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0607 | Police in Thailand are searching for a police sergeant accused of murdering a young British couple. | |
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0609 | Europe's finance ministers are meeting today - and Gordon Brown will stress the need for reform. | |
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0615 | Rebecca Marston has a round-up of the business news. | |
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0632 | Jamaica is bracing itself for Hurricane Ivan which has already destroyed much of Grenada. | |
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0636 | The Prime Minister has made a few more changes to the Cabinet. What are the ramifications? | |
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0638 | A new scientific study concludes there is no link between MMR and autism. | |
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0641 | Harriet Cass has a review of today's papers. | |
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0643 | The world press review comes from Simon Montlake in Bangkok.
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0646 | The house of lords is considering a new law that would mean people with a terminal disease could get doctors to help them die. | |
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0651 | The United Nations has been discussing what to do about
Sudan. Laura Trevelyan explains their options. | |
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0655 | Scientists have discovered a new moon around the planet Saturn. | |
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0709 | Jamaica is bracing itself for one of the most powerful hurricanes in decades. How are the government and people of the Island planning to avert a disaster? | |
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0712 | The Conservatives are questioning why taxpayers should pay for Mr Milburn in his new position as election supremo. | |
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0717 | Rebecca Marston has some breaking market news. | |
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0721 | It's the 150th anniversary of the Crimean War this week. Hear Lord Tennyson reading 'Charge of the Light Brigade' in 1890. | |
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0733 | Politicians are nervous about the 'nanny' state. But this week's BBC poll revealed some interesting opinions on health issues. John Reid is the Health Secretary.
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0742 | Harriet Cass has a review of this morning's papers. | |
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0745 | Jon Manel has been delving into the history books to see what lesson the Chancellor can learn from the fate of his predecessors. | |
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0751 | The most comprehensive research yet into the MMR injection and autism suggests that there is no link. Dr Liam Smeeth and Jackie Fletcher of JABS.
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0810 | Do we want regional assemblies and how will regional boundaries be decided? Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott. | |
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0835 | Hear the new offering from The Pet Shop Boys - which is the soundtrack to a classic silent film. | |
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0842 | The Israelis pledged not to expand the area of their settlements within the West Bank. Are they keeping to their word? John Leyne investigates.
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0845 | Over 1000 British field crickets are to be released into the wild to try to stop them dying out.
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0850 | Have British intellectuals been replaced by philistines? Professor Frank Furedi and MP Chris Smith. | |
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0854 | The US has declared that genocide has taken place in Sudan. Will the UK follow suit? Lawyer Phillipe Sands and Minister Chris Mullin. | |
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