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Today's briefing hour: Catch up on the day's news, sport and business.
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Inflation is rising, the new figures are out this morning and it's being predicted that they'll be above the limit set by Gordon Brown. |
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TheÌý300th anniversary of the Act of Union and the coming Scottish elections in May, mean the question of Scottish independence is alive. We speak to Professor Neil Kay. |
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0719 |
TheÌýBusiness News from Greg Wood. |
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TheÌýGolden Globe awards have been announced in Hollywood overnight. Peter Bowes reports. |
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TheÌýSports News from Steve May. |
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Hours before Panorama was aired last night, the fertility watchdog HFEA and the policeÌýraided the clinics of Mohammed Taranissi. We speak to Evan Harris MP and Angela McNab CEO of HFEA. |
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The report into theÌýexplosion at a BP oil refinery in Texas two years ago is expected to be critical of the company's safety regime in the United States. |
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Today scientists led by the London Zoological Society launch a new project to try toÌýsave over a hundred species on the endangered list. |
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0745 |
Thought for the Day with Pundit Dr Raj Sharma, President of the Hindu Priest Association in the UK. |
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Do some women do too well out of divorce? We speak to lawyer Raymond Tooth and Alan Kaufman head of the family law firm FSI. |
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The anniversary of theÌýAct of Union between Scotland and England has fallen at a moment when the arguments about the nature of the relationship are alive. We are joined by Alex Salmond leader of the SNP and Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander. |
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We speak to Seamus Heaney who won the T.S Elliot Prize last night for his poem The Blackbird. |
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0827 |
TheÌýSports News with Steve May. |
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We speak to Phillippe Legrain about his new book in which he claimsÌýwe need more immigrants coming into this country and open boarders. We are also joined by former Labour Minister Frank Field. |
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TheÌýBusiness News with Greg Wood. |
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Producers claim that a new political dramaÌý - Party Animals - which follows the frantic lives and tangled relationships of twenty-something researchers and advisors at Westminster is based on extensive first-hand research. Polly Billington Reports. |
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The Conservatives have pledged £500 million a year toÌýfight malaria in sub-saharan Africa if they get into government. We speak to the Shadow Chancellor George Osbourne who made this promise. |
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If inflation turns out to be above 3% today the Bank of England is required to write aÌýletter of explanation to the Chancellor. We asked our economics editor, Evan Davis to draft a letter for the governor, just in case he needs it... |
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The government is to invest more money into schools to encourage singing. We speak to Mark Jeffry about the Music Manifesto. |
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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.
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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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