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| 0609 | New measures to tackle domestic violence are being published today. Danny Shaw is our home affairs correspondent. | |
| 0609 | The Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon is meeting the American Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today. Possibly a difficult meeting? Tim Franks is in Brussels. | |
| 0615 | Rebecca Marston has a round-up of today's business news. | |
| 0630 | The government has put off introducing its bill on university top up fees until the end of January. Our political reporter is Iain Watson. | |
| 0634 | What听actually happened in Iraq when the Americans say they were ambushed and killed 54 of their attackers? Our correspondent in Baghdad is Tristana Moore. | |
| 0641 | According to a survey of听3,000 G.Ps - From听April next year 80% will听opt out of providing care for their patients out of surgery hours. Sharon Alcock is our health reporter. | |
| 0643 | Last week the Royal Colleges of Medicine听called for听smoking to be banned in public places - and Yesterday in Parliament, a Labour peer asked if听such a听Bill听would be imposed...听 | |
| 0645 | This morning's World Press Review comes from Barbara Plett in Jerusalem, where the papers are dominated by coverage of an unofficial peace accord that was launched yesterday. | |
| 0650 | The TUC says that British workers are being forced to work longer hours than other European workers. Brendan Barber is the Secretary General. | |
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| 0709 | The government has听postponed introducing its bill on university top-up fees until the end of January - but will this delay听give the government time to win over some of the doubters? Professor Ivor Crewe of Universities UK and MP Iain Gibson. | |
| 0716 | A summit called by the former Environment Minister, Michael Meacher to investigate alleged links between organophosphate pesticides and a range of mysterious neurological disorders seems to have 'disappeared'.. Tom Feilden investigates. | |
| 0722 | Some听people听in Gloucester are angry about the arrest of a man on terrorism charges last week - and last night attended a protest meeting. Our reporter Mike Thomson was at the meeting and David Davis is in our studio. | |
| 0730 | From next April - If you want your local doctor to come to see you at home because you fall ill during the night or at weekends you'll probably be unlucky. We put these points to the Health Minister, John Hutton. | |
| 0740 | Rory Morrison has a review of today's newspapers. | |
| 0743 | The听U.S Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld听is the winner of this year's "Foot in Mouth" award for the worst example of gobbledygook in the last year. But he's not the only culprit.... John Lister of the Plain English Campaign. | |
| 0751 | Police and the courts are to have more powers to deal with those accused of domestic violence. This is the first piece of听legislation in more than thirty years. Baroness Scotland is the 成人快手 Office Minister. | |
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| 0810 | Many more U.S soldiers have been killed since the war "ended" than during it it.听November has been the bloodiest yet - and no-one knows how many Iraqi civilians have died. The Americans don't keep count. Sir Jeremy Greenstock, the British envoy in Baghdad.
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| 0822 | What are the purpose of advent calenders? To portray a classic nativity scene or for Bob the Builder to provide a chocolate?听Is the true meaning of advent being lost? Clive Beecham and听the Bishop of Manchester. | |
| 0830 | Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon will try to reassure the Americans today that NATO would not be undermined by an EU defence force. But are transatlantic nerves jingling? Senator Joe Biden is the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations committee. | |
| 0838 | Will Spain take over as reigns as America's 'special friend' in Europe. Alain Minc is a French historian and Economist. Tonight he is giving a speech at the Foreign Policy Centre called "A Transatlantic Divorce". | |
| 0843 | Eight children are now known to have died in the UK from a particularly virulent strain of flu known as Fujian flu. Should we be vaccinating against it? Indeed could it be the beginning of an epidemic - Virologist Professor John Oxford. | |
| 0846 | Are "famous quotations" historical and educational or just light hearted fun? Mark Cohen edited听'History in Quotations' and Dr Gillian Sutherland of听Cambridge University disagree... | |
| 0849 | Head teachers are calling for local newspapers to refrain from using pupils name and photographs.听It follows suggestions that these children have been targeted by paedophiles. But some local newspapers argue that teachers are overreacting听 Nicola Stanbridge reports. | |
| 0855 | We surveyed 3,000听doctors and found that in April - 80% of G.P's will no longer plan to provide care for their patients outside surgery hours. Is this the beginning of the end for the family doctor in its traditional guise? Dr John Chisholm of the BMA and听Dr Susan Bowie. | |
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