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A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Revd Dr Mark Clavier, canon theologian for the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon. Show more

The government is to order all farmed birds in England - including those kept in back gardens – to be confined indoors from next Monday to help stop the spread of bird flu. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the blood sucking vampire finch. Show more

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Susan Hulme reports as MPs pile more pressure on the embattled Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

Holly Smale talks to Helena Merriman about being diagnosed as autistic aged 39. Show more

Scotland's ospreys are on their epic autumn migration to West Africa. Emily Knight and a team of conservationists follow them south through the UK and on to the English Channel. Show more

What does a feminist city look like? Could the menopause be causing an 'exodus of female GPs'? Jan Etherington on bickering. Show more

What is 'supply-side' economics, and what do its origins in the battles of the 1970s and 1980s tell us about the fate of Liz Truss's plans for Britain? Duncan Weldon investigates. Show more

Cathy FitzGerald invites you to discover new details in old masterpieces, using your phone, tablet or computer. This episode - A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet. Show more

Call You and Yours: Are you worried about water pollution and have you been affected? Show more

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Owen Bennett-Jones explores the threats facing America’s electoral system. Is America's reliance on electronic voting machines a security risk? Show more

Tracy is feeling optimistic, and elsewhere could someone use a hug? Show more

Simon Armitage's new translation of the medieval slanging match of a poem The Owl and the Nightingale, with Maxine Peake as the owl and Rachael Stirling as the nightingale. Show more

Jay Rayner and the team travel to Coventry for this week's food show. Show more

Anna Turns investigates what's killing sea mammals with scientists who autopsy dolphins, porpoises, and whales washed up on our beaches. Show more

How is the government going to drop or replace 2400 EU laws by the end of 2023? Raising the age of criminal responsibility in Northern Ireland; and crime-solving podcasts Show more

Comedian Ria Lina and writer Otegha Uwagba talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love, including an 18th-century classic and a popular Mexican romance novel. Show more

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Several coach loads of migrants have left Manston in an attempt to relieve overcrowding.

Hancock finds a diamond ring, but when Moira gets it into her head that marriage is in the air, Tony is forced to turn to Sid for help. Show more

Vince has had a long trip, and is Ben getting the cold shoulder?

Author Nick Hornby on the shared 'genius' of Dickens and Prince, Cecilia Iliesiu on making ballet accessible worldwide, and poets Derek Owusu and Anthony Anaxagorou. Show more

From the Clyde to Cornwall, File on 4 investigates the growing trade in illegal benzodiazepines behind a rise in overdose deaths across the country. Show more

Dr Yusuf Ali Osman will soon be taking the Department for Work and Pensions to the high court over continuous inaccessible communication methods about his benefit payments. Show more

James is in South Wales where he goes inside a cryo-lab to discover the impact of cold on the body. He discovers why it can be a killer and what you can do about it. Show more

Holly Smale talks to Helena Merriman about being diagnosed as autistic aged 39. Show more

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Dickens is reimagined for today as a boy struggles within a broken social system.
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Has your husband become boring? What should you do if you’re invited to a swingers party - or if you’re not invited? Can holiday romances ever work out? Marian and Tara have views. Show more

Sean Curran with all the news from parliament, including MPs' concerns that the government isn't tackling Chinese "police stations" in the UK.

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Martin and his daughter suffered life-changing injuries in the Manchester Arena bombing, but one conspiracy theorist claims to have gone to great lengths to try to prove otherwise. Show more

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