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0607 | Miners' jobs lost 20 years ago after pit closures in England and Wales have not been replaced. | |
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0610 | Could foreign nationals be deported if the government gets assurances from their own countries that they won't be tortured or killed? | |
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0615 | The business news with Rebecca Marston. | |
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0628 | The sports news with Steve May. | |
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0632 | Sinn Fein's annual conference begins today but is being shadowed by the murder of Robert McCartney. | |
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0635 | Saudi Arabia calls for Syria to leave Lebanon. | |
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0637 | Labour and Conservative have come to blows over Margaret Dixon's shoulder. Norman Smith has more. | |
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0641 | Police and children's charities have called for a national agency to be set up to stop child pornography. | |
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0643 | A review of today's papers both in Britain and Hong Kong. | |
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0648 | A show-down over House Arrest was postponed last night after another day of Westminster chaos. Sean Curran reports. | |
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0653 | Caroline Lucas explains what's on the agenda at this weekend's
Green Party spring conference. | |
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0709 | The BBC has been criticised for paying a convicted criminal for an interview. Tory MP Henry Bellingham and our media correspondent Torin Douglas comment. | |
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0715 | The number of arrests and convictions for internet offences involving children has risen according to the NCH. John Carr, from the charity, and Asst Chief Constable Stuart Hyde give their views. | |
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0717 | Does our public health system work as well as it should? Mike Travis is the Royal College of Nursing Council member for the North West region. | |
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0720 | Lloyds TSB has just released its annual results. Rebecca Marston has more. | |
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0724 | The government plans to work out how much carbon dioxide it uses each month by flying and convert that figure into money and invest it into clean energy projects overseas. Roger Harrabin reports. | |
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0732 | Sinn Fein chairman Mitchel McLaughlin on the party's annual conference today and seven of its party members being suspended for allegations of involvement in murder. | |
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0744 | Steve Fossett has become the first person to make a solo non-stop flight around the world without refuelling. Sir Richard Branson, who sponsored the project, was at the finish line. | |
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0748 | Thought for the Day with the Right Reverend Richard Harries. | |
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0751 | Former health minister Lord Hunt on whether the recent health stories will make people turn out and vote to change things. | |
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0810 | Foreign Secretary Jack Straw describes the remarkable situation in Lebanon where its people have risen up against Syrian occupation. | |
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0820 | Michael Winterbottom, Director of new British film Nine Songs, on whether we are ready for such a sexually explicit film. | |
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0830 | What would it mean for terrorist suspects if the government did get its Prevention of Terrorism Bill through parliament? Jon Manel reports. | |
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0840 | A business update with Rebecca Marston. | |
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0844 | Is it unusual for a mother to dislike her child or even to hate it? Author of new book on that subject, Lionel Shriver, and Christina Odone from the New Statesman comment. | |
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0847 | Wyre Davies reports on the
mining jobs which were lost 20 years ago and have never been replaced. | |
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0850 | Contemporary historian Timothy Garton Ash and journalist William Shawcross discuss whether the recent positive developments in the Middle East are a knock-on effect from the Iraq war. | |
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