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0607 | The latest suicide bombing in Iraq has killed 22 people. | |
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0609 | A report from the foreign affairs institute Chatham House has said that Britain's support for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan has made the country a target for terrorists. | |
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0615 | Business news with Rebecca Marston. | |
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0618 | Sports news from Steve May. | |
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0624 | A brief look back at the political life of Sir Edward Heath. | |
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0630 | According to a new report from the Healthcare Comission, maternity units are putting the lives of Mothers and Babies at risk. | |
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0634 | Charles Clarke will today meet with his opposition counterparts to discuss changes to anti-terror laws. | |
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0637 | The Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he will do what he can to stop Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks on Jewish communities ahead of Israel's pull out from Gaza next month. | |
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0641 | Newspaper reviews from the UK and today - Turkey. | |
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0645 | When it comes to speed cameras - drivers would like more notice, and more signs making it perfectly clear what the speed limit is where the cameras are based. Bryan Lunn of the institute of Advanced Motorists. | |
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0650 | Teenagers at youth clubs could earn cash credits for good behaviour to be spent on sports activities or shopping, under new government plans to tackle anti-social behaviour. Children's minister Beverly Hughes. | |
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0709 | The death of Sir Edward Heath in his ninetieth year removes another giant from the political stage - fifty years in the House of Commons, at the top of politics at one of the most tumultuous times in our modern history. Tony Benn and Lord Armstrong join us to pay tribute. | |
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0716 | The government wants to introduce new offences of preparing, training for and inciting terror acts. And with each day there's new information on the London bombers Professor Michael Clark is professor of defence studies at King's College London. | |
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0719 | A business update from Rebecca Marston. | |
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0723 | More sporting news from Steve May. | |
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0728 | Professor Paul Wilkinson is one of the authors of a report on Security, Terrorism and the UK which claims that Britain's involvement in Iraq has made us a target for Al Quaeda. Defence Secretary Dr John Reid also joins us. | |
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0734 | A book described as one of the "most remarkable specimens of binding ever" has gone on display at the British Library. It's the "great Omar III". It also has a pretty deadly history. Phillipa Marx of the British Library. | |
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0742 | Thought for the Day comes this morning from Reverend Dr Colin Morris. | |
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0746 | Sir Ian Kennedy, chairman of the Healthcare commission discusses the report that claims maternity units can endanger the lives of mothers and babies and Liam Byrne is the minister responsible for maternity services. | |
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0810 | Lord Hurd, Lord Carrington and Michael Howard all take part in a farewell tribute to Sir Edward Heath. | |
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0825 | Sports news from Steve May | |
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0829 | Our reporter Polly Billington takes a close look at what the Conservative party's new commission on the teaching of Special Needs might mean in practice, for the families involved. David Cameron responds. | |
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0835 | A final business update from Rebecca Marston. | |
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0842 | Tonight is Placido Domingo's first performance at the Proms. James Naughtie met him in his dressing room. | |
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0845 | Former Northern Ireland Security Minister Right Honerable Sir John Wheeler and Roy Ramm former commander of specialist operations at the metropolitan police discuss public transport - can we ever use it safely again? | |
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0852 | We're joined now by three friends - who knew Sir Ted Heath in different ways - Lord Heseltine, deputy Prime Minister in John Major's Conservative Government; Lord Moser, who spanned the worlds of music, Whitehall and academe in his time; and Baronness Boothroyd, former speaker of the Commons. | |
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