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0607 | The Government unveils new plans for organising the care of the elderly. | |
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0610 | The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, is in China as part of a tour of Asia. | |
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0615 | The business news with Greg Wood. | |
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0628 | The sports news with Steve May. | |
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0632 | School dinners and gypsies are the latest targets in the pre-election campaign. | |
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0635 | President Bush has signed emergency legislation to prolong the life of a brain-damaged woman in Florida. | |
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0637 | More BBC job cuts are being announced today. | |
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0641 | The UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will set out how he thinks the UN should be reformed. | |
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0645 | A review of today's papers both in Britain and Dubai. | |
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0650 | Simon Davies of Privacy International and a visiting fellow at the LSE explains why the Government's ID Card Bill is 'unsafe and inappropriate'. | |
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0653 | The Health Minister, Steven Ladyman, will set out the government's plans to get more elderly people looked after at home. | |
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0709 | The American congress has rushed through measures aimed at keeping a severely brain-damaged woman, Terry Schiavo, alive. Troy Newman of Operation West explains why he thinks she should be kept alive. | |
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0712 | John Goodman, Director of corporate communications at Peugeot, explains why they have cut 850 jobs. | |
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0717 | Pam Hibbert from children's charity Barnardo's explains what they want from the mini-manifesto on children. | |
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0720 | A business update with Greg Wood. | |
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0723 | Why are so many men ignorant to the risks of prostate cancer? John Neate from the Prostate Cancer Charity explains. If you have any queries about prostate cancer call The Prostate Cancer Charity's confidential helpline 0845 300 8383 which is staffed by specialist nurses and open from 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday and Wednesdays from 7 - 9pm. | |
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0727 | The sports news with Steve May. | |
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0730 | Dominic Grieve, the shadow Attorney General and the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, discuss the rights of travellers. | |
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0740 | Dr Jenny Duckworth from the conservation charity, Plantlife, explains why they are concerned about the number of wild flowers in the English countryside. | |
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0745 | Thought for the Day with Elaine Storkey. | |
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0750 | Malcolm Harper, Joint President of the UN Association of Great Britain, on Kofi Annan's plans to reform the UN. | |
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0810 | Children's Minister Margaret Hodge explains why school nutritional standards are now part of their 'mini manifesto' for children. | |
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0820 | What measures have the police introduced to try and counter
homophobia within the force? Mike Thomson reports. | |
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0835 | Democrat Congressman David Wu explains why he voted against the bill forcing a severely brain-damaged woman, Terry Schiavo, to be kept alive. | |
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0840 | Is Chechnya any closer to peace after Russia killed the Chechen rebel leader, Aslan Masakhdov, or does it need the Council of Europe's help? | |
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0845 | A business update with Greg Wood. | |
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0847 | Could we be losing out on potentially huge advantages from GM crops because we're not prepared to test the evidence? | |
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0850 | Is Kyrgyzstan going the same way as Georgia and Ukraine: edging towards a peaceful revolution? | |
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0855 | Peter Oborne of The Spectator and Polly Toynbee of The Guardian discuss which party has the upper edge in the run up to the election. | |
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