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19/11/2008

With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.

Presented by James Naughtie and Evan Davis.

BNP leader Nick Griffin believes a former member is responsible for leaking a list of members which was published online.

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says more needs to be done to encourage lending to small and medium-sized businesses.

Mark Mardell reports on an EU deal which may save the Scottish fishing industry.

A woman has become the first person to receive a whole organ transplant developed using her own cells. Tom Feilden reports and Prof Anthony Hollander describes some of the methods used.

Bob Cotton, of the British Hospitality Association, and Peter Harden, co-editor of Harden's Restaurant Guide, discuss tipping in bars and restaurants.

Thought for the day with the Rev Giles Fraser.

Former chief exec of Jaguar, MP Geoffrey Robinson, and the former head of Ford Europe and Maserati Martin Leach discuss whether the UK motor industry needs help.

The government is proposing to make it illegal to pay for sex with a prostitute who is working to benefit someone else who controls them. Niki Adams, spokeswoman for the English Collective of Prostitutes, and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Jacqui Smith, discuss the pros and cons of the idea.

Damian Grammaticus reports on the latest on the Somali pirates.

Musician Herbie Hancock talks about his life and music.

Solicitor Andrew Keogh explains why he has started a petition against using video conferencing in court.

Poet Elvis McGonagall has written some lines to welcome Diego Maradona to Scotland in his first match as the Argentinean football manager.

Pascale Harter reports on how, increasingly, it is brave individuals, not the Italian state, who are taking on the Camorra.

Julian Norridge and Matthew Syed discuss how the British invented the rules of sport.

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Wed 19 Nov 2008 06:00

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