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0607 | Boxing Day is Hunt Day traditionally - or Hunt Sabotage Day if you're so inclined. Our correspondent is Paul Anstiss. | |
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0610 | It is turning out to be a bloody week in the Middle East - James Reynolds is our correspondent in Jerusalem.
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0615 | Nick Cosgrove has a round-up of today's business news. | |
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0630 | There's been a major earthquake in Iran. Our correspondent Miranda Eeles is in Tehran.
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0633 | A sad silence from space instead of the signal from Beagle 2 everyone was hoping for - Pallab Ghosh has the details. | |
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0637 | A laboratory in Surrey has made an initial confirmation of BSE in a cow in the United States. Robert Nisbet is in Los Angeles. | |
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0643 | The attack on the Pakistani leader General Musharraf was the second in 11 days - Paul Anderson is in Islamabad.
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0642 | Today's World Press Review comes from Heba Saleh in Cairo. | |
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0652 | How was Christmas for the troops in Basra? Our correspondent Alistair Leithead is with them.. | |
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0655 | Three British men accused of trying to revive a banned Islamic group in Egypt will soon know their fate - Hodan Pankhurst is the wife of Reza Pankhurst. | |
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0709 | Many countries have banned the import of U.S beef - after one cow tested positive testing for B.S.E. Michael Hart from the Small and Family Farm Alliance. | |
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0715 | Across the country people are gathering to take part in the traditional Boxing Day hunts. A new poll by the Countryside Alliance claims only 2% of Britons think banning hunting with dogs should be a government priority. | |
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0719 | The Italian government has been mobilising the power of the state to deal with the crisis in Parmalat - what do British farmers make of this? David Huntley.
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0723 | Beagle 2 is missing in Space - Is this another noble British near-miss after a 250 million mile journey? Former BBC Science correspondent, James Wilkinson.
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0730 | It's been a turbulent year for the man who helps run the E.U. Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission reflects on 2003. | |
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0742 | Corrie Corfield has a review of today's newspapers. | |
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0748 | We reveal the 5 shortlisted listener's laws... Cecilia Farren came up with one of the suggestions - to ban smoking. | |
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0752 | It is turning out to be a very bloody time in the Middle East - What hope can there be for any sort of peace? Saeb Erekat is the former Palestinian chief negotiator. | |
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0810 | Still no news from Beagle - is this a tremendous disappointment - or should we remain optimistic? Sir Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal and James Wilsden. | |
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0823 | Stephen Pound, M.P will introduce the winning Listener Law as a private members bill - how likely is this to get on the statue books? | |
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0830 | The Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas Day sermon touched on many sensitive religious issues. The Right Rev. Peter Selby is the Bishop of Worcester. | |
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0840 | 105 year old Fred Lloyd is one of the last few remaining vets from the 'great wars'. He reflects on the impact and aftermath of armed conflict. | |
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0847 | Is Syria a 'rogue' state seeking unconventional weapons? | |
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0850 | If Beagle 2 does send a signal of survival - can we assume the mission will finally answer the age-old question : is there life on Mars? Peter Jones and Brian Aldiss. | |
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