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0607 | Thousands of civil servants are going on strike today. Stephen Cape has the details. | |
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0610 | Could other aid agencies be thinking about pulling out of Afghanistan following Medecins Sans Frontiere's decision to leave? | |
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0615 | The business news with Greg Wood. | |
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0626 | The sports news with Kevin Howells. | |
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0632 | Vice Presidential candidate Senator John Edwards gave his speech at the Democratic Party Convention. | |
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0635 | Will 147 countries reach an agreement by tomorrow on new trade arrangements? | |
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0638 | British scientists publish their assessment on the risks and benefits of nanotechnology today. Pallab Ghosh. | |
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0641 | A review of today's papers both in Britain and South Africa. | |
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0647 | Has the American supermarket chain, Wal-Mart, bitten off more than it can chew? | |
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0649 | Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, Baroness Young, on why England's chalk rivers are under threat. | |
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0653 | Liberal Democrat MP Richard Allan, explains why the Treasury was underpaid over £11bn of VAT in 2002/03. | |
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0708 | Three large pharmaceutical companies have pledged £4m a year to support animal research. So why has this upset people from opposite sides of the debate? | |
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0711 | Respiratory Toxicologist, Professor Ken Donaldson, gives his thoughts on the nanotechnology report. | |
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0715 | General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services union, Mark Serwotka, on the 48 hour strike by civil servants due to start today. | |
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0720 | Could a general election really be called as soon as November 4th? Former MEP Graham Mather thinks so. | |
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0725 | The sports news with Kevin Howells. | |
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0733 | Lib Dem MP David Chidgey and Chief executive of the drug treatment charity RAPT discuss the Afghanistan opium trade. | |
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0743 | David Rose of the Forestry Commission explains why trees suffer from wind burn. | |
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0750 | Will the speech by Vice Presidential candidate, Senator John Edwards, be enough to win votes? | |
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0810 | Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt explains the role Britain plays within the WTO to ensure fair trade for everyone. | |
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0822 | A season of Frederico Fellini's films starts at the National Film Theatre tonight - British Director Anthony Minghella. | |
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0828 | The sports news with Kevin Howells. | |
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0833 | Terry Waite on the continued detention of Harry Roberts, who was given a 30 year sentence for murder in 1966. | |
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0839 | A business update with Greg Wood. | |
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0842 | Presenter Jim Naughtie speaks to former Secretary of State, Madeline Albright, at the Democratic Party Convention. | |
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0846 | A major row has broken out over who should read poetry - should it be an actor or the actual poet? | |
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0849 | Could a new age be dawning for the way the Womens Insitute bake cakes? | |
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0852 | Do Church of England schools brainwash their pupils? Nick Cohen of the New Statesman and The Bishop of Portsmouth, Dr Kenneth Stevenson. | |
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