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0607 | The major Chinese city of Harbin is facing four days without water because the authorities have cut off the mains supply. | |
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0609 | Angela Merkel the new German Chancellor is beginning a tour of Europe. Our correspondent Alisdair Sandford is in Paris where the tour begins. | |
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0615 | The business news with Greg Wood. | |
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0627 | The sports news with Garry Richardson. | |
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0630 | The Commons will vote on the bill to exempt so called "on the run" IRA members from prosecution if they are no longer involved in paramilitary activity. | |
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0635 | A day before relaxed licensing laws come in, a BBC survey's found that more than 60 thousand premises have been granted an extended licence. | |
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0640 | Britain is writing to the US on behalf of the EU asking America to clarify reports that the CIA has been holding terrorist suspects at secret prisons in eastern europe. | |
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0645 | A look at the papers from Britain and The Ukraine. | |
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0647 | We take a look at the events of Yesterday in Parliament. | |
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0653 | The increasing popularity of exotic foreign plants means that our native flora and fauna are at risk from imported pests and diseases.We hear more from Dr Simon Thornton-Wood, Assistant Director of Science and Learning at the Royal Horticultural Society. | |
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0657 | Our weather forecast has been attracting your complaints once again. Not because it is wrong, but because it seems to favour drivers over pedestrians. | |
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0709 | Have we run out of flu vaccine this year because GP's have been giving it to people who shouldn't get it? We speak to Liberal Democrat MP Dr Evan Harris, and shadow health spokesman Andrew Lansley. | |
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0714 | The business news with Greg Wood. | |
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0717 | According to new government figures, around 20,000 migrants from the new EU countries are currently registering to work in the UK every month with a striking increase in the number applying for child benefit - an indication that more families are coming here. | |
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0719 | Under the Northern Ireland Offences Bill, so called "on the run" IRA members, loyalist criminals, and rogue members of the police and army suspected of crimes before 1998 will be allowed to stay out of jail, on licence. The Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary David Liddington joins us. | |
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0724 | The sports news with Garry Richardson. | |
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0738 | From midnight tonight more than 60 thousand pubs, bars, nightclubs, off-licences and supermarkets will be allowed to sell alcohol for longer than they do now. We hear from the Licensing minister James Purnell, and Theresa May, the shadow culture secretary. | |
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0741 | Sounds from the new BBC documentary series, 'Life in The Undergrowth', are giving researchers new insights into insect communication. | |
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0747 | Thought for the Day with Rabbi Lionel Blue. | |
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0750 | What does the case of Colonel Mendonca tell us about the way the British army has been operating in Iraq? General Sir Rupert Smith, formerly one of the most senior officers in the British army, joins us. | |
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0810 | Later today, the House of Commons will hear the second reading of the Bill to exempt so called " on the run" IRA members and loyalist criminals from prison sentences as long as they are no longer involved in paramilitary activity. The Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain speaks to the programme. | |
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0822 | Bob Dylan is playing in London this week. His tour so far has had some rather mixed reviews. Mark Ellen, editor of the Word magazine, went to last night's concert, and Radio Three's Andy Kershaw has seen Dylan in concert before. | |
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0827 | The sports news with Gary Richardson. | |
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0832 | A BBC investigation for the World Service into policing in Brazil has been told that hundreds, possibly thousands of people are shot by police every year. | |
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0838 | The business news with Greg Wood. | |
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0841 | The people of Kenya have rejected a proposed new constitution. It is a huge defeat for the President Mwai Kibaki who said it was needed to clean up government. Someone who has been very critical of corruption in Kenya is Britain's former high commissioner there Sir Edward Clay. | |
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0845 | The Labour party in Israel has a new leader. Amir Peretz is almost completely unknown abroad yet he's likely to become one of the most important figures in Israeli politics. | |
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0850 | An NHS trust is trying to save money by rationing operations. People in East Suffolk who are clinically obese will not be considered for hip and knee replacements. | |
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