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0607 | As the French prepare for their referendum, Germany will today ratify the EU constitution. | |
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0609 | Further allegations are being made concerning the "mishandling of a Koran" at Guantanamo Bay. | |
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0615 | Business news with Rebecca Marston. | |
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0626 | Sports news with Garry Richardson. | |
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0632 | The French and Dutch are preparing to vote on the European constitution. | |
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0635 | After a night of talks, further BBC strikes have been called off. | |
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0638 | Research published in the Lancet suggests that our dependence on foreign doctors is damaging health care in sub-Saharan Africa. | |
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0640 | A review of today's papers in both the UK and Washington. | |
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0645 | Yesterday in Parliament with David Wilby. | |
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0650 | HSBC workers will strike today in a dispute over pay. | |
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0655 | As Britain's population hits 60 million, David Willetts MP studies the changing demographics. | |
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0709 | Raymond Monbiot, Chairman of the National Conservative Convention, discusses the controversy surrounding his proposals for reforming the party's constitution. | |
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0712 | Tim Franks has been following the Dutch referendum campaign. | |
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0716 | Rebecca Marston speaks to Sir Richard Branson as Virgin Atlantic announces record profits. | |
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0719 | Leading industrialists are demanding more government regulation to force companies to invest in technology which would prevent climate change. | |
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0724 | Sports update with Garry Richardson. | |
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0728 | Health Minister, Lord Warner, and the doctors responsible for research claiming British reliance on foreign doctors is damaging African health care, discuss the issue. | |
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0732 | Language expert, Professor David Crystal of the University of Wales, defends the use of the "historic present tense". | |
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0745 | Thought for the Day with the Bishop of Oxford, the Right Reverend Richard Harries. | |
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0750 | Labour MPs, Clare Short and Eric Joyce, discuss the former's proposed bill to force governments to seek parliamentary approval before going to war. | |
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0810 | Labour MP, Gisela Stuart, and Conservative MP, David Heathcoat-Amory, were Britain's representatives on the convention that drew up the EU constitution. They discuss the options if the French vote no on Sunday. | |
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0820 | The 50th Ivor Novello Awards, which celebrate song-writing talent, were held in London yesterday. | |
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0827 | Sports update with Garry Richardson. | |
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0833 | There are reports of a suicide bombing near Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. | |
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0836 | Esther Rantzen, Chair of ChildLine, and Conservative MP, Ann Widdecombe, discuss the growing rate of teenage pregnancies in Britain. | |
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0845 | Business update with Rebecca Marston. | |
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0847 | Are we still influenced by the works of JK Galbraith? The economist's son, James Galbraith, and Professor Patrick Minford, debate his place in the pantheon of political economists. | |
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0852 | Ray Furlong presents a profile of Angela Merkel, who could soon become the first female Chancellor of Germany. | |
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0855 | Did Lord Haw Haw strike a deal with the Allies to save his wife from the gallows? Nigel Farndale, author of a controversial new book suggesting this theory, discusses his ideas with the Cambridge historian, Dr Peter Martland. | |
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