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June's Information

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Thursday 30 June

Princess Michael of Kent
We talked to Princess Michael of Kent about her new book, The Serpent and the Moon

Wednesday 29 June

Elephant Diaries
This is a new series which follows a year in the life of Kenya's orphaned elephants. Jonathan Scott, wildlife author photographer and co-presenter of this series joined us on the programme to tell us about this jumbo problem. It starts Monday 4 July BBC ONE 7pm.

Bill Cullen
The Irish author Bill Cullen was on Breakfast to talk about his book: "Golden Apples: Six Simple Steps to Success". The book chronicles his rags to riches story and explains how to make your life successful. It's published by Hodder and Stoughton.

Relationship break-up
We discussed a new website which tries to guide people through the practicalities of relationship break-ups: who pays the rent, who gets the pets?

Breakfast's full story: breaking up is hard to do

Financial Healthcheck
The BBC has launched a website to help people who are having financial problems. The BBC's financial advice website link

Tuesday 28 June

Falklands history
We talked to the author of a new book about the Falklands war, which re-visits the controversy of the sinking of the Belgrano. 'The Official History of the Falklands Campaign' is by Prof Lawrence Freedman.

Ile Nastase
We're talking to the Romanian tennis player who's just published his autobiography. Called Mr Nastase, it's published by Collins, ISBN: 0007178395

Autism
To find out more about one family's struggle with autism, watch One Life on BBC One tonight at 10.30pm: The Twin who could only screamMore information on tonight's programme about autism

Monday 27 June

Trafalgar celebrations
Full details of the Trafalgar exhibition - and the music used in Lucy Moore's special report - can be found on our special story on Trafalgar

Breakfast's story on Trafalgar

Friday 24 June

Africa 05
Is the biggest celebration of African culture ever organised in Britain, including visual arts, cinema, literature, history, music, craft, and performing arts. Find out more from these links:

The BBC's Africa 05 link

British Museum's Africa 05 Link

Thursday 23 June

Linda Robson
You can see the co-star of Birds of a Feather in Nick Moran's play Telstar - which is about the life of the pop producer Joe Meek. It opened at the New Ambassadors Theatre, London on Monday and runs until September 10.

Wednesday 22 June

Working Family Tax Credit
If you're worried about your tax credit - or worried you may need to pay money back - there is a government helpline: 0845 300 39 000.

There's much more information on Breakfast's full story

Exercise in school playgrounds
We talked to playleaders from the organisation FitKid, which runs courses in conjunction with the YMCA.FitKid website

Infertility
We discussed the latest research on infertility with our regular GP Dr Rosemary Leonard.

BBC News Online's full story about Soya and fertility

Laziness We talked to Corinne Maier, the French author of Bonjour Paresse - "Hello Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay". It's published by Orion ISBN: 0752871862

Tuesday 21 June

Summer solstice photos
We had a massive response to our appeal for your digital images of sunrise. We're afraid it's now too late to send us any more - but you can see a small selection on our story and picture gallery.

Breakfast's full summer solstice story

In pictures: Breakfast viewers' summer solstice

Monday 20 June

Solstice photos
We're asking for your digital photos of tomorrow's summer solstice. Do read our full story and instructions before you get snapping

More on our appeal for Summer Solstice photos

Damien Rice
We'll be talking to the Irish singer/songwriter about his single to mark the sixtieth birthday of the Burmese democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi. It's called Unplayed Piano.

