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0712 As terrible weather hits the North of England we hear from Helena Wilkinson.
0715 It has been reported that the bad weather in China is the worst the country has seen for a quarter of a century.
0717 Today's Papers.
0720 Yesterday in Parliament.
0722 Business in Gaza has been devastated since Hamas seized control, but has the Rafah crossing done anything to change this?
0725 Sports News with Steve May. | | | |  |
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0730 Is Cypress becoming the new getaway for British criminals? We speak to Professor Turgay Avci - Deputy Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
0735 The government has agreed to look into funding this country's first men-only refuge for victims of forced marriage.
0740 Today's Papers.
0742 A Spanish trawler has been driven ashore on St Kilda. However if there are any rats aboard the vessel and they disembark they could pose a mortal danger to the island's puffin colony.
0745 Thought for the Day with Reverend Joel Edwards.
0750 As Pakistan slips into deeper crisis, anxiety spreads across the rest of the world as Pakistan is a nuclear state.
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0810 The government denies that more babies are being taken into care to meet adoption targets. We speak to the chief executive of the British Association of Social Workers, Ian Johnston, and by Sarah Harman, a family solicitor.
0815 The internet bank Egg is cancelling the credit cards of more than a 160,000 of its customers. We are joined by Angela Knight is the chief executive of the bankers association.
0820 We speak to Peter York, co-author of "The Sloane Ranger's Handbook".
0825 Sports News with Steve May.
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0830 Despite the dreadful bombing in Baghdad yesterday the level of violence in Iraq has been falling significantly over the past six months. Jonny Dymond reports.
0835 An operation to rescue a ship's captain who was badly injured on board his vessel near the Isles of Scilly has just got underway. We speak to Andy Cattrell, Watch Manager at Falmouth Coastguard. 0840 Today's Papers.
0845 We are joined by David Blunkett who believes not enough training is given to teachers who want to teach citizenship classes.
0850 A group of scientists are arguing that human activity has now physically altered our world to such an extent that a new era in is history has started.
0855 For some, the world of the Savoy Operas is not at all attractive, and sets the teeth of edge. we speak to critic, Brian Sewell.
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We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.
| |  | Zbigniew Brzezinski (01/02/08)
He used to be Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, and now he's advising presidential candidate Senator Obama. We hear his vision for US Foreign policy.
| | | | Sonny Rollins (26/11/07)
The legendary Jazz saxophonist talks about his time in prison, phone calls with John Coltrane, 9/11 and the ambitions of a Jazz survivor. | | | | President Pervez Musharraf (17/11/07)
James Naughtie interviews asks the President of Pakistan when he will lift his country's state of emergency and what he is doing to tackle Islamist Terrorism. | | |
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