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0607 | Eduard Shevardnadze, the man thrown out of the leadership of Georgia, says he will stay in the country. Our correspondent there is Sarah Raynsford.
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0609 | A message will be read in thousands of mosques in Turkey today condemning terrorism. It's the start of the moslem festival of Eid. Nick Thorpe is in Istanbul.
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0615 | Rebecca Marston has a round-up of today's business news. | |
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0630 | The Government seems to be hardening its bargaining position on the European constitution. Our poitical correspondent is Norman Smith.
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0635 | A powerful alliance of medical experts has said smoking should be banned in all public places. Our health correspondent is Karen Allen.
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0638 | The Rugby Union World Champions are back -Ìý'Sweet Chariot' landed atÌýLondon this morning.. Lesley Ashmall is at Heathrow. | |
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0641 | Today's World Press Review comes from Jonathan Charles in Moscow - across the border from Georgia. | |
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0645 | Tomorrow the people of Northern Ireland go to the polls to elect a new assembly. As well as battling for a share of public support - there are power struggles within each of the main parties.ÌýRobin Aitken reports. | |
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0650 | EU finance ministers agreed early today on a deal which requires France and Germany to redress their budget deficit. Pat Cox MEP is president of the European Parliament. | |
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0655 | The child support agency has spent £300m of taxpayers' money on a new computer system - does it work? No, says Steve Webb, Liberal Democrat spokesman. | |
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0730 | Smoking habits have changed remarkably in the last 20 years. But some medical experts are calling for more stringent measures. A group have written to The Times to say smoking in public places should be bannedÌýaltogether. Professor Carol Black and Health Minister, Melanie Johnson. | |
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0715 | The rail mantenance and building group Jarvis has just released its financial results. The company's lost its rail maintenance contracts. Rebecca Marston andÌýrail analyst Christian Wolmar. | |
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0721 | The Royal SocietyÌýhas waded into the GM debate - it says both pro-GMÌýgroups andÌýenvironmental opponentsÌýhave misrepresented the results of the farm trials that were published last month. Lord May is its president. | |
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0730 | Thousands of people turned up at Heathrow at 0500 this morning to greet the victorious rugby team. A keen supporter was Kate Hoey, the former Sports Minister. | |
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0743 | Brian Perkins has a review of today's papers. | |
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0747 | Hear who has won the 'Britain at six' photo competition - Nick Danziger and the winning entrant talk about the competition. | |
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0752 | Tomorrow the Queen will make her annual speech telling us what new laws the government wants to bring in.Ìý We speak to former Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook about policies and direction of the Labour Party. | |
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0810 | Britain may put the brakes on the European Constitution -Ìýunless agreement can be reached on sensitive issues where Britain wants to preserve control - tax, defence and foreign policy. Shadow Foreign Secretary, Michael Ancram andÌýFrench ambassador, Gerard Errera. | |
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0822 | The British Airways plane was renamed 'Sweet Chariot' - but what does the song mean and is it the right song for the sport?ÌýÌýWe also hear from Andrew Motion - who is trying to find a football laureate. | |
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0835 | Tom Feilden reports on the first off-shore wind-farm based in North Wales.Ìý But not everyone thinks it's a good idea... Sir Bernard Ingham and Energy Minister, Stephen Timms. | |
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0845 | Have you heard a good sermon lately? The Bishop of Salibury thinks that too many of them aren't good enough, and nor are the services around them. Stephen Goodard runs a satricial Christian website. | |
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0850 | The international writers' group PEN has asked some of our leading writers to talk about the books thatÌýfiredÌýtheir imagination as a child.ÌýPEN President Victoria Glendinning and Prof. Kim Reynolds. The isÌýyour last chance to hear the gospel group GIANT playing out with Sweet Chariot. | |
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