Bus from Africa
We talked to the actress Emma Thompson, who's taking a special bus to Downing Street, with messages from African people to the Prime Minister. It's part of the charity Actionaid's lobbying ahead of the G8 summit. Actionaid website

Friday 17 June

Mary Poppins
One of our guests mentioned that the stage producers of the West End musical Mary Poppins are looking for children to join the cast. They're looking for boys and girls, with singing, acting and some dancing skills, to play roles between eight and 11 years old. If you want to find out more, go to the Mary Poppins website - or email jo.hawes@virgin.net. Please be aware that this is NOT a BBC production. Mary Poppins website

Silent calls
Our reporter Graham Satchell has been investigating silent calls and telephone marketing calls. You can avoid most calls by registering with something called the Telephone Preference. This is completely free of charge and run by the Direct Marketing Association. TPS, DMA House, 70 Margaret Street London W1W 8SS. Telephone: 0845 0700707 TPS Online

Wednesday 15 June

Family Robertson
We spoke to two of the children of the Robertson family who survived an amazing 1970s Family Robinson-style shipwreck . They have written a book about their story called: "The Last Voyage of the Lucette" by Douglas Robertson, published by Seafarer Books, ISBN: 095427508. There is also a documentary, Sunday, 6pm, National Geographic Channel.

Elaine Paige
Elaine Paige has now branched out even further to prove her skills as television actress, opera singer, recording artist and radio presenter. She's due to perform some of her West End and Broadway showstoppers in the summer. June 17th, Hampton Court Festival - 0870 890 0147. June 26th, Petworth Park, Hampshire - 0870 240 4068. Elaine's Radio 2 programme is every Sunday from 1pm - 2.30pm.

Tuesday 14 June

Kath and Kim
We talked to the Australian comediennes behind the series Kath and Kim, which is a spoof soap opera. You can see Kath and Kim on BBC Two on Thursday nights, at 10pmthe BBC's Kath and Kim website

Giving blood
We talked to Heather Mills McCartney about a campaign to attract more blood donors.

Breakfast's full story has links to the National Blood Service

Manchester United
We jumped the gun a little in our business report on Manchester United this morng. At 7.50am, Declan said Malcolm Glazer can now force rebel Manchester United shareholders to sell their investment. In fact, Mr Glazer needs another 204,000 shares, or another 0.3% of the company, before he can. He says sorry for the mistake.

Monday 13 June

Michael Dibdin
We talked to the author about his latest Aurelio Zen novel. It's called Back to Bologna - but unfortunately it's not published here until August.

Sian Phillips
The Unexpected Man, starring Sian Philips and Peter Bowles, is on tour across the UK

Breakfast's interview with Sian Phillips

Friday 10 June

Roald Dahl
We were live at the Roald Dahl museum and story centre in Buckinghamshire. You can find out more about the centre:
Roald Dahl museumOfficial websiteRoald Dahl
The address is:
Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
81 to 83 High Street
Great Missenden
Buckinghamshire
HP16 0AL

Telephone:
01494 892 192
Nicki also found out more about the BBC/Oxford English Dictionary's 'word hunt':
Wordhunt website

Ospreys
Danny Savage was in the Lake District where one of the biggest environment success stories involving the breeding of ospreys is happening with two hatched chicks this year.
Ospreywatch

Painkillers
We reported the news that patients taking commonly used painkillers such as Ibuprofen have an increased risk of developing a heart attack, according to research published in the British Medical Journal.
BMJ website

Thursday 9 June

Canal book
Pensioners Terry and Monica Darlington sailed their narrow canal boat across the English Channel, and have now written a book about their experiences. It's called Narrow Dog to Carcasoone, by Bantam Press, ISBN: 0593053117

Kippers
You can see the Money Programme: Honey we Can't get Rid of the Kids, at 1900 hrs on Friday 10 June, on BBC Two

Wednesday 8 June

Computer file sharing
We talked to the internet organisation Childnet which is promoting a new campaign warning children that swapping music files and other file-sharing is illegal. Childnet's Kidsmart advice on filesharing

JoJo Moyes
We're talking to the journalist about her new book based on her grandmother's experiences of sailing from Australia to Britain, just after the Second World War. Her book is called The Ship of Brides" and published by Hodder and Stoughton, ISBN: 0340830107

Orange Prize for Fiction
We're also talking to the woman who's just won the Orange Prize for Fiction. Lionel Shriver's book is called We Need to talk about Kevin.

