Best of Today Episodes Episode guide
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'No bended knee Brexit talks'
Iain Duncan Smith on Britain's relationship with the single market after Brexit
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'My mother packed my childhood drawings when we fled Germany' - Judith Kerr
Judith Kerr is one of Britain's best-loved children's writers and illustrators.
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'My job was given away during maternity leave'
Better job protection needed for working mums, say MPs.
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'My gut feeling is that this 10pm curfew is doing more harm than good'
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham calls for an urgent review of the 10pm curfew
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'My daughter's been in a seclusion cell for almost two years'
A father of an autistic teen is taking legal action to take her out an assessment unit
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'My Dad gave me a hug and I decided my dreams were going to win’
Chris Nikic on how he became the first person with Down's syndrome to complete an Ironman
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'My cousin died trying to get from Calais to UK'
A Pakistani man died this week trying to board a Eurotunnel train to the UK from Calais.
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'Mass testing could allow hugs at Christmas’
Matt Hancock says he hopes mass Covid testing could be ready in time for Christmas
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'Many young people are very keen to get into the world of work and we believe this scheme will help them do that'
Therese Coffey launches a new scheme to help 16 to 24 year-olds find work placements
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'Looking for either Alice or Norman who got married 5.8.61. May be from Edinburgh or Inveresk'
How Martha Kearney solved a 30 year mystery with help of Twitter
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'Life's Not Always a Beach' Guest Edit
With reporting from Tenby, West Wales. What's it like when the tourists go home?
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'Let children pick wild primroses'
Leading nature writer Richard Mabey says he sees no harm in children picking the flower
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'Legal and moral' responsibility for young in care
Offending rates among children in care investigated.
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'Landlords being asked to do the work of border control'
Landlords to evict illegal immigrants under measures to be included in Immigration Bill.
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'It’s wonderful to be reunited with something that was lost so many years ago and which I had given up on ever getting back'
The full story of how Martha Kearney and a Twitter army solved a 30 year old mystery
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'It’s wonderful to be reunited with something that was lost so many years ago and which I had given up on ever getting back'
The moment Alice is reunited with her stolen wedding ring after 30 years
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'It’s something that makes me quite angry in a sense, that the NHS is failing women in this way’
NHS consultant Dr Tracy Masters says they can’t help all who need late term abortions
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'It’s not the Cold War any more'
Wikileaks has published documents which it says shows NSA spied on Francois Hollande.
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'It’s definitely not laziness!'
Language experts say the distinctive Scottish rolling "R" is being lost.
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'It's unlikely to be a single vaccine for everybody. We may well need different vaccines for different groups of people'
Kate Bingham, Chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce, on hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine
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'It's taking hours and hours of our time to individually track and trace to ensure that we are keeping school safe'
Headteacher Kevin Sexton says NHS Track and Trace is taking too long to contact pupils
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'It's not a very good melody'
'Happy Birthday' needs improvement according to the conductor & composer Ivan Fischer
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'It's much much worse than the financial crisis'
Former Chancellor Alistair Darling on today's warning of the deepest recession on record
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'It's hugely damaging'
Former children's minister Tim Loughton on Dominic Cummings travelling during lockdown
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'It's for employers to make that assessment'
Security Minister James Brokenshire on whether people should return to workplaces
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'It's for employers to make that assessment'
Security Minister James Brokenshire on whether people should return to workplaces
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'It's amazing we’ve heard nothing from him since' - Nigel Evans
Nigel Evans wants Tom Watson to apologise for Lord Brittan comments
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'It's a matter of regret' but Professor Ferguson was right to step aside
Security Minister James Brokenshire on Prof Neil Ferguson and mass testing.
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'It would be great to get more nominations'
£20 note should represent British diversity, says Bank of England's chief cashier
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'It was bound to be big and in a way there's no point worrying, we made a conscious decision to do that'
Economist Bridget Rosewell on the biggest monthly drop in growth since records began