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MondayÌý25th JulyÌý2005
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0607
Anyone waiting for more than twenty weeks for diagnostic tests in England will be able to change hospitals or go private free of charge from November.

0610
President Robert Mugabe is in China this week amid signs of a worsening economic situation in Zimbabwe.

0615
Business news with Greg Wood.

0626
Sports news with Mary Rhodes.

0631
The latest update on the London bombings investigation.

0634
A British Red Cross team has arrived in Niger where the UN has warned that more than three million people face imminent starvation.

0640
There has been another suicide bombing in Baghdad this morning.

0643
A review of today's papers both from Britain and Egypt.

0646
Professor Steve Bloom talks about an obesity drug.

0653
The charity Childline offering round the clock help for children in distress may have to close its night time emergency phone lines.

0657
The Tristan albatross is being eaten by Atlantic mice.

0709
Ahmed Al-Maghrabi, Egypt's Minister for Tourism, talks about the impact of the recent bombing on Egypt's tourism.

0716
Relatives of the Brazilian man shot dead on the London Underground intend to sue the Metropolitan Police.

0722
Business update with Greg Wood.

0724
The Conservative MP, Edward Leigh, talks about how the party might win back its voters.

0727
Sports update with Mary Rhodes.

0732
Health secretary, Patricia Hewitt and Dr Paul Miller, chairman of the BMA's consultants committee, talk about cutting down the waiting times for diagnostic tests.

0744
The African singer Youssou N'Dour talks about the situation in Niger.

0749
The thought for the day with Reverend Dr Colin Morris.

0753
Lord Ahmed and Chris Fox, the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, talk about the instructions given to the police regarding dealing with terrorist suspects.

0810
John Major talks about how the nation is coping with the recent bombings.

0821
What is Britain's favourite painting?

0824
Sports update with Mary Rhodes.

0830
David Westwood, the former Chief Constable of Humberside Police, talks about his suspension since the inquiry into the Holy Wells and Jessica Chapman case.

0840
Labour MP, Stephen Pound and Simon Calder, the Independent's travel editor, talk about how politicians could spend trouble-free holidays.

0842
Business update with Greg Wood.

0850
How can teachers deal with happy slapping?

0854
Our correspondent Frank Gardner talks about links between the various recent terrorist attacks.
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Thought for the Day

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The Blunder Clips

Some of Our Less Memorable Moments
These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!

Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005
What is our website and email address John?
John gets confused about all this modern technology and it's David Blunkett Jim!
- 22 December 2004
Who's reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, asÌýNick Clarke of the World at One demonstrates
- 4/5th October 2004
The boy who likes to say YES!
Sports presenter Steve May is left trying desperately to get his seven year old guest to say something other than yes!
- 23rd September 2004
When the technology failsÌýJohn and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
JimÌýintroduces a veryÌýstrange soundingÌý
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
Ìý- 23thÌýJuly 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
Ìý- 25th October 2003

Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
John and Jim share a joke about the weather?
The Extended Interview

We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.

Jim Naughtie speaks to the Archbishop of Kaduna, Josiah Idowu Fearon, about the Anglican Church in Africa and tensions between Christians and Muslims. (25/05/05)
Edward Stourton interviews Monsignor Charles Burns, a retired head of the Vatican's Secret Archives, inÌýRome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
Part 1
Part 2
First Â鶹Éç interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaksÌýto our reporter Zubeida Malik aboutÌýhis ordeal and how heÌýcontinues toÌýcampaign for five Britons still there to be freed.
Justin Webb interviews Walter Cronkite who pays tribute to Dan Rather, a 73 year old news presenter in America whose is retiring after 24 years.
(10/03/05)
Tony Blair speaks to Jim at the British Embassy in Washington, following his controversial Rose Garden press conference with Bush. The Iraq war, the Middle East and the first hints of an EU constitution referendum u-turn. (17/04/04).
, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04)
John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04).
Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
General James L. Jones
During his visit toÌý London - the Supreme Commander of Nato talks to James Naughtie about the threat posed to NATO by a stronger EU military force.
Hillary Clinton talks toÌýJamesÌýNaughtie
Her questions surrounding theÌýWhite House handling of the Iraq war, plus her years with Bill in that stately building.
Mark Coles interviews Damien Hirst
......about his new exhibition in the small Slovenian capital Ljubljana, including drawings from his teenage years.
James Naughtie interviews Hans Blix:
Hans Blix says allies had motivations other than WMDs for going to war - 6th June 2003.

Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.

Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
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