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0607 | The European Commission is expected to conclude today that Britain is breaking EU finance rules. | |
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0609 | A new alliance on energy and climate is getting underway in Sydney involving 6 countries - Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and the United States. | |
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0615 | The business news with Greg Wood. | |
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0625 | The sports news with Garry Richardson. | |
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0630 | A million pupils in England are being taught in "poorly performing" schools according to the National Audit Office. | |
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0635 | Thirteen people remain in hospital across Turkey this morning after testing positive for the potentially lethal strain of bird flu. | |
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0640 | The UN weapons inspectorate has expressed concern about Iran's resumption of nuclear research. What is the White House saying? | |
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0645 | The paper reviews from Britain and Kiev. | |
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0650 | A look at the events of Yesterday In Parliament. | |
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0653 | What should we do if bird flu spreads to Britain? We talk to Dr Rob McCracken from the British Veterinary Association. | |
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0657 | The cross party Commons Health Select Committee, which has a Labour majority, has criticised the Government's approach to primary care trusts in England. | |
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0709 | What should be done about "poorly performing" schools? We speak to Edward Leigh, the Conservative Public Accounts Committee chairman, and William Atkinson, the headmaster of Phoenix High School in London. | |
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0712 | Iran seems determined to continue its nuclear fuel research. We speak to Ali Pahlavan, the Senior Editor of the newspaper 'Iran News', Labour MP Dr Phyllis Starkey, chairman of the British-Iranian All Party Parliamentary Group, and Frank Gaffney, a leading neo-Conservative American who worked under Ronald Reagan. | |
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0715 | More business news with Greg Wood. | |
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0725 | Is there a graffiti problem in Britain? Hear our report on how New York has adopted a zero tolerance approach. | |
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0730 | The sports news with Garry Richardson. | |
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0737 | The World Health Organisation says that seventy eight people have died from bird flu around the world. We talk to James Paice, the Shadow Agriculture Minister, and Ben Bradshaw, the Environment Minister. | |
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0745 | Researchers have found that people behave significantly worse during that foggy moment just after waking than after being awake for over 24 hours. | |
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0752 | Thought For The Day with Dr Mona Siddiqui, Head of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Glasgow. | |
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0756 | In 1990 Police took sixteen children from their homes as suspected victims of satanic abuse. The courts decided that the allegations were false and the children were prevented by injunction from speaking about it. The BBC1 programme Real Story has successfully challenged that injunction and one of the children speaks to us now. | |
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0810 | Is the American economy stable? We speak to the US Treasury Secretary John Snow and ask him whether he is concerned about the sustainability of economic growth. | |
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0821 | In January people become interested in getting fit. Should they try a detox or fitness plan? We speak to Carole Caplin, most famous for being style guru to Cherie Blair, and the Independent columnist Bruce Anderson. | |
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0830 | A report published today details how 28 per cent of primary schools, in 2004-05, were without a permanent head teacher. We talk to John Dunford, the general secretary of the Secondary Heads Association. | |
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0835 | The business update with Greg Wood. | |
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0833 | A man in a pub in Hereford was asked to remove his trilby because it obscured his face from their CCTV cameras. Hear our report. | |
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0849 | Our Citizens Jury have been examining the issue of Respect and coming up with some recommendations. | |
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0853 | What can we expect from Prime Minister's Questions today as Sir Menzies Campbell makes his first outing as interim Liberal Democrat leader? | |
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