Malik aboutÌýhis ordeal and how heÌýcontinues toÌýcampaign for five Britons still there to be freed.
Justin Webb interviews Walter Cronkite who pays tribute to Dan Rather, a 73 year old news presenter in America whose is retiring after 24 years.
(10/03/05)
Tony Blair speaks to Jim at the British Embassy in Washington, following his controversial Rose Garden press conference with Bush. The Iraq war, the Middle East and the first hints of an EU constitution referendum u-turn. (17/04/04).
, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04)
John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04).
Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
General James L. Jones
During his visit toÌý London - the Supreme Commander of Nato talks to James Naughtie about the threat posed to NATO by a stronger EU military force.
Hillary Clinton talks toÌýJamesÌýNaughtie
Her questions surrounding theÌýWhite House handling of the Iraq war, plus her years with Bill in that stately building.
Mark Coles interviews Damien Hirst
......about his new exhibition in the small Slovenian capital Ljubljana, including drawings from his teenage years.
James Naughtie interviews Hans Blix:
Hans Blix says allies had motivations other than WMDs for going to war - 6th June 2003.

Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.

Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
Robin Aitken's interview with Jackie Elliott before he was executed
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