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Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection, with Pastor Andrew Roycroft.

New Farm Soil Carbon Code to avoid 'green washing'. Abattoirs and the challenges the industry faces. The rural communities split in two by plans for a new dual carriageway. Show more

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News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Oliver Morton and Luke Jerram explore the far side of the moon with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more

Journalist Hadley Freeman discusses why she resigned as a columnist at the Guardian newspaper after 22 years. Show more

In a Hertfordshire lab, a technician carefully pours hundreds of tiny containers of human milk and labels them ready for dispatch to babies in need around the country. Show more

Michael Morpurgo travels to the heart of folk's most enduring songs. Show more

300 hundred nurseries have closed in 12 months according to the latest data from Ofsted. We hear from the National Day Nurseries Association about why. Show more

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.

The story of Abraham Badru: a 15-year-old boy who became celebrated as a hero, but lived his life in fear. And the battle to protect him. Show more

The ramifications continue at Brookfield, and Kirsty lends a hand. Show more

When a young black teenager is stabbed to death, local newspaper reporter Nathan can no longer ignore the realities of his past. By playwright and former journalist Martin Edwards. Show more

Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with zoologist Lucy Cooke, conservationist Megan McCubbin and comic Felicity Ward. From 2022. Show more

Scientist Professor Tim Spector explains the latest research into what, how and when we should be eating, from the power of polyphenols to the mysteries of our gut microbiomes. Show more

Andrew McGibbon explores the sounds and music of the ice, meeting the composers, musicians and indigenous artists in the Arctic region who use the ice to make music. Show more

From compulsory sterilisation to contraception, eugenicists in 20th-century America were on a mission to control who got to have children - and who didn't. Show more

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines

Labour publishes a report on its plans for sweeping constitutional change, which would abolish the House of Lords.

A return visit to Croydon for Tony Hawks, Marcus Brigstocke, Jo Brand and Graeme Garden with Jack Dee the reluctant arbiter. Show more

Leonard is stunned by a heartbreaking confession, and Fallon offers some advice. Show more

Jazz pianist Fergus McCreadie performs live from his latest album. Performance poet Leyla Josephine on her new collection. Plus the transformation of the Scottish National Gallery Show more

Long tables, increasing military escalation and choreographed security briefings. Putin takes Europe to the brink of war again. Show more

The shocking story of one young Russian mobilised to fight against Ukraine - and the impact of the war on his remote Siberian city. Show more

Poet Dr Sam Illingworth looks at the challenges of scientific terms named after people we perhaps wouldn't celebrate today. Who gets to choose them anyway? Show more

Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Oliver Morton and Luke Jerram explore the far side of the moon with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more

The UN says Haiti is on the verge of the abyss - we report from an island in the grip of horrific gang warfare. Show more

By Tarjei Vesaas. Knowing little about her, Siss visits the new girl, Unn, at her home for the first time. Show more

Liz and Bill prepare for the exorcism to end all exorcisms. Could an episode in Bill’s past hold the key? Danny uncovers incredible new revelations about the causes of the haunting Show more

Sean Curran reports as MPs debate the government's revised plans to tackle online safety, and a minister updates peers on an increase in Strep A infections.

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An investigation into the darkest part of our sleeping lives and all types of parasomnias. This episode explores dreams and sleep walking and their portrayal in classic literature. Show more

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