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Today: Mr Men hit middle age Forty years ago today Mr Tickle first appeared on book shelves, followed swiftly by Mr Bump, Mr Messy and Little Miss Sunshine. Russell Singler, director of the Art You Grew Up With Gallery, explains why the Mr Men have lasted so long. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: 'I'll keep looting till I get caught' Violence and looting broke out in several English cities last night, although London remained largely quiet with a heavy police presence on the streets. BBC correspondent Nick Ravenscroft spent the night in Manchester as police battled to keep control of the streets. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: Boris warns on police cuts The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has warned the government against cutting police numbers. Mr Johnson said the case for cuts had been "substantially weakened" by the riots and that he opposed the Home Secretary's plans to reduce forces' budgets. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: Business news with Adam Shaw The Bank of England is expected to cut the UK's economic forecasts for the second time this year. Brian Hilliard of the French bank Societe Generale considers the state of British finances. Gary Schlossberg, senior economist for Wells Capital Management, look at the Federal Reserve's decision to hold US interest rates near to zero for two more years. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: 'Apocalyptic scenes' in London Starting as a peaceful demonstration by the relatives and friends of a man shot dead by police, disturbances in Tottenham have quickly turned into rioting on the streets across London and beyond. The BBC's Andrew Hosken spent the evening and part of last night witnessing violence and looting in north and east London. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: Mobile phones 'weaponised in riots' How do we stop the rioting in some cities in England? Patrick Mercer, Conservative MP and former army officer, and Mike Butcher, editor of website TechCrunch Europe and Digital Adviser to the Mayor of London, discuss why group messaging is helping those behind the disturbances in London and elsewhere. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: May not drawn on call for army to combat riots The prime minister has cut short his holiday and will be chairing an emergency meeting this morning after marauding mobs looted and burned buildings in many parts of London and other English cities. Home Secretary Theresa May considers what can be done in the face of anarchy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: Business news with Adam Shaw Global stock markets are continuing to tumble. Caroline Hepker reports. Carl Weinberg, chief US economist for High Frequency Economics, examines nervousness across global markets. And Stephen Robertson of the British Retail Consortium looks at the cost of damage from riots in England so far. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: Boy 'who punched a 14ft polar bear' The two teenagers who were sharing a tent with Horatio Chapple, who was killed in the polar bear attack last week, and who were injured in the struggle with the bear, have have come back to Britain to a hospital closer to home. Terry Flinders, father of Patrick, talks about his son "the hero". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: What should China do about the dollar? China's official news agency has harshly criticised US borrowing, although China itself is the US's banker and biggest lender. Economist Vicky Pryce, former head of the Government Economic Service, and China observer, editor and writer Jonathan Fenby, now with the research group Trusted Sources, debate whether China is flexing its economic muscles and what it might mean for countries like the UK that are heavily indebted to it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: Met 'not flat-footed' over London riots Cars and shops have been burned out and police officers injured in violent riots in a number of areas of London, following the death of 31-year-old Mark Duggan, who was shot during a police operation in London on Thursday. Nicola Stanbridge reports on a weekend of violence. And Met commander Steve Kavanagh says the police response "was not flat-footed". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: Business news with Adam Shaw The European Central Bank says it will begin buying government bonds in eurozone countries which are heavily in debt. Holger Schmieding of Berenberg Bank in London, considers how best to provide financial support in the region. Dominic Rossi of Fidelity International and Alan Auerbach, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, discuss whether the US economy can remain strong and resilient. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: Mosquitoes 'respond to body odour' It's an eternal question: why do mosquitoes, and other flying things, target some people and not others? Dr James Logan, from the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, tries to provide the answer Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: 'Increasing disenchantment' with Euro After a tumultuous week for stock markets around the world, it's still clear that the onus is on Germany to help solve the Eurozone crisis. But, as Berlin correspondent Steve Evans reports, many Germans are questioning why they should pick up the bill. And Jacques Myard, UMP member of the national assembly in Paris, assesses the economic situation from France. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: 'No credible plan to cut US debt' To add to the turmoil in global financial markets this week, the US has lost its triple-A credit rating from Standard & Poors. Business editor Robert Peston reflects on a turbulent week. George Magnus, senior economic adviser at UBS, and Terry Smith, chief executive of Tullet Prebon, debate what politicians can do to ease fears over the weekend. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: Who ran the British Empire? How should we look back at the British Empire? The Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, author of Ghosts of Empire, and the writer Richard Gott, author of Resistance, Repression and Revolt, debate Britain's overseas rule. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: RBS boss Stephen Hester: 'Worrying time' for bank The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced its half year results. Chief executive Stephen Hester reflects on how the bank is dealing with the current stress of the global markets. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: Prodi: 'A problem of power' in Europe EU President Jose Manuel Barroso has expressed concern over "undisciplined communication" within the eurozone and the complexity of the package aimed at resolving the debt crisis. Economics editor Stephanie Flanders , Romano Prodi, former Italian prime minister and former president of the European Commission, and Olli Rehn, EU commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, examine Europe's response to the economic crisis. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today: Business news with Lesley Curwen Stock markets across Europe and the United States plunged into the red yesterday, and overnight in Asia. Julian Chillingworth of Rathbones Unit Trust Managers and Quincy Krosby, market strategist with Prudential Financial in the US, discuss the data. And Today's Friday boss Michael Queen, head of Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation, considers the impact of the developing eurozone crisis. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website