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Wednesday 25thÌýJanuary 2006Ìý
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0607
Palestinians begin to cast their votes in the firstÌýparliamentary election to be held for a decade.

0614
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0626
TheÌýsports news with Garry Richardson.

0631
Representatives from police authorities are hoping to persuade the home secretary to rethinkÌýpolice reform plans.

0634
Nominations close today for theÌýLiberal Democrat party leadership.ÌýIt's been an unsettled time - not helped today by the defection of a former parliamentary candidate to the Conservatives.

0637
The decision of a retired doctor to kill herself in Switzerland because she had a degenerative brain disease has reignited the debate about voluntary euthanasia.

0639
A review ofÌýtoday's papersÌýin the UK and Canada.

0645
A look at the events of yesterday in parliament.

0651
The Chancellor is facing calls to explain how he'll make the savings he promised in last month's pre-budget report. John McFall is the committee's Labour chairman.

0654
Legislation allowing particular roads to be designated asÌý"Quiet Lanes" to limit traffic has been on the statute book for five years: but why are there still so few of them? Paul Hamblin of the Campagn to protect Rural England.

0709
We speak to our correspondents live at the polls for the Palestinian legislative elections.

0716
Police representatives are lobbying MPs today on the Home Secretary's plan for theÌýmerger of forces across England. Bob Jones chairs the Association of Police Authorities.

0720
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0721
We talk to the former Lib Dem general election candidate, Adrian Graves,Ìýwho's going over to the Conservatives.

0725
TheÌýsports news with Garry Richardson.

0734
The issue ofÌýassisted suicide has hit the headlines again, with the case yesterday of a retired doctor from Bath ending her life with the help of doctors at a controversial clinic in Switzerland. Dr Rob George is a palliative care consultant working in west London.

0743
We've had over five hundred emails on the Radio FourÌýUK theme's demise. We hear from one listener who's set up a protest website to save the tune.

0749
Thought for the day with the Reverend Richard Harries.

0752
Congo is to chair the African Union, after Sudan withdrew its bid following criticism of its human rights record.

0810
We talk to the Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, about his plans to merge Britain's police forces.

0820
Hilary Spurling's Matisse the Master has won the £25,000ÌýWhitbread Book of the Year award and the author joins us.

0824
AÌýsports update from Garry Richardson.

0830
Palestinians have begun voting in landmarkÌýparliamentary elections in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Hear from Ghazi Hamad,Ìýa spokesman for Hamas in Rafah.

0837
AÌýbusiness update from Greg Wood.

0840
We find out why human ashes could be altering the delicate eco-systems of Scotland's mountains.

0844
AÌýquarter of a century since first seeds of the SDP were sown with the 'Limehouse declaration', we talk to one of the original gang of four.

0852
Zaki Badawi, founder of the Muslim College and one of the most influential muslims in Britain died yesterday at the age of 83. The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey,ÌýandÌýDr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, leader of the Muslim Parliament.
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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!

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 the President of Mexico, Vincente Fox, and Tom Shannon, the United States Under Secretary of State with responsibility for the Americas, on the Summit of the Americas in Argentina and the prospect of a free trade agreement for the region.
President Vincente Fox.
Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon.
The uncut interview with Sir Peter Hall, the first director to stage the play in 1955, with the last surviving member of the original main cast, Timothy Bateson who played 'lucky', and playwright Ronald Harwood.
Jim Naughtie speaks to the Archbishop of Kaduna, Josiah Idowu Fearon, about the Anglican Church in Africa and tensions between Christians and Muslims. (25/05/05)
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 who 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.
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