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Today's briefing hour: Catch up on the day's news, sport and business.Ìý
0600 - 0630
0630 - 0700 |
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A survey done by the Committee on Standards in Public Life suggests thatÌýministers are now LESS trusted than estate agents. |
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0715 |
The murder of two girls in 1986, known as The Babes in the Wood murder case, is still one of Britain's most notorious unsolved crimes. |
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0720 |
Business News with Rebecca Marston. |
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We speak to General Patrick CordingleyÌýand Tom Koenigs, the UN Special Representative for Afghanistan about the extra 2500 troops thatÌýNATO say are needed. |
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0727 |
Sports News with Steve May. |
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0730 |
New studies suggest that whilst many more women and girls are using the the morning after pill, it has made no difference to the number of unwanted pregnancies. |
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0745 |
Conkers, hanging baskets, now even doormats have been banned. ItÌýseems officials are usingÌýhealth and safety reasons as a way toÌý prohibit parts of everyday life. |
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0750 |
Thought for the Day with writer,ÌýRhidian Brook. |
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We speak to Stuart Rose, from Marks and Spencer, about the drop in high street sales because of on-line shopping. |
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0810 |
TheÌýNHS has warned that uptoÌý60 NHS departments in England could be affected by what is being called aÌý"reconfiguration". |
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0820 |
Listeners haveÌýthe chance to join the Today programme book club. |
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0825 |
Sports Update with Steve May. |
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0826 |
We speak to John Hutton, the Work and Pensions Secretary,Ìýas the government advises thatÌýtwo parents are better than one. |
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0830 |
Business Update with Rebecca Marston. |
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0833 |
The Conservative Party has changed itsÌýlogo for the first time in 25 years. But what exactly is it? |
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Poland is to send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan, as NATO appeals for reinforcements. We ask two Poles to explain the Polish national character. |
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0837 |
Geoff Hoon'sÌýcomments thwart Tony Blair's hopes of restoring calm in the Government in the run-up to Labour conference. |
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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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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 91Èȱ¬ Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the 91Èȱ¬ 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 91Èȱ¬ 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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General James L. Jones
During his visit toÌý London - the Supreme Commander of Nato talks to James Naughtie about the threat posed to NATO by a stronger EU military force. |
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