Members of the House of Lords have been accused of using their positions to make money out of lobbying, breaking rules in the process. New research suggests children of richer parents have a better chance of a good education than poorer children. And who will be the next Doctor Who?
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The Labour Party will confirm today that if it wins the general election it will chop the winter fuel allowance for wealthier pensioners. Chris Leslie, the Labour/Co-operative MP for Nottingham East, explains his view on the changes that Labour want to bring in.
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Business news with Simon Jack on news that Barclays Bank has confirmed it is working with US authorities into the investigation into Liberty Reserve. The online money transfer service was shut down last week by the authorities in the United States and Costa Rica - they say criminals have used it to launder £4bn around the world.
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The Labour Party will confirm today that if it wins the general election it will chop the winter fuel allowance for wealthier pensioners. Chris Leslie, the Labour/Co-operative MP for Nottingham East, explains his view on the changes that Labour want to bring in.
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Thousands of anti-government demonstrators have been on the streets of Istanbul for a third night, confronting police who are using water cannon and gas canisters. James Reynolds reports from Istanbul.
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An attempt to raise a unique WWII German aircraft from the bottom of the English Channel has been delayed again because of high winds. The BBC's Nick Higham reports.
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Business news with Simon Jack.
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The British Nutrition Foundation says that nearly a third of primary school children think cheese comes from plants. Professor Judy Buttriss, director general of the foundation, outlines what the research found.
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England's highest-performing comprehensive schools and academies are significantly more socially selective than the average state school nationally and other schools in their own localities, according to a new report by the Sutton Trust today. Conor Ryan, director of research at the Sutton Trust sets out the findings, and Dr Helen Jarvis, reader in social geography at Newcastle University, provides analysis.
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The paper review.
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Alex Paterson, founder of the ambient dance band The Orb, is releasing his latest album on vinyl. Alex Paterson's own record collection is 30,000 strong and he says collecting them has been his life's work. Today reporter Tom Bateman went to hear a small selection.
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Thought for the Day with the Right Rev James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool.
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The Hollywood actor Michael Douglas has said in the Guardian this morning that the throat cancer which nearly killed him was caused by giving oral sex. Dr Kat Arney, developmental biologist from Cambridge University, and Susan Quilliam, an agony aunt and author noted for bringing systemic psychology to a mass audience, discuss the claims.
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The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has insisted that the coalition is determined to push through new measures to fight sleaze in parliament, after the latest revelations to hit Westminster. The BBC's political editor, Nick Robinson provides analysis, Robert Buckland MP, member of the parliamentary select committee on standards, and Lord Oakeshott, Liberal Democrat peer, discuss news that three peers have been accused of agreeing to carry out parliamentary work for payment.
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There will be a new Dr Who at Christmas - the 12th incarnation of the Time Lord. Jenny Colgan, writer and author of the Dr Who novel Dark Horizons, and Dr Matthew Sweet, historian and Dr Who fan, discuss whether the doctor could return as a woman.
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Hundreds of protesters returned to the streets of Istanbul and Ankara yesterday (Sunday) after two days of unrest that have seen more than 1,700 arrests. Dr Gül Berna Özcan, reader in international business and entrepreneurship, at Royal Holloway University of London, and Sinan Ulgen, chairman of the Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies, an independent think tank in Istanbul, discuss the significance of the riots.
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Fraudsters have found a way of getting hold of your bank details by skimming them from the new so-called contactless debit cards. Martin Emms, research associate at Newcastle University, and Richard Koch, a former management consultant and entrepreneur, discuss the level of the threat.
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Business news with Simon Jack.
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Homes have been evacuated across southern Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland as rivers reach dangerously high levels. The Today programme hears the latest on the disruption.
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If you are raped and you go to the police, how are you treated? What happens as they try to establish what happened? Dr Catherine White, clinical director a Sexual Assault Referral Centre called St Mary's in Manchester, and Juliet, who was referred there after she was raped, discuss the case and treatment that people who have been raped receive.
