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Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including religious reflections from Thought for the Day at 0748

Today: 27/03/2012

27/03/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 27/03/2012

New planning guidelines for England, London's gangs and 'synthetic biology'.

Morning news and current affairs, with Sarah Montague and Evan Davis, featuring new planning guidelines for England, London's gangs and 'synthetic biology'.

0810
The government will today reveal a new planning framework for England, which it says will help stimulate economic growth and provide much-needed new homes. Critics fear the new rules will favour development. The Today programme's Sanchia Berg spoke to a protestor and the developer of one project in Yorkshire that took nine years to work its way through the process. And Greg Clark, Minister of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government, responds.

0817
Three men have been found guilty over a shooting in a south London shop which left a five-year-old girl paralysed. The Today programme's Andrew Hosken has been speaking to some of those close to the gang to which the men belonged.

0831
The government wants to establish a world leading "synthetic biology" industry in the UK where scientists would design and create new forms of life by making artificial DNA to produce everything from medicines to fuels to materials. Paul Martin, professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield, reflects on the ethical questions this type of science raises.

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