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Business news with Nick Cosgrove:
Friday boss Tom Drury of Shanks, one of Europe's biggest waste management companies, explains Britain's shifting attitudes to waste. 0709
BBC general director Mark Thompson went to Downing Street yesterday
to talk about the future of the Corporation. Media correspondent Torin Douglas reports on controversy over the notes photographed as he entered the building. 0712 Ministers in Scotland are proposing to set a
minimum price for alcohol
at 45p per unit. James Shaw reports on the political opposition to the issue in Holyrood and Westminster. Ben Page of the pollsters MORI analyses the likely public reaction. 0719 The
UK Independence Party's annual conference
is underway in Torquay as the party begins its search for a new leader. Interim leader Jeffrey Titford discusses UKIP's place in British politics. 0718 Business news with Nick Cosgrove. 0723
Three Liberal Democrat councillors have left the party
because of what they call the coalition's "savage" spending cuts. One of the councillors, Bob Bryant, explains his dissatisfactions. 0727 The sports news with Rob Bonnet. 0733 There has been a mixed reaction in Israel and Palestine to the
Middle East peace talks
being held in Washington. BBC correspondents Mark Mardell and Jeremy Bowen analyse whether progress has been made in the talks so far. 0739 The paper review. 0742 When the Chairman of the London Olympics Sebastian Coe was watching the closing ceremony of the last games in Beijing, he joked that the London games could open with a display by 5,000
Morris dancers.
Nicola Stanbridge reports on how the South Bank has taken him at his word. 0748 Thought for the Day with Reverend Roy Jenkins, Baptist Minister in Cardiff. 0751 Labour should criticise "the composition but not the thrust" of the coalition's plans to cut the deficit, Tony Blair has written in his autobiography.
Labour leadership candidate Ed Balls
discusses whether he agrees with the former prime minister. 0810 John Prescott has given the Metropolitan police a week to tell him whether his
voicemail was hacked by the News of the World.
If information is not provided, he warns he will be seeking a judicial review into the case. 0817 The statement made by William Hague, following allegations over his special adviser, went into great detail about he and his wife's efforts to start a family. Sally Bercow, wife of the Speaker of the House of Commons, debates how
politicians' wives
feel about such public revelations. 0822
Three Pakistan cricketers accused of being involved in a betting scam
have been charged by the sport's governing body and face further police questioning. Pakistani High Commissioner to London Wajid Shamsul Hasan explains whether the ICC charges are helping resolve the case. 0829 The sports news with Rob Bonnet. 0833 Why do children of richer parents tend to end up in better state schools than those of poorer parents? Researcher Lee Elliot Major and Graham Stuart, of the Education Select Committee, talk about
how to devise a school admissions system
that gives sufficient access to pupils from poorer backgrounds. 0839 Should we pay more for alcohol? As new research shows the UK is drinking less, the Scottish government is considering adopting a minimum price for alcohol. Labour MP Kevin Barron and Murdo Fraser, Conservative health spokesman in Scotland, discuss
the future of alcohol pricing.
0845 Business news with Nick Cosgrove. 0849 The
militant Palestinian group Hamas
has responded to the Middle East peace talks in Washington by saying it will step up attacks on Israel. Palestinian journalist Ali Abuninah explains how he believes Middle East negotiations should draw on the experience of Northern Ireland. 0855 The
three Pakistani cricketers accused of corruption
have been charged with various offences by the International Cricket Council. Sport journalist Mihir Bose and former Wisden editor David Frith discuss how sport's governing bodies should best deal with corruption.
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