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0709 President Bush is under huge pressure to pull American troops out of Iraq. Last night the house of representatives voted for it. Our Washington Correspondent Jamie Coomerasamy reports.
0712 A week ago the Prime Minister promised a "comprehensive" programme to help those areas affected by the floods. But has this happened? We speak to Carl Minns of Hull City Council.
0715 Business News with Greg Wood.
0720 Next week voters go to the polls in Sedgefield to choose their new MP - a replacement for Tony Blair. Iain Watson reports.
0725 Sports News with Rob Nothman.
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0730 We speak to former ±«Óãtv Chairman Michael Grade and Controller of ±«Óãtv 1, Peter Fincham about the row over the Queen and the manipulated footage the ±«Óãtv used in a promotional trailer released for an upcoming documentary.
0735 The woman who was being questioned by police about the recent attempted bombings has been released without charge. The police have until the weekend to charge or release the other people in custody. Danny Shaw reports.
0737 Todays Papers.
0740 The Harlequin ladybird is thought likely to harm at least 1000 types of insects and other organisms as it spreads across the country.
0745 Thought for the Day with Reverend Rosemary Lain-Priestly - Dean of the Women's Ministry in central London.
0750 Two teenage girls have been arrested for allegedly trying to board a british airways flights in Ghana carrying £300,000 worth of cocaine. |
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0810 We are reducing are forces in Iraq yet more of our soldiers are being killed than ever. We hear from our Defence Correspondent, Paul Wood.
0820 Yesterday Ken Boston proposed that learning how to cook a healthy meal might be considered more relevant than learning about the Battle of Malplaquet. But surely children need to learn important history. We speak to Robert Harvey author of War of Wars.
0825 Sports Update with Rob Nothman. |
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0830 Three people have been found murdered in a house in Manchaster.ÌýJulie HobsonÌýreports.
0835 Business Update with Greg Wood.
0840 There will be a tribute to the naturalist and historian Roger Deakin, who died last year, at the "Ways with Words" literary festival at Dartington Hall in Devon later today. Tom Feilden reports.
0845 Gordon Brown has taken over the top job making a virtue out of his promise of change. But is change always necessary? We speak to Geoff Mulgan Director of the thinktank Young Foundation and Sheila Gunn who was John Major's Political Press Secretary.
0850 There are only a handful of clinics across Britain deal with adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, leaving many people without access to diagnosis and treatment. Our Health Correspondent Adam Brimelow reports.
0855 Gossip columnist Nigel Dempster has died. We hear an interview he gave with Sue McGregor 10 years ago where he defends his job.
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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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Baroness Sally Morgan Interview
Tony Blair's former Director of Political and Government Relations, Baroness Sally Morgan has given a rare, interview to Today to mark the Prime Minister's departure.
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Don De Lillo Interview
The American writer Don de Lillo who wrote Underworld and is one of the biggest figures in modern American literature - has become a classic. A Penguin classic.ÌýA great accolade, but usually one reserved for the dead. John interviewed him and asked what it's like to be thought of as a "classic"?
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Mouloud Sihali Interview
Mouloud Sihali from Algeria, North Africa, is one of the suspected terrorists thatÌýthe ±«Óãtv Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the ±«Óãtv Secretary has deemed Sihali a threat to the Nation's security. Last year Mouloud Sihali was found not guilty of being a part of a so called released Ricin plot. |
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The nominations for the Oscars were announced yesterday, and The Constant Gardener is tipped for a place on the shortlist. It stars Ralph Fiennes who picked up an Evening Standard Film Award this week for his role in the film. Polly Billington spoke him and to the author, John le Carre, about the film and its chances at the Oscars. (31/01/06) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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) |
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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)
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First ±«Óãtv 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. |
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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) |
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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). |
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, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04) |
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John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04). |
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Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
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Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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