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Today: 'Suicidal' for Iran to make just one weaponIran's President has asked the country's nuclear chief to begin enriching uranium to 20%. Mark Fitzpatrick, of the IISS, explains the dangers posed by Iran's nuclear programmeListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: 'I was terrified about being known as gay'John Browne was a star of UK business: tough, successful, and as boss of BP, the company that had been his life, a man who had the Midas touch. Then it all came to an end. He was brought down three years ago by a gay affair. He went to court to try to suppress a newspaper story about it, and in a witness statement told a lie. When he had to confess to that untruth, an extraordinary career at the very summit of business was over. Jim Naughtie talks to Lord Browne about his life, public and p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: Lord Goldsmith: UK bribery laws 'are outdated'The UK's biggest defence manufacturer BAE Systems has been fined £280m in an out of court settlement over investigations into whether it paid bribes in Saudi Arabia and Tanzania. The majority of the money will be paid to the US where BAE admitted misleading the authorities in relation to its controversial £40bn al-Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Britain's Serious Fraud Office dropped its investigation over the same deal in 2006 on the grounds that the investigation was threatening Br ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: 'Sometimes it looks almost like she's crying'Following the scientific discovery this week that patients in a vegetative state could in fact be able to think and communicate, the Today programme spoke to a woman who's mother has been in a vegetative state for four years. She describes how she feels about her mother's condition.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: 'The last part of the jigsaw'Northern Ireland's DUP has agreed a unanimous deal over the devolution of policing and justice powers following ten days of intense negotiations with Sinn Fein. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Irish counterpart Brian Cowan are set to leave for Belfast to sign the deal. Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward reflects on the importance of the agreement.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: The appeal of TV soapsTwo of Britain's best soaps celebrate big milestones on our screens this year. Coronation Street, set in the imaginary Manchester suburb of Weatherfield, is celebrating 50 years on our screens. The BBC's own long running soap EastEnders marks its own 25-year landmark with a special exhibition opening in London today and a live episode on February 19th. Ashley Pharoah, former EastEnders scriptwriter, and James Rampton, television critic for the Independent, consider what makes a soap sink or ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: 'Unreasonable paranoia' about gas suppliesOil companies face increasing attacks about the scale of their profits as oil prices continue to rise, pushing more people into fuel poverty. Dr Anthony Hayward, chief executive of BP, discusses the future of energy supplies and how suppliers operate.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: Cambodia war crimes trials 'must be fair'A British lawyer has arrived in Cambodia to act as prosecutor in the Cambodia Khmer Rouge war crimes trial. Andrew Cayley, who has been working at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, was chosen to reside over the trials which aim to bring justice after 30. Mr Cayley outlines what the trials mean for Cambodia.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: The good, the bad, and the uglyHow do win a shoot-out? While the hero in Hollywood films waits for his opponent to move first before beating him with superior quick-fire skills, researchers have found that may not be the best approach. Reporter Tom Feilden put on his cowboy boots to find out.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: Mosley 'no public interest' over Terry allegationsMax Mosley, the former president of motorsport's governing body the FIA, is to deliver a speech on whether the press should be allowed to publish details of a public figure's private life. Mr Mosley awarded £60,000 in damages after the News of the World alleged he had taken part in a "Nazi orgy" whilst head of Formula One's governing body. The speech comes as pressure mounts for England player John Terry to resign as captain following allegations of an extra-marital affair with the ex-girl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: Archbishop Nichols: Pope 'wants to be heard'The Archbishop of Westminster has backed the Pope's criticism of the government's equality bill. Archbishop Vincent Nichols, head of the Catholic church in England and Wales, argues that the Pope was right to want his "reasoned voice" to be heard in the political debate.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: 'More to be done' on EU extradition lawThe European Court of Human Rights will decide today whether a British man should be extradited to Portugal under a European arrest warrant (EAW) because he was not made to serve his sentence in the UK after deportation. Garry Mann was given a two-year term for his role in a riot in Albufeira, Portugal, during the Euro 2004 football tournament. Legal affairs analyst Clive Coleman reports on the case, and Liberal Democrat MEP Graham Watson, who steered the EAW through the Parliament, explain ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: 0810 G20 protests beginA coalition of campaigners from a variety of charities and unions will march through London to demand action on poverty and climate change ahead of the G20 summit. 'Put People First' will urge world leaders to come up with a "fair, sustainable route out of recession" that also factors in environmental issues. Brendan Barber, General Secretary of TUC discusses the policy changes that 'Put People First' would like to see implemented after G20.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: 0810 'No split' between bank and BrownMervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, has warned against further significant government spending to stimulate the economy, given the high levels of UK debt as a result of recent stimulus packages. He was answering questions from MPs at a Treasury committee. Former minister Geoffrey Robinson, Professor David Smith, chairman of the shadow Monetary Policy Committee, and Hugo Dixon, editor-in-chief of BreakingViews.com, a city commentary service, evaluate the governor's warning.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: 0810 G20 finance ministers to meet 14 Mar 09Ministers from the G20 group of rich and emerging countries are to meet in England amid growing rifts over how to tackle the worst downturn in decades. Chancellor Alistair Darling discusses if the countries will be in agreement on the major issues.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: 0830 'Absolute right' to free speech 14 Mar 09The Conservative MP David Davies wants to make it illegal for people to demonstrate against the military. He discusses if protests - like the one in Luton when a small group of anti-war protesters held placards saying "Anglian soldiers go to hell" and "Butchers of Basra" - should be made illegal with Abu Omar, who went to the demonstration in Luton but couldn't get inside the police cordon.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: 0810 Will Bank of England cut rates? 08 Jan 09The Bank of England is widely expected to cut rates to their lowest point in the Bank's 315-year history. Correspondent Greg Wood, John Redwood, chairman of the Conservatives' Economic Competitiveness Policy Group, and Roger Bootle, managing director of Capital Economics, discuss what they think the Bank should do.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: 0750 Sex Offenders Register 20 Dec 08When the sex offenders register was set up ten years ago the rule that applied to the more serious offenders was simple: once you're on it you're on it for life. Now the high court has ruled that shouldn't happen: it's a breach of human rights. The Home Office is thinking of appealing.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: 0810 US unemployment rate reaches 6.7% 06 Dec 08The jobless rate in the US has risen to a 15-year high of 6.7%, another indicator of the global economic downturn. North American Business Correspondent Greg Wood, employment workplace correspondent Martin Shankleman, and Kevin Green, chief executive of the Recruitment and Employment Federation, discuss if this dramatic rise in unemployment could soon be seen in the UK.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Today: 0750 Alistair Darling 30 Oct 08Alistair Darling has signalled a new approach to fiscal policy, saying his "core objective" must be to help the UK through a likely recession. He says that he will unveil a new £4bn package to help small businesses.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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