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0609 | The Queen arrives in Nigeria today ahead of the commonwealth summit. Peter Biles is our diplomatic correspondent.
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0609 | Judges in Britain are being asked to approve the building of a highly controversial damn in Belize. Our environment correspondent is Tim Hirsch. | |
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0615 | Rebecca Marston has a round-up of today's business news. | |
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0630 | TodayÌýpoliticians will get a chance today to debate university top-up fees - although the vote has been postponed. Our political correspondent is Norman Smith. | |
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0634 | The NHS Chief Executive publishes his progress report todayÌý- butÌýwhat will it say? Our health correspondent is Karen Allen. | |
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0641 | Police have until this morning to decide whether they will charge or release the man they arrested in Gloucester on suspicion of terrorism. Our crime correspondent is Neil Bennett. | |
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0643 | This mornings World Press Review comes from Sarah Raynsford in Moscow. | |
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0645 | The Government has been defeated in the Lords in a vote on the Queen's SpeechÌýsetting outÌýlegislation for the coming year. That doesn't happen often.. only twice since 1945. Our Parliamentary Correspondent, Mark D'Arcy. | |
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0650 | A man is going on trial in Gerrmany today - charged with cannabalism.ÌýRay Furlong reports fromÌýBerlin on the grizzly details. | |
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0709 | The Prime Minister has no reverse gear - even on the controversial policy of student fees.ÌýÌýSupport fromÌýthe backbenches is thin on the groundÌý- although he did get a vote of confidence last night from Gordon Brown. Tim Yeo and Phil Willis are the Conservative and Liberal Democrat, Education Spokesmen. | |
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0716 | Tony Blair promised a more democratic system of government in this country. The unelected house of lords would be replaced - but who will replace them?? The Conservative leader in the House of Lords isÌýLord Strathclyde. | |
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0722 | Is the Kyoto Treaty on climate change dead? An adviser to President Putin says Russia doesn't intend to ratify it. Prof Michael Grubb of the Carbon Trust. | |
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0730 | Nato is the most successful military alliance the world has ever seen. But is it really neccessary in a post cold war world? The Supreme Allied Commander in Nato is General James Jones. | |
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0740 | Corrie Corfield has a review of today's newspapers. | |
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0743 | There has been an increase in dog fighting. There have been a series of raids on buildings where fights are thought to have taken place. Mike Butcher is the Chief Inspector of the RSPCA. | |
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0751 | Monica BonvinciÌýhas created a minimalist glass cube to stand opposite the Tate Britain gallery in London, containing a usable loo. Our arts correspondent, Rebecca JonesÌýwent to have a look... | |
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0755 | Statistics are constantly bandied about on the length of NHS waiting lists, the numbers of operations, the time patients spend in hospital. Today the Chief Exeuctive, Sir Nigel Crisp gives hisÌýprogress report about NHS reform. | |
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0810 | Charles Clarke hasÌýto sell the government's case on top up tuition fees for students to an increasingly rebellious bunch of Labour backbenchers. At the last count 145 of them had signed a motion opposing the policy ...Ìý But is there a viable alternative to top-up fees? We speak to the Education Secretary, Charles Clarke. | |
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0830 | A new film opens up next weekÌý - it's based on the mountaineering book called Touching the Void. It's the incredible story ofÌý Joe Simpson who fell into a crevass in the Andes and was left by his companion who thought he was dead.Ìý Despite horrific injury he lived to tell the tale. | |
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0838 | What does every pensioner want for Xmas this year? A computer game apparently.. Emma Soames is Editor of Saga and writer, Joan Smith. | |
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0843 | A rare and nationally significant Iron Age chariot burial site has been found in West Yorkshire during excavations for the new route of the A1 motorway. Kevin Bocquet is there with the archeologist Angela Boyle and Alec Briggs of the Highway Agency. | |
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0846 | Scotland Yard has announced this morning that it is following up new leads over the murder of Constable Keith Blakelock in 1985 Neil BennettÌýour crime correspondent has the details. | |
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0849 | The vote on student fees has been postponed to enable ministers to try to persuade Labour MPs that the policy is right. But Cambridge Univesity student's union is publishing an alternative policy. Union President, Ben Brinded and Vice Chancellor of Liverpool, Drummon Bone. | |
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