25/04/2012
Morning news and current affairs, presented by Evan Davis and Justin Webb. Debating the proposed takeover of BSkyB, plus should scientists attempt to stave off aging?
Morning news and current affairs, presented by Evan Davis and Justin Webb. Including:
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As part of our party leader interviews, Caroline Lucas MP, leader of the Green Party speaks to the Today programme's Justin Webb ahead of the local elections on 3 May.
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The traditional fairground sideshow is making a comeback, with a new performance devoted to them at London's Roundhouse.The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Tom Bateman reports.
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In the summer, Felix Baumgartner is going to attempt to break the world sky-diving record. He's not just doing a high parachute jump, he's going up to the edge of space. Felix Baumagartner and Joe Kittinger, the current record holder, explain why.
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Tonight, the Oxford University Scientific Society will be debating the motion "This house wants to defeat ageing entirely". Colin Blakemore, Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, explains why he thinks the concept isn't feasible.
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Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has rejected Labour calls for him to resign over claims that he privately supported attempts by News Corporation to take full control of BSkyB. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Peter Hunt reports on the revelations from the Leveson inquiry. Lord Fowler, former Conservative party chairman, and Damian Collins MP, Conservative member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, discuss their implications Political editor Nick Robinson gives his analysis.
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To mark the Queen's Jubilee year, the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has edited a specially commissioned anthology of poems - Jubilee Lines. She reads her poem The Thames, London 2012.
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