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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Magnusson. Show more

As drought is declared in South East England, as well as East Anglia, farmers warn it could have an impact on food prices. And, Schmallenberg disease in Cornwall. Show more

Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond, including plans to make university access fairer, tensions over the Falklands and a UK Border Agency shake-up. Show more

What is the future of nanotechnology? Chemist Tony Ryan shows Jim Al-Khalili some of its surprising uses. Show more

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores the impact of divorce on families. She speaks to Jane, a grandparent who has not seen her 11-year-old granddaughter for four years. Show more

Joan Baez, on her tour of some of the UK's more intimate venues. Why there won't be any women representing Saudi Arabia at the Olympics. Plus debut novelist Eowyn Ivey. Show more

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Commentary on the fourth One Day International between Pakistan and England from Dubai with Jonathan Agnew, Simon Hughes and Simon Mann. Analysis from Geoff Boycott and Ramiz Raja. Show more

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Tension mounts at the auction of promises but who will snap up Harry's offer? Show more

With Mark Lawson, including best-selling novelist Sue Townsend, playwright Charlotte Keatley, and a review of Black Gold, starring Antonio Banderas and Freida Pinto. Show more

After Britain's defeat at Dunkirk, in the corridors of Whitehall, Mrs Brown must turn from tea lady to spy. Stars Amanda Root. Show more

Diabetes costs the NHS nine billion pounds and causes over 70,000 deaths a year in England, of which up to 24,000 may be preventable. Julian O'Halloran investigates. Show more

Mani Djazmi is joined by David Aldwinckle from AFBP and Damon Rose to discuss the issues facing blind people when they relocate to a new area. Lee Kumutat reports on Siri. Show more

Dr Mark Porter investigates a pilot incentive scheme to give pregnant women vouchers to give up and stay off cigarettes for at least six months after they give birth. Show more

What is the future of nanotechnology? Chemist Tony Ryan shows Jim Al-Khalili some of its surprising uses. Show more

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Sukhanov's daughter leaves home with her married lover. His colleague tells him not to come to work as he is 'stressed'. He calls his wife at the dacha; there is no reply. Show more

Jagger in Jail: 1967, Mick Jagger spent a night in prison. This is an imagined conversation between Mick and cell-mate Jim. Show more

Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team report as the Health Secretary comes under pressure from Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs to drop his changes to the NHS in England. Show more

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Fleeing from Poland and Russia, Michele Hanson's grandparents arrived in Barrow-in-Furness. Memoir read by Rebecca Front. Show more

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