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0609 |
Dozens ofÌýcancer specialistsÌýare trying to ensure that two cancer drugs for use against brain tumours are approved for the NHS in England.They are angry at the delay in reaching a decision. |
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0611 |
40 million pounds has been stolen in what is thought to be Britain's biggest robbery. |
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0614 |
ThesÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood. |
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0626 |
TheÌýsports news with Gary Richardson. |
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0630 |
The Iraqi president is calling for calm, but there has been more violence in the wake of the destruction of the shrine at Samarra. |
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0634 |
Ugandans go to the polls today in the country's first multi party elections in 26 years. |
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0640 |
The Government will publish its plans forÌý"victims' advocates" who will be allowed to address a court in cases of murder and manslaughter on behalf of the relatives of the victim. |
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0645 |
AÌýreview of today's papers in the UK and Sarajevo. |
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0648 |
President Bush is embroiled in one of the biggest political battles since he came to office. Senior politicians from both main parties are threatening to block a deal which would mean several US ports, including the port of New York, being run by a company based in Dubai. |
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0651 |
The human rights organisation Amnesty International has strongly criticised Britain's anti terrorism laws. Its report says their effect has been not only to undermine human rights at home but also overseas. Amnesty's Secretary General is Irene Khan. |
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0655 |
Nigeria is suffering inter-faith violence as a result of the row over the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Nearly a hundred people have been killed in the last few days.ÌýBishop Cyril Okorocha of the Owerri Diocese in south-east Nigeria, joins the programme. |
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0709 |
As much asÌýforty million pounds may have been stolen from a security depot in Kent. Can the robbersÌýget away with it?ÌýBob McCunnÌýis a solicitor who was hired to track down the money and gold taken in the Brinks Mat robbery in 1983, and Nick Kochan has written a book about money laundering called The Washing Machine. |
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0711 |
The fallout from the destruction of the shrine in Samarra in Iraq has been violent. Up to 17 sunni Muslims are thought to have been killed in reprisal attacks by Shia muslims, for whom the shrine was particularly important. Sheik Yosif al-Nasari, is director of the Shia Al-Sadr Centre for Research and Study, and he's a supporter of Muqtada a-Sadr, the prominent Shia leader. |
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0715 |
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood. |
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0720 |
Elections are underway in Uganda. They are the first multi-party elections in 26 years. The Labour MP, Chris Mullin, is the special representative of the British government at the elections. |
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0725 |
TheÌýsports news with Gary Richardson. |
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0730 |
How can Britain reduceÌýCO2 emissions produced by the country's 32 million cars. Transport Secretary, Alistair Darling, talks about the government's plans. |
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0735 |
A new book onÌýShakespeare is claiming that the playwright died of cancer. The book is called 'The True Face of William Shakespeare', and the author is Professor Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummell, who says she has also solved the mystery of what Shakespeare looks like. |
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0745 |
Thought for the day with John Bell of the Iona Community. |
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0740 |
Britain's biggest energy supplier, Centrica - which owns British Gas - says its profits went up by 11% last year to one and a half billion pounds. From next week, its 12 million gas customersÌýand 6 million electricity customers will have to pay 22% more for their gasÌýand electricity. Mark Clare, Managing Director of British Gas, and Deputy Chief Executive of Centrica, talks to the programme. |
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0810 |
The government is introducing aÌý"victim's advocate" in murder and manslaughter trials in a number of crown courts in England. It is an effort to meet the claims of the families of the victims of murder who say that despite a great deal of rhetoric about the importance of the victim in recent years they're still not being treated properly. Lord Falconer,the Lord Chancellor, talks to the programme. |
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0820 |
Our Arts Correspondent, Rebecca Jones, talks to George Clooney about his new CIA thriller, Syriana, and to former CIA agent, Robert Baer, who's memoirs the film is loosely based on. |
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0826 |
TheÌýsports news with Gary Richardson. |
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0830 |
Charles Shoebridge, a security analyst and former Scotland Yard detective, speaks about the robbery at a security depot in Kent. 25 million pounds was taken in what is believed to be Britain's biggest cash robbery. |
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0835 |
When Jan Dacombe wanted to put an angel on her child's grave, she was told by the Church of England that she couldn't. Its rules on what is appropriate for graves wouldn't allow it. So she organised a petition calling on the church to change those rules and handed it to the General Synod last week. Jan Dacombe, and Canon Michael Ainsworth, a member of the Synod, join the programme. |
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0838 |
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood. |
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0845 |
There is increasing pressure this morning on Serbia to hand over the former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic. The Serb authorities are being warned their negotiations to join the European Union could be affected. |
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0850 |
TheÌýcelebrity restaurant has been one of the features of the West End of London in recent years, but the chef, Jamie Oliver, thinks they are getting too expensive and has started a home catering business, as people prefer to eat locally. Oliver Peyton, a London restaurateur, and Peter Harden, editor of the Harden restaurant guide, share their views. |
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Britain should convert all itsÌýroad signs to metric by the time of the Olympics in 2012 otherwise it will be seen as a backward nation. So says the UK Metric Association. Its campaign is supported by among others Lord Howe who speaks to the programme, along with the columnist Peter Hitchens. |
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