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0709ÌýWhy is the travel situation over Easter predicted to be so bad? We speak to Iain Coucher, Chief Executive of Network Rail.
0712 It was just after half past five in the morning in Baghdad on March 20 2003 when the invasion of Iraq began. Andrew Hosken reports on how events unfolded
0715 Business with Nick Cosgrove.
0717 Up to 50 local authorities are looking at taking over post offices scheduled for closure.
0720 NATO needs to redefine its strategyÌýsays the cross-party Commons Defence Committee. WeÌýare joined byÌýJames Arbuthnot who chairs the committee.
0725 Sport with Rob Nothman.
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0730ÌýChief executives of Britain's largest banks are hoping for some reassurance when they meet the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King today. We talk to presenter and Evening Standard columnist, Mickey Clarke.
0735 Tom Feilden reports from London Zoo, where a new tropical bird enclosure opens today.
0740 Today's Papers.
0742ÌýIt is five years to the day since the Americans and the British invaded Iraq. Hugh Sykes reports.
0745 Thought for the Day with Reverend Angela Tilby.
0750 It seems China's attitude towards it'sÌýimage abroad is changing. We speak to James Miles of The Economist, who is in Beijing. |
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0800-0830
0810ÌýAre British forces seen as an occupying power by the people of Iraq? We ask Major General Barney White-Spunner, Senior British Commander in Basra.
0820 Richard Knight speaks to the folk singer Shirley Collins whoÌýwill be curatingÌýa series of folk music events at the Royal Festival Hall later this month.
0825 Sport with Rob Nothman. |
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0830 Can the authorities do anything to stop another panic run on bank shares, as happened to HBOS yesterday? We speak to our Business Editor, Robert Peston
0835ÌýAt least 19 Labour MPsÌý have voted to prevent the planned closure of 2,500 sub-post offices. WeÌýspeak toÌýgovernment minister, Pat McFadden.
0840 As science increasingly moves into areas of research with huge ethical dimensions, can something be done to prevent extreme controversy?
0842 Business with Nick Cosgrove.
0845 The Computer Conservation Society will be looking at the legacy of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Micro, the first mass market computer which arrived on the market in 1982.
0850 BirminghamÌýis holding a performance and live arts festival called Fierce, the difference is the public get to curate it.
0855 In the last of her reports on the countdown to war, our reporter Sanchia Berg speaks to Major General Tim Cross. |
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We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.
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Gil Scott-Heron (04/03/2008)
Life hasn't been easy for the 'god-father of rap', but as US politics gets interesting again, he's making aÌý comeback. |
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(01/02/08)
He used to be Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, and now he's advising presidential candidate Senator Obama. We hear his vision for US Foreign policy.
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(26/11/07)
The legendary Jazz saxophonistÌýtalks about his time in prison, phone calls withÌýJohn Coltrane,Ìý9/11 and the ambitions of a Jazz survivor. |
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(17/11/07)
James Naughtie asks the President of Pakistan when he willÌýlift his country's state of emergency and what he is doing to tackle Islamist Terrorism. |
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