David Cameron is to relaunch his Big Society project, describing it as his "mission in politics". Also in today's programme, what Ovid can teach us about the art of attracting and keeping a partner on Valentine's Day. To speed up the loading time for this running order, we have replaced the audio with links. To hear the reports, interviews and discussions, just click on the links. Get in touch via
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or text us on 84844.0615 0615 Business news with Adam Shaw. Seijiro Takeshita, director of Mizuho Financial Group discusses Japan losing its status as the world's second biggest economy to China, EasyJet's Carolyn McCall outlines its latest weight-saving innovation and Richard Jeffrey, chief investment officer at Cazenove Capital Management, takes a look at the markets. 0650 Sales in the mobile phone market increased by 30% last year. As the Mobile World Congress begins in Barcelona, the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan Jones
examines the latest batch of smart phones.
0655 A recent examination of the government's proposed cuts to the legal aid budget says
they will cost more than they save.
Stephen Cobb QC, chairman of the Family Law Bar Association outlines the findings. 0709 The Prime Minister will explain further his vision for the Big Society and the funding available to charities involved. Home editor Mark Easton and political editor Nick Robinson
examine the significance of Mr Cameron's speech.
0713 Reports suggest Hosni Mubarak left office with billions of pounds to his name. Nicholas Shaxson, of the foreign affairs think tank Chatham House,
outlines where he may have hidden his money.
0720 Business news with Adam Shaw.
0722 After 12 years on death row, Brandon Rhode was executed by lethal injection by the state of Georgia using drugs supplied by a small West London pharmaceutical company. His brother Joshua and mother Patches
have travelled to London to urge MPs to take action
and our reporter Andy Hosken spoke to them. 0727 Sport news with Rob Bonnet. 0734 Women outnumber men on Muslim dating websites by up to four-to-one, as females who want careers as well as a family are being shunned. Religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott looks at the reasons
why some Muslim men still search for more traditionalist spouses.
0738 The Egyptian army has
ordered the last few protesters in Tahrir Square to leave.
BBC correspondent Jon Leyne has the latest from Cairo. 0740 Paper review. 0742 The government is expected to announce that
religious groups should be allowed to conduct civil partnerships in their place of worship should they wish.
Reverend Colin Coward, director of the pressure group Changing Attitudes and the Reverend Rod Thomas, chair of the evangelical group Reform and a member of the General Synod, debate whether this should happen. 0748 Thought for the Day with the Rabbi Lionel Blue. 0751 The Court of Protection is to decide whether a mentally unstable woman, who gives birth later this week, should be
forcibly sterilised
afterwards to prevent her from getting pregnant again. Prof Wayne Martin, the head of philosophy at Essex University, and Mencap's David Congdon, debate whether the court should have this power. 0810
What are the implications of Egypt's revolution for Israel,
which until now was protected through the peace agreement signed by Hosni Mubarak? Israel's deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon analyses the implications for his country, and Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen examines the wider implications of Mubarak's departure. 0824 The King's Speech cleaned up at last night's Bafta's, taking seven awards including best film and best screenplay. The BBC's film critic Mark Kermode
reviews this year's big winners.
0826 Sport news with Rob Bonnet. 0832 Although India has a space programme and gives aid to Africa, a billion pounds of aid money will be given to the country over the next few years. The International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell
explains why India is still in need.
0836 According to reports, over the last two years the Lords Resistance Army, Africa's longest-surviving rebel group, has killed 2,500 people, abducted 3,000 more and around 450,000 villagers have fled their homes in fear. In the first of four reports this week, our reporter Mike Thomson has travelled to the heart of the affected region,
beginning in the town of Gulu in northern Uganda.
0845 Business news with Adam Shaw. 0848 Will David Cameron's speech on the Big Society save the idea or are the cuts too severe for it to work? Shaun Bailey, founder of the charity My Generation, and the Guardian's Polly Toynbee
debate the likelihood of success for Mr Cameron's venture.
0854 Who are the better guides to lovers on this Valentine's Day - ancients or moderns? The Telegraph's Tom Payne, who has written a new translation of Ovid's The Art of Love, and Victoria Glendinning, who has written a biography of Trollope,
debate who we should turn to for advice.
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