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Farming Today
02/06/23 Proposed cow cull in Ireland; seasonal workers from central Asia; Eggs in vaccines.
13 minutes
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Irish government plans to cull 200,000 cows to meet emission targets. Tens of thousands of workers to be recruited from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Using eggs to make vaccines. Show more
RSPB learning officer John Clifton on the bee-eater for Tweet of the Day. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Desert Island Discs
Ronnie O'Sullivan, snooker player
55 minutes
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Ronnie O'Sullivan, snooker player, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Woman's Hour
Edna Adan Ismail, winner of Templeton Prize, Online games, Vasectomy increase in US, Iranian female journos on trial
59 minutes
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‘Woman of Firsts’. Edna Adan Ismail, Somaliland’s first trained midwife, first female Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former First Lady. Show more
Test Match Special: England v Ireland. Commentary on the Test from Lord's with Jonathan Agnew, Isa Guha, Sir Alastair Cook, Phil Tufnell and Niall O'Brien. Show more
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Test Match Special: England v Ireland. Commentary on the Test from Lord's with Jonathan Agnew, Isa Guha, Sir Alastair Cook, Phil Tufnell and Niall O'Brien. Show more
There’s a showdown at Home Farm, and a mystery is solved for Jim. Show more
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode devote the final episode of the series to the world’s most famous doll, ahead of the release of director Greta Gerwig’s eagerly-awaited Barbie movie. Show more
Any Questions?
Baroness Chapman, Harry Cole, Ann Pettifor, Mark Spencer MP
47 minutes
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Alex Forsyth presents political debate from The Corn Exchange in Wallingford with Baroness Chapman, Harry Cole, Ann Pettifor and Mark Spencer MP. Show more
John Connell reveals how his love for a pristine lawn gave way to letting the grass grow. Neatly cut, he says it was a 'green desert' for bees but is now a riot of wild flowers. Show more
Comedian Steve Punt scours the archives for rock star opinions on life, the universe, and everything. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Global action pledged on plastic pollution
45 minutes
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Nearly 200 countries pledge to create a legally-binding treaty to combat plastic pollution
Former scriptwriter of Cheers, ahead of an auction of the TV series' bar
As Lesley's story of murder and adultery unfolds, Willie is convinced she's holding something back about Sun Yat Sen, in Tan Twan Eng's novel of love and betrayal in 1920s Penang. Show more
Why is America a breeding ground for conspiracy theories? Show more
The Spark
James Bridle and non-human intelligence
28 minutes
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Helen Lewis returns with a new series of encounters with innovative thinkers. In this episode, she meets James Bridle, author of Ways of Being. Show more
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Sociologist Jonathan Kennedy explores how infectious diseases have impacted human society, politics and economics, from earliest times to the present day. Read by Gunnar Cauthery. Show more
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