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0709: It was feared that half-a-million people would be without power by this morning but Walham Power Station has survived the night, Nick Winser is from the National Grid.
0712: How have Oxford been preparing for an expected water surge? Our reporter Tom Feilden spent the night.
0715: A thirty-year strategy for the Railways is to be announced later today, Anthony Smith is from Passenger Focus.
0719: BP has reported a fall in profits; Greg Wood has the business news.
0722: David Cameron is in Rwanda announcing the findings of his party's Policy Group on Global Poverty; Peter Lilley is head of the group.
0727: Sports news with Steve May.
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0732: Although the rain has stopped in Gloucestershire the floods remain and many are still without running water or electricity. Peter Bungard is Chief Executive of the county council.
0738: A look at today's newspapers.
0740: The mass grave of 400 lost WWII soldiers has been found. Dr Tony Pollard from Glasgow University.
0747: Thought for the Day with Professor Mona Siddiqui.
0750: The government are taking control of the future of the railways. Iain Coucher took over as chief executive of Network Rail only yesterday.
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0810:ÌýÌýFloods. Our reporter Nicola Stanbridge has been out on a rescue mission, Dr Tim Brain tells us about the backbreaking efforts of emergency workers and David Wikens is fromÌýSevern Trent Water.
0820: A new play from the Deafinitely Theatre opens tonight, "Playing God" raises the controversial question of whether deafness really is a disability.
0825: Sports news with Steve May.
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0832: David Cameron seems beset with troubles this week, today his flooded constituents wonder what he's doing in Rwanda. Lord Kalms urges Cameron to reassure voters that Tory values haven't changed.
0835: Carolyn Quinn has been exploring the potential flood damage in Gloucester. Peter Stott from the Met Office has been looking into the evidence for human influence in patterns of rainfall.
0840: Working in Italy can be a very dangerous undertaking. Here's Greg Wood with the business news.
0843: Presidential hopefuls Hilary Clinton and Barak Obama have undergone public questioning via the internet site you-tube.
0850: Thousands of British Bengalis are believed to have lost money because of the collapse of a money transfer business. |
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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 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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