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0709
The London Mayor results arrive finally

0712
There's a big effort going on to clean up oil on a beach in north-east Scotland

0716 Representatives of the Dalai Lama travel to China today for talks with the Government

0720 Today's papers

0724 Walkers in the Peak District are being asked to help plant around 150,000 cotton grasses

0725 The sports news with Rob Bonnet

0730-0800
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0730
ÌýWhat the election results mean forÌýLabour's relationship with voters in the south

0735 In London the local elections have produced some dramatic results

0738 Today's papersÌý

0742 An investigation by the Financial Times has established that the Crown Prosecution Service has decided not to prosecute anybody case of forgery in the national archives

0749
Though for the Day with Catherine Peppinster

0752
Robert Mugabe finally accepted he didn't win the presidential election.

0800-0830

0810 Justice Minister Jack Straw talks to us aboutÌýThursday's local elections and the effects on LabourÌý

0820 Two representatives of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrive in China today

0825 The sports news with Rob Bonnet



0830-0900

0830 The London Mayor, Boris,Ìýgives us hisÌýfirst interview

0835 Today's papers

0839 John Burnside has researched the history of child abuse and has just returned from Austria. He gave us his thoughts on the Josef Fritzl incest caseÌý

0846 The Sealed Knot celebrates its 40th birthday with a massive re-enactment of the Battle of Naseby

0850 After such a drubbing in the local elections, is Gordon Brown facing the same fate as John Major?
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Thought for the Day

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The Blunder Clips

Some of Our Less Memorable Moments
These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!

Charlotte gets the giggles.
Newsreader Charlotte Green gets the giggles after listening to the oldest recorded human voice. And here's some she had earlier.
- 28th March 2008
Jim crashes the pips
James Naughtie keeps going on and on and on until Continuity cuts him off.
- 9th January 2008
Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005
What is our website and email address John?
John gets confused about all this modern technology and it's David Blunkett Jim!
- 22 December 2004
Who's reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, asÌýNick Clarke of the World at One demonstrates
- 4/5th October 2004
The boy who likes to say YES!
Sports presenter Steve May is left trying desperately to get his seven year old guest to say something other than yes!
- 23rd September 2004
When the technology failsÌýJohn and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
JimÌýintroduces a veryÌýstrange soundingÌý
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
Ìý- 23thÌýJuly 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
Ìý- 25th October 2003

Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
The Extended Interview

We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.

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.
(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.
(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.
(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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