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0607 | A court martial of three British soldiers accused of abusing prisoners in Basra begins in Germany. | |
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0610 | The former Communist party boss Zhao Ziyang has died in Beijing after spending the last 16 years under house arrest. | |
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0615 | The business news with Greg Wood. | |
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0628 | The sports news with Garry Richardson. | |
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0632 | The Conservatives will announce their tax cuts plans today. | |
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0635 | Gordon Brown's tour of Africa comes to an end today. Mark Mardell is with him in Cape Town. | |
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0637 | The Prime Ministers of three Scandinavian countries are visiting Thailand to see the areas worst affected by the tsunami. | |
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0641 | A review of today's papers both in Britain and Jerusalem. | |
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0647 | Former Director of the CIA, Admiral Stansfield Turner, explains why Charles Graner's case, the American soldier convicted of prisoner abuse, is still controversial. | |
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0651 | Max Lawson of Oxfam on why some of the richest countries in the world have not honoured their pledge money to help victims of the tsunami. | |
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0655 | There's been more violence in Iraq overnight. David Willis has the details. | |
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0708 | Matthew Taylor, chairman of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party, on the launch of their general election campaign. | |
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0712 | Polly Billington reports on Robert Jackson's surprise deflection from the Tory Party to Labour. | |
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0715 | Former lawyer at the Special Immigration Appeals Tribunal, Rick Scannell, explains why he has resigned. | |
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0719 | A business update with Greg Wood. | |
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0724 | Final preparations are underway in Saudi Arabia for the biggest event in the Islamic calendar - the Hajj - Zubeida Malik reports. | |
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0728 | The sports news with Garry Richardson. | |
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0733 | The Bishop of Southwark, Tom Butler, on the comments made by the adviser to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Canon Robin Gill, about voluntary euthanasia. | |
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0744 | Mick Ord, Director of the BBC project 'Voices', and linguistics expert, Dr Clive Upton, explain why they are trying to create an accent map of the British Isles. For more info, please call 0800 0566787 or click here to visit the website. | |
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0747 | Thought for the Day with Clifford Longley. | |
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0751 | Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell on the cost of 24hr drinking both in terms of money, including extra policing, and crime. | |
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0810 | Shadow Chancellor Oliver Letwin announces the Tory spending plans today and how they plan to cut tax. Patrick Stevens of the accountants Ernst and Young sees if it adds up. | |
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0828 | The sports news with Garry Richardson. | |
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0833 | The Transport Secretary Alistair Darling comments on the Conservative's tax cut plans. | |
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0842 | A business update with Greg Wood. | |
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0847 | Should the swastika be banned by law across the whole of Europe? | |
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0850 | Voters outside Iraq will be able to register to vote from today.
Peter Erben is in charge of the scheme. | |
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0852 | Anne McElvoy from the Evening Standard and Daniel Finkelstein from the Times discuss whether the Tories' tax cutting plans will stop them from sinking. | |
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