The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

The latest news from BBC Radio 4

A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with The Rt Revd Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Bishop of Croydon. Show more

Defra fails to file reports on environmental laws.
Listeria outbreak.
Plastic pollution from agriculture.
Recycling farm plastic to produce products like fence posts. Show more

Kate Humble presents the great grey shrike. Show more

Nick Robinson and Mishal Husain are joined by the Gambling Commission as it issues the largest fine in its history. Show more

News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament

Julie Williams shares what our genes are telling us about Alzheimer’s disease. Show more

Consultants miraculously turn around businesses and conjure up ideas. Adam Shaw asks why is this $billion industry so mysterious and should we really be in awe of their wizardry? Show more

Join Nuala McGovern live in the Radio Theatre as we reveal the Power List for 2023. Show more

Rochelle Burgess tells Helen Lewis why she argues 'social prescribing' needs a radical rethink - which could bring much more significant benefits than are currently achievable. Show more

How a new generation of politically and socially engaged artists are exploring what it means to be Taiwanese today. Show more

Join Winifred Robinson on Call You and Yours where we are asking: Can you afford to pay into a pension? Show more

The latest weather forecast

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

As the cost of rent continues to rise across the UK, Kirsty Lang looks for solutions. The second of a series of five programmes exploring some radical alternatives. Show more

Jim is calling in the experts, and Oliver has a few tricks up his sleeve. Show more

Charlotte Riley stars in a real-time comedy drama about a romantic weekend away thrown off course. By Claudine Toutoungi. Show more

Short documentaries and audio adventures about rolling through the world. With Josie Long. Show more

Stress levels plummet when we immerse ourselves in nature. Nick Luscombe meets the Japanese scientists working to bring the healing power of nature into the heart of the city. Show more

Twenty-five years after the peace deal in Northern Ireland, Joshua Rozenberg is in Belfast to ask what legacy it has had and what the chances are for reconciliation. Show more

The crime author and the writer-entrepreneur on books they love with Harriett Gilbert. Including a detective story, an anti-Western novel and a book set in the birth of Bangladesh. Show more

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

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

It means an attack is considered highly likely.

Chris McCausland asks a panel of comedians to live in an audio only world, with Rhys James and Donna Preston taking on Alasdair Beckett-King and Ria Lina. Show more

Ed gets a shock when it comes to George, and Natasha needs to come up with a plan. Show more

Victoria Adukwei Bulley on winning the Rathbones Folio Prize for poetry, and what’s the future for library funding? Show more

Today presenter Mishal Husain will be joined by an expert panel to consider how trust can be restored in the police. Show more

We ask whether our modern world has become more or less difficult for those with visual impairments. Roshni Hafeez, Matt Johnson and Mike Lambert help us tackle the question. Show more

John Gray makes the case for proportional representation as a means to revive British politics and fuel new political ideas. Show more

Julie Williams shares what our genes are telling us about Alzheimer’s disease. Show more

In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective

Archie Devine wallows in memories of his lost love Nadine while, in the present day, his time spent on radical message boards is bringing him close to some dangerous characters. Show more

Satirical sketches on modern life, including a company doing evil and dating the Pied Piper. With Will Hartley. From 2022. Show more

The former prime minister Theresa May says the Illegal Migration Bill will harm victims of people trafficking.

The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.

The award-winning Sarah Bakewell turns to Erasmus's advocacy of the principles of peace, friendship and civility, and his enduring legacy. Emma Fielding reads. Show more

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.