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0609 | The prime minister of Sri Lanka is in the middle of a mighty row with his president, but he's won the support of Washington. Our correspondent听is Frances Harrison. | |
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0613 | The National Audit office has criticised the system for suspending staff in the Health Service. Adam Brimelow is our Health correspondent. | |
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0620 | Greg Wood with the business news. | |
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0630 | The cabinet will talk about ID cards today. Our political correspondent is Jonathon Beale. | |
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0635 | The executive of the firefighters' union is meeting this afternoon. Stephen Cape is our Industrial Affairs correspondent. | |
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0640 | Interest rates are going up today - or so everyone thinks. Hugh Pym is our Business correspondent. | |
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0644 | Peter Donaldson with a review of today's papers. | |
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0647 | David Willey in Rome for our world press review. | |
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0650 | Greg Wood with a business update. | |
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0655 | Iain Duncan Smith faced Tony Blair across the despatch box at Prime Minister Questions for the last time yesterday afternoon. Our Parliamentary Correspondent, Mark D'Arcy. | |
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0657 | A British woman went to visit her family in India five years ago. She has never been seen since. Jagdeesh Singh runs the "Justice for Surjit" campaign. | |
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0709 | A report by the National Audit Office says NHS trusts must deal with suspensions more efficiently. We speak to听Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson. | |
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0714 | The Liberal Democrats say new figures from the Office of National Statistics give a worrying picture of household and personal debt. Their spokesman Vince Cable. | |
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0718 | The cruise ship hit by an outbreak of viral gastroenteritis docked at Southampton an hour ago. Passengers Elizabeth and Ray Duffy, and David Dingle, Managing Director of P&O cruises. | |
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听 | A British anti-capitalist protestor is beginning his second month on hunger strike - the Liberal Democrat European Parliament member Sarah Ludford is campaigning on his behalf. | |
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0730 | Ann Widdecombe and Ian Taylor on Michael Howard, due to become leader of the Conservative party today. | |
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0740 | Though we live in a culture that often appears saturated with sex, could it be that when it comes to their own bodies teenagers are actually more bashful than their parents' generation? Roger Harrabin has been finding out. | |
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0750 | The firefighters' dispute is looking even more serious this morning. Matt Wrack, London Regional Organiser of the FBU, and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister David Davis. | |
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0810 | Former 成人快手 Office minister John Denham and the MP David Winnick - both on the 成人快手 Affairs select committee -on the thorny issue of ID cards, being discussed by the cabinet today. | |
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0820 | Tonight sees a remarkable concert in London - two veteran blues legends on one stage together: their combined ages - 161 years. The band is led by ninety year old pianist Pinetop Perkins. His guitarist is听71. Mark Coles reports. | |
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0830 | Pretty much everyone expects interest rates to go听up today. We speak to Professor Patrick Minford of Cardiff Business School - a former 'wise man' of the treasury - and Stuart Robertson of Lombard Street Research. | |
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0840 | What have those migrating听swans been up to? | |
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0845 | Greg Wood with a business update. | |
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0850 | On Tuesday the French police arrested five people after they found a small arms cache near the Channel Port of Dieppe. It seems they are investigating a link to the Real IRA...or is it the ARB? Mike Williams reports. | |
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0855 | One of the great gifts the west has exported to the rest of the world is free market democracy. That's听the popular view...and it's wrong, according to a new book written by Amy Chua. | |
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