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0709 Chief constable of Merseyside Bernard Hogan-Howe has saidÌýthe fight against gun crime is being undermined by judges who do not hand down sufficiently stiff sentences.
0712 Chancellor Alastair Darling downgraded his growth forecasts in his budget earlier this month.
0715 Business with Greg Wood.
0717 Will voters use the forthcoming local elections to pass their verdict on the Government's handling of the economy?
0720ÌýToday, Gordon Brown will award commemorative badges to the surviving Bevin Boys, men who kept the mines running during World War II.
0725 Sport with Rob Nothman.
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0730ÌýReporter Angus Stickler has been investigating the world's largest producer of platinum, mining giant Anglo American in South Africa.
0735 Today's papers.
0740 The NUT is debating a motion today that says teachers should stop the military visiting their schools.
0745 Thought for the Day with Dr Indarjit Singh.
0750 As the embryology debate rages on we speak to Colin Blakemore, Professor of Neuroscience at Oxford, and Catholic writer Clifford Longley. |
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0810ÌýPlans to reform the way Parliament operates are announced later today and the Tories will use a Commons debate to force a vote on their renewed call for a full inquiry into the Iraq war. We speak to Justice Secretary Jack Straw.
0815 Heavy fighting has erupted in the Iraqi city of Basra. Adam Brookes reports.
0820ÌýHow has the portrayal of white working class Britain changed over the years? We ask the actor Alan Sillitoe.
0825 Sport with Rob Nothman. |
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0830 There is a view that says George Bush has set the cause of conservatism back years. We speak to David Frum, who was one of Mr Bush's speech writers and, Bill Barnard, the chairman of Democrats Abroad.
0835 Business with Greg Wood.
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0845 The Liberal Democrats, the only party to oppose the war in Iraq, want those who supported the invasion of Iraq to apologise.
0855 Has Gordon Brown made a mistake by paying more regard to the future of bioscience than the religious sensitivities of his MPs?
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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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