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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ann Memmott, national and international adviser on inclusion for churches. Show more

Some farmers who supply Tesco are facing price cuts as the UK’s biggest supermarket squares up to take on discount retailers like Aldi and Lidl. Show more

RSPB Yorkshire reserve manager Matthew Capper recalls school holiday quests for a bittern in East Anglia. Show more

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Yesterday in Parliament

Helen Fielding, writer and creator of Bridget Jones, chooses the eight tracks, book and luxury she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

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Isata and Sheku Kannen-Mason perform live from their family home. Plus the artist Imran Perretta, one of the winners of this year's Turner Prize replacement, the Tate Bursaries. Show more

Investigative journalist Arun Advani steps in to take a closer look at Vicky Rai's murder and reveals to the world the shocking truth. Show more

Chris Mason presents political debate from London Broadcasting House with Claire Fox, Liam Halligan, Andrea Leadsom MP and Wes Streeting MP. Show more

Adam Gopnik - writing from New York - on why he can't stop listening to call-in radio shows about sport... even when they appear to have absolutely nothing to talk about! Show more

The story of the systematic doping of the 2012 and 2014 Olympics by the Russian state set against the ongoing attempts to catch the cheats. Show more

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Gripping contemporary novel by Lottie Moggach,
Attuned to tiny details as a result of his years in prison, Rob has worked things out.
Read by Maggie Service and Will Howard. Show more

Actor Nina Sosanya and writer David Nicholls share their favourite books with Harriett. Under discussion are books by Neil Gaiman and Muriel Spark and Adam Macqueen. Show more

The bicycle freed women and the young working class to roam free, and led to advances in manufacturing. Has the bike had its day, or is it a technology whose best years lie ahead? Show more

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Karoline Kan gets her first job on an English language magazine in Beijing; the only Chinese member of the editorial team and the youngest in the office. Show more

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.