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0710: The new curriculum for secondary schools, launched today, will have "a relentless focus on getting the basics right".
0712: We discuss the implications of the Liberal Democrat proposal to cut the basic rate of income tax by 4 pence in the pound.
0716: UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks exclusively to us about the relationship he hopes to have with Gordon Brown.
0720: Would you like to fix your mortgage payments for a quarter of a century?
0723: With David Beckham's expected arrival in Los Angeles today, we find out what America is expecting from their new soccer star.
0726: A sports update with Garry Richardson.
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0732: Are supercasinos "dead in the water" as a Whitehall source has been quoted as saying?
0738: The fate of Shambo, the sacred bullock thought to have bovine TB, could be decided in court today.
0740: A look at the day's papers.
0743: We discuss the Queen's visit to Passchendaele today.
0746: Thought for the Day with Oliver McTernan, Director of the charity Forward Thinking.
0750: The Bush administration publishes an interim assessment today of its so-called troop surge strategy in Iraq.
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0810: New curriculum will free up "a quarter of the school day" to allow teachers "the flexibility to focus on the needs of individual students". We speak to the Head of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
0820: Historian Sir Alistair Horne听tells us of听his meeting with an unlikely fan.
0825: A sports update with Garry Richardson.
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0831: New figures reveal that there's been a rise in the number of prisoners taking their own lives.
0834: Schools minister Andrew Adonis and Conservative frontbench schools spokesman Michael Gove discuss the proposals for the new curriculum.听
0840: The smart meters that track exactly how much electricity is used by the items in your home.听
0844: The Queen visits Passchendaele today. We speak to royal correspondent Peter Hunt.
0846: We speak to Washington commentator Connie Lawn about the death of America's former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson.
0850: Should young girls be taught the art of french skipping, cats cradle, cake baking, campfire building or even how to sulk?
0855: Author Michael Morpurgo has written a fable in tribute to the Shambo, the sacred bullock, whose fate could be decided in court today.
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We don鈥檛 always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.
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Baroness Sally Morgan Interview
Tony Blair's former Director of Political and Government Relations, Baroness Sally Morgan has given a rare, interview to Today to mark the Prime Minister's departure.
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Don De Lillo Interview
The American writer Don de Lillo who wrote Underworld and is one of the biggest figures in modern American literature - has become a classic. A Penguin classic.听A great accolade, but usually one reserved for the dead. John interviewed him and asked what it's like to be thought of as a "classic"?
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Mouloud Sihali Interview
Mouloud Sihali from Algeria, North Africa, is one of the suspected terrorists that听the 成人快手 Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the 成人快手 Secretary has deemed Sihali a threat to the Nation's security. Last year Mouloud Sihali was found not guilty of being a part of a so called released Ricin plot. |
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The nominations for the Oscars were announced yesterday, and The Constant Gardener is tipped for a place on the shortlist. It stars Ralph Fiennes who picked up an Evening Standard Film Award this week for his role in the film. Polly Billington spoke him and to the author, John le Carre, about the film and its chances at the Oscars. (31/01/06) |
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Edward Stourton interviews the President of Mexico, Vincente Fox, and Tom Shannon, the United States Under Secretary of State with responsibility for the Americas, on the Summit of the Americas in Argentina and the prospect of a free trade agreement for the region.
President Vincente Fox.
Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon. |
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The uncut interview with Sir Peter Hall, the first director to stage the play in 1955, with the last surviving member of the original main cast, Timothy Bateson who played 'lucky', and playwright Ronald Harwood. |
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Jim Naughtie speaks to the Archbishop of Kaduna, Josiah Idowu Fearon, about the Anglican Church in Africa and tensions between Christians and Muslims. (25/05/05) |
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Edward Stourton interviews Monsignor Charles Burns, a retired head of the Vatican's Secret Archives, in听Rome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
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First 成人快手 interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaks听to our reporter Zubeida Malik about听his ordeal and how he听continues to听campaign for five Britons still there to be freed. |
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Justin Webb interviews Walter Cronkite who pays tribute to Dan Rather, a 73 year old news presenter in America who is retiring after 24 years.
(10/03/05) |
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Tony Blair speaks to Jim at the British Embassy in Washington, following his controversial Rose Garden press conference with Bush. The Iraq war, the Middle East and the first hints of an EU constitution referendum u-turn. (17/04/04). |
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, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04) |
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John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04). |
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Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.听First Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
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Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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