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Insight, analysis and expert debate as key policy makers are challenged on the latest news stories.
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Today: Buzz Aldrin tells of moon landing
Published: 2009-07-03 04:23:00Buzz Aldrin was the second man to step foot on the surface of the moon in July 1969. Forty years on from the Apollo 11 mission to the moon we take you back to when President Richard Nixon talks to Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong. And Buzz Aldrin talks about his new book "Magnificent Desolation".
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Today: 'I never tried to hide anything'
Published: 2009-07-03 04:11:00A council which was the first to try to prosecute a mother for using a false address to get her son into a popular state school, has dropped its case. Mrinal Patel maintains she did nothing wrong.
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Today: DAB radio 'will be as reliable' as FM
Published: 2009-07-02 06:02:00The government's plans to switch over to digital radio by 2015 are unrealistic, shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt says. Reporter Nicola Stanbridge examines why some people within the BBC are still favouring FM. Journalist Kelvin Mackenzie and Tony Moretta, chief executive of the body responsible for championing DAB radio, discuss if digital radio is better than analogue.
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Today: Royal Mail sale 'best way to modernise'
Published: 2009-07-02 05:45:00The partial sell-off of Royal Mail will not proceed in the current circumstances, Lord Mandelson has said. Richard Hooper, chairman of the independent review of the postal services sector, discusses whether "now is not the time to sell a minority stake in Royal Mail". Billy Hayes, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union, says his organisation has offered Royal Mail a no strike deal if negotiations begin. BBC editors Robert Peston and Nick Robinson reflect on the current interpolation between business and politics.
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Today: Assistance for runaways 'is laughable'
Published: 2009-07-01 07:07:00New guidelines aimed to ensure young people who run away from home or care do not fall through gaps in services are to be published by the government. Bob Reitemeier, chief executive of the Children's Society, and Kevin Gosden, whose son Andrew ran away from home when 14 years old, discuss how those who run away from home can be assisted.
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Today: National Express loses East Coast line
Published: 2009-07-01 06:44:00The government is to take the East Coast rail service run by National Express into public ownership. Transport correspondent Tom Symonds and Norman Baker, Lib Dem transport spokesman, discuss whether this is a step towards nationalising rail services. Transport expert Professor Stephen Glaister examines previous cases of the government intervening in the railway sector.
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Today: How to stay cool in the heat wave
Published: 2009-06-30 07:03:00All the British seem to talk about is the weather, whether it's too wet, too dry, too cold or - as appears to be the case currently - too hot. Explorer Benedict Allen and Sunand Prasad, president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, explain how to keep cool in temperatures expected to reach 32 degrees Celsius.
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Today: Ashdown warns of £9bn hole in defence budget
Published: 2009-06-30 06:44:00The mission in Afghanistan is on course for possible failure, Britain cannot afford much of the defence equipment it plans to buy and many of the MoD's new equipment programmes are "irrelevant" to modern warfare, an Institute for Public Policy Research report says. Lord Ashdown, co-author of the report, explains the basis for the claims.
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Today: Ed Balls: Education reform 'all paid for'
Published: 2009-06-30 06:32:00Parents will have more rights over their children's education - and the best heads will run chains of schools, under new government education plans. Children's Secretary Ed Balls explains the last major education legislation for England before the next general election.
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Today: 'The sense is that the Troubles are over'
Published: 2009-06-29 04:37:00How important is the Loyalist paramilitary decommissioning that was confirmed at the weekend? Jeanette Ervine, widow of unionist leader David Ervine, Rev Chris Hudson, who has acted as a conduit between the UVF and the Dublin government and Independent journalist David McKittrick react to the announcement that the UVF has abandoned weapons and the UDA - by far the biggest loyalist paramilitary group - has begun to decommission its arms.
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