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0607 | The "star ratings" for hospitals which the Government once said would help to raise standards are being scrapped. Karen Allen has more. | |
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0610 | Elections for both president and parliament have taken place in Romania. Nick Thorpe is in Bucharest. | |
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0615 | The business news with Greg Wood. | |
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0626 | The sports news with Steve May. | |
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0632 | David Blunkett has ordered an investigation to clear his own name over allegations that he misused his office in the course of his love affair. | |
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0635 | Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness will meet the head of the Police Service in Northern Ireland Hugh Orde today. At the same time in Belfast, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, the Rev Ian Paisley, will meet the man overseeing decommissioning General John De Chastelain. | |
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0637 | One side of the Ukraine is protesting over the election results and the other side is celebrating over it. Jonathan Charles is in the city of Donetsk. | |
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0642 | Michael Howard will set out his plans to improve discipline in schools today. Mike Baker has more. | |
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0645 | A review of today's papers both in Britain and in France. | |
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0652 | Jan Doek, chair of the UN committee on the rights of the child, explains why he thinks that Britain has a bad record for disciplining children. | |
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0655 | The government publishes its Identity Card Bill today. Mark Oaten, the Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman, gives his view. | |
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0708 | Lord Goodhart, Liberal Democrat peer, and Labour MP Clive Soley on the controversy surrounding David Blunkett. | |
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0716 | The Supreme Court in the Ukraine meets this morning to decide whether the presidential election was rigged. Helen Fawkes has more. | |
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0718 | A business update on electricity prices with Greg Wood. | |
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0722 | Detailed results from a four year trial into GM crops will be released today. Richard Black is at one of the trial sites in Rothampstead. | |
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0726 | The sports news with Steve May. | |
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0733 | Shadow Education Secretary Tim Collins on the Conservatives plans to increase the number of places at Pupil Referral Units to improve discipline. | |
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0744 | The French finance minister
Nicholas Sarkozy has officially been appointed the head of the centre-right party. Caroline Wyatt reports. | |
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0747 | Thought for the Day with Clifford Longley. | |
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0751 | James Reynolds and Labour MP Anne Clywd on the mass slaughter of Iraqi security forces in Mosul yesterday and the forthcoming elections. | |
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0810 | Shadow Home Secretary David Davis on the controversy surrounding David Blunkett, plus, Des Browne, the Immigration minister. | |
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0822 | Michael Gove of the Times and Chris Jolly from the Simplified Spelling Society on whether it matters if we can spell. | |
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0828 | The sports news with Steve May. | |
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0832 | The Tories want more details from the Government about what the Foreign and Commonwealth Office knew about the attempt to stage a coup in Equatorial Guinea. | |
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0836 | A business update with Greg Wood. | |
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0839 | American novelist Richard Ford on his unusual tour of theatres in South-East England. | |
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0846 | Shaun Spiers of the Campaign to Protect Rural England and Adam Sampson, Director of Shelter, on the decision today on whether
500,000 new homes should be built in the South-East of England. | |
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0851 | Matthew D'Ancona of The Sunday Telegraph, Ann Perkins of the Guardian, and biographer of Barbara Castle discuss how
serious the allegations are against David Blunkett. | |
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