Breakfast's full story on women's fiction and the Orange Prize

Back pain
We're talking to our resident GP Dr Rosemary Leonard and an osteopath, Irene Phillips, about back pain. Irene uses a "bionic hand" to treat back-pain at her clinic in Surrey - a treatment which is not available on the NHS. There is a website for the clinic - but please remember we're providing this link for information: we're in no position to recommend the clinic or its treatment. As with any health problem, your first port of call should be your own GPIrene Phillips' backcare clinicBBC health: general advice on back pain and how to treat it

Tuesday 7 June

Mobile phone bullying
The charity NCH has set up a new website to help children who are being bullied by mobile phone. This includes threatening text messages and the new craze of "happy slapping. It's called stop text bullyStoptextbully

Electronic cot
The cot we featured which monitors the temperature and rocks automatically is not, unfortunately, available commercially. It's a degree project by students at the University of Coventry's School of Art and Design. It's currently on display at the university's annual degree show, which ends on June 9.University of Coventry We also talked to the Foundation for the Study of Infant death about cot death. You can find much more information on their website Foundation for the Study of Infant Death

Breakfast's most recent story on cot death

Denis Tuohy
We're talking to the TV presenter and actor about his memoirs. They're called Wide-Eyed in Medialand: a broadcaster's journey. Published by Blackstaff Press, May 2005

Jane Krakowski
The actress who plays Ally McBeal's secretary is in London, to star in the musical Guys and Dolls at the Picadilly Theatre in London.

Val Kilmer
You can see the Hollywood star Val Kilmer on stage in London at the moment, in an adaptation of The Postman Always Rings Twice. It's on at The Playhouse, Northumberland Ave.

Monday 6 June

Growing tea in England
We talked to the head gardener of an English estate which is trying to grow tea plants commercially. It's called Tregothnan and it's in CornwallTregothnan's website

Live 8 tickets
Our full story has details of how to enter the competition for Live 8 tickets. This is not being run by the BBC - and you will need to be over 16 years old to enter.

Breakfast's full story on Live 8

"Digital" pen
Our business team reported on a special "digital" pen which can process hand-written forms more quickly, by downloading the data you write directly to computer. It's being developed by Accenture Technology Labs Accenture global website

Friday 3 June

British Heart Week
Organised by the British Heart Foundation, this year concentrates on women and heart disease.British Heart Foundation

Frank Zappa
Ahmet and Dweezil Zappa perform the music of their late father, Frank Zappa in a European Tour.
Find out more about the tour

Beethoven
Actor Paul Rhys stars as the tortured genius in tonight's drama-documentary at 9pm on BBC Two, as part of the BBC's Beethoven season.

Thursday 2 June

Hold my hand: a mother's journey
We talked to Glenys Scott who's written a moving book about caring for her son, who received devastating head injuries in Australia. It's published in harbdback by Sidgwick and Jackson. ISBB: 0 283 0720 X

Lifeless
We talked to the stand-up comedian Mark Billington about his new novel, Lifeless. It's published by Little Brown.

Young musician
The twelve year old musician we talked to is called Alex Prior. He's perfoming in a concert tonight at St Martin in the Fields Church in London. Alex Prior's website

Singer
We also talked to a former army officer turned singer, called James Blunt. His album Back to Bedlam is number four in the UK charts and he will be playing at Glastonbury later this summer.

New Forest National Park
You can find out more about national parks in the UK from the Forestry Commission
Forestry Commission website

Wednesday 1 June

Leylandii and other troublesome hedges
New legislation comes into force today, to make sure that householders don't let their hedges grow too high. Your local council will enforce the new rules, which have been drawn up by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) ODPM: guidelines on high hedges And the group hedgeline has been set up to help householders fight their case.Hedgeline

Parking
You can watch Whistleblower tonight on BBC One at 9pm. Breakfast's full story on parking contains links to official appeals websites

our full story parking

A Picture of Britain
The new programme, narrated by David Dimbleby, begins on BBC One this Sunday (June 5) at 9pm

League of Gentlemen
The film The League Of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (certificate 15) will be on general release across Britain from June 3

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