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Wednesday 23rdÌýJanuaryÌý2008
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0709 Director General of the CBI, Richard Lambert, responds to the pessimistic economic forecast by the Bank of England head.

0714 Today the EU will announce plans to cut carbon emissions by a fifth over the next 12 years.

0717 The business news.

0720 Could Muslim women do more to tackle extremism?

0724 One of Ken Livingstone's race equality advisers has resigned over a trip to Nigeria.

0730-0800

0730
ÌýAlan Johnson, Secretary of State for Health, tells us why he believes that if supermarkets label food clearly, it will stop people from getting fat.

0739 As many as 17,000 police officers from across the UK are expected to gather in London today for a protest over pay.

0742 The paper review.

0743 The actor Heath Ledger has been found dead in his apartment.

0745 Thought for the day with Dr Indarjit Singh.

0750 A district judge from Sheffield says that thousands of girls from immigrant communities in this country are being forced into unwanted marriages.


0800-0830

0810
ÌýAn interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve has helped calm investor anxiety. But billionaire financier George Soros tells our economics editor Evan Davis that the era of cheap money had to come to anÌýend.

0820
ÌýHear about a new exhibition "Dry Store Room No 1: The secret life of the Natural History Museum".

0827
The sports news.


0830-0900
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0830 Links have been madeÌýin some of the papers today between social networking sites and an 'Internet Suicide Cult.'Ìý

0835 As the popularity of private CCTV cameras grows, salesÌýare up 250%Ìýover five years, do the rules of use need to be re-written?

0840 The business news.

0845 Environment secretary Hilary Benn on the EU targets for reducing carbon emissions.

0850 Tens of thousands of residents from Gaza are pouring across the border into Egypt after Palestinian militants destroyed most of the border wall between the two territories.
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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!

Jim crashes the pips
James Naughtie keeps going on and on and on until Continuity cuts him off.
- 9th January 2008
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.
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.

(26/11/07)
The legendary Jazz saxophonistÌýtalks about his time in prison, phone calls withÌýJohn Coltrane,Ìý9/11 and the ambitions of a Jazz survivor.
(17/11/07)
James Naughtie interviews asks the President of Pakistan when he willÌýlift his country's state of emergency and what he is doing to tackle Islamist Terrorism.
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