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  1. 51 seconds ago

    Covering up of women predates Islam says : "We see veiling or covering up of women amongst the Hittites, the Greeks, Persians, Romans... and even today some men in north Africa who refuse to show their face fully"

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  2. 29 minutes ago

    Now on : explores multiculturalism in Britain with a special stage set design held in storage at the . Image credit: V&A

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  3. 46 minutes ago

    The football Premier League starts again but how many matches are played in total over the season? ⚽ set by

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  4. 2 hours ago

    Today: The UN is urging an end to a "civilian bloodbath" in Idlib, Syria. , head of UN Syria humanitarian taskforce (0730). Iain Duncan Smith on immigration rules after Brexit (0810). And what is the definition of Islamophobia? (0830)

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  5. 3 hours ago

    Good morning. Presenting today are and , with the lastest news and stories for the next three hours

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    Tomorