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Business news with Nick Cosgrove:
Friday boss Adam Crozier gives his analysis of the FA, Royal Mail and ITV. 0709 BBC News has learnt that the NHS in England is expecting to pay £65bn for its new stock of hospitals built under the
Private Finance Initiative.
Roy Lilley, former head of an NHS Trust, and Julie Moore, chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, discuss whether the projects are good value for money. 0714 As
Pakistan's flood crisis
continues, the southern part of the nation's most populous and economically important province is bearing the brunt of the disaster. Mike Wooldridge reports from the Punjab. 0720 The Prime Minister has appointed retail billionaire
Sir Philip Green
to lead a review of government spending. He describes how he is going to approach his new job and responds to criticisms over his family's tax status. 0722
Another UK holiday company has collapsed,
leaving around 1200 customers stranded in Spain. The Independent's travel editor Simon Calder explains what happened to Birmingham based company Sun 4 U. 0726 Unite union members have voted for
industrial action against the airport operator BAA,
which runs six airports, including Heathrow and Stansted. Industrial lawyer Steve Blunt analyses the possibility of success for negotiations scheduled for this weekend. 0729 The sports news with Rob Bonnet. 0733 Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness has claimed that the
British and Irish governments are in contact with republican dissidents.
Author and political activist Eamonn McCann and BBC reporter Peter Taylor debate whether talks could prevent future violence. 0739 The paper review. 0746 Former chief executive of the Football Association Adam Crozier says
a "conflict of interests" is preventing the FA from working properly.
Sports editor David Bond analyses whether his criticisms are accurate. 0748 Thought for the Day with Catherine Pepinster, editor of the Tablet. 0750 Figures out today are expected to show that
the German economy
grew at a staggering rate in the last three months. Former chief economist at Deutsche Bank Norbert Walter and Charles Dumas, of Lombard Street Research, discuss why Germany's economic success might be bad news for the UK. 0810 Nato is concerned that an
unfair portrayal of the situation in Afghanistan
in the press has led to the decline in enthusiasm for Nato's mission. BBC correspondent Caroline Wyatt has travelled around Kabul, Helmand and the northern province of Balkh with Nato, to report on what they see as the good news from Afghanistan. Nato's senior civilian representative in Afghanistan Mark Sedwill discusses their success in the country. 0821 A project to document the unique language and culture of
a remote polar Inghuit community
is being launched by the University of Cambridge. Dr Stephen Leonard explains why he is spending a year with one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes in Greenland. 0824 The sports news with Rob Bonnet. 0830 The Foreign Office says it is appalled by the purported confession broadcast on Iranian State Television by
Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani,
whose sentencing to death by stoning caused an international outcry. Former British ambassador to Iran Sir Richard Dalton outlines his thoughts on the case. 0840 Who is the best paid athlete in the history of sport? Forbes magazine says it is Tiger Woods but classics professor Peter Struck believes the
Roman charioteers
may have been paid the equivilant of billions of pounds. 0844 Business news with Nick Cosgrove. 0846 More than 50 protestors have been killed in clashes with the police on the streets of Indian administered
Kashmir
this summer. South Asia Correspondent Chris Morris reports on the ongoing dispute. 0850
ITV
is considering reducing its dependence on falling advertising revenues by introducing pay-TV. Media analyst Mathew Horsman analyses whether the move would make ITV a more viable business. 0852 The government has recruited retail entrepreneur
Philip Green to help in its spending review.
Former chairman of Granada TV Sir Gerry Robinson and Professor Colin Talbot, of Manchester Business School, discuss whether there is a limit to what business can deliver for the state.
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