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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Father Tim Byron.

How serious could be the effects of cuts to police budgets? Susan Hulme covers an important committee hearing and has the best of the rest of the day in Parliament. Show more

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Recollections from those who fought at Battle of Loos, which was billed as 'the Big Push', but gained very little. With Dan Snow. Show more

David has a proposition for Ruth, and the Fairbrothers have their work cut out. Show more

One real day at war, exactly 100 years ago. Signallers Ahmadullah and Zarbab have a perilous mission to deliver a wireless set to beleaguered British forces in Mesopotamia. Show more

Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on personal finance. What do you need to know about pay? Equal pay, holiday pay, sick pay or even how to get a pay rise? Show more

The Rest Test. What exactly is rest; are you getting enough and what is the best way to do it? A global investigation of rest needs listeners' help. Plus new research on arson. Show more

Laurie Taylor explores the likely costs and benefits of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and looks at the life of domestic things hidden in drawers and lofts. Show more

Chief executive of Trinity Mirror Simon Fox discusses buying Local World, and News UK's chief operating officer David Dinsmore talks about removing the Sun's paywall. Show more

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Flights are halted to Sharm el-Sheikh over fears a bomb brought down the Russian plane

Auntie Pamela’s call gets Sophie fired up about the life she could be living. Stars Lucy Beaumont and Maureen Lipman. From 2015. Show more

It is time for a public meeting, and Eddie is talking turkey. Show more

Arts news, including Nicholas McCarthy playing Ravel's Piano Concerto for One Hand, vocal warm-ups backstage at As You Like It and Antonia Quirke reviewing Burnt. Show more

A trip to London offers Monica respite from the farm but not from memories of her ex-love. Meanwhile Stuart's declining health brings about a huge change back at Brynmeheryn. Show more

Combative, provocative and engaging debate on the topic of population control. Chaired by Michael Buerk, with Matthew Taylor, Giles Fraser, Melanie Phillips and Anne McElvoy. Show more

Adam Kelly argues that economics needs to get back in touch with its literary side. Show more

Campaigners claim England's river life is under threat from 'insidious' pollution, yet the government says rivers are at their healthiest in 20 years. Tom Heap investigates. Show more

Libby Purves meets historian Thomas Pakenham, Janice Connolly, Asfa-Wossen Asserate, who is the great-nephew of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, and ecologist Hugh Warwick. Show more

Bomb fears halt UK to Sharm el-Sheikh flights. Number 10 says flights are being delayed as a 'precautionary measure'. Show more

Bond and Jeopardy are detained in Sin's compound while he regales them with his evil plans from start to finish. And time is running out to put a stop to it. Show more

Loveable idiots create and deconstruct an odd world in front of a live audience. With Alex Owen and Ben Ashenden. From 2015. Show more

Will the Battle of Waterloo divide the equine love of Marengo and Copenhagen? Stars Stephen Fry. From January 2014. Show more

The government's new surveillance plans produce a strong reaction from MPs. Susan Hulme reports on Theresa May's statement and has the best of the rest of the day in Parliament. Show more

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Hattie Morahan reads Claire Harman's new and intimate biography of one of our greatest novelists. At the school in Brussels Charlotte is attracted to her charismatic tutor. Show more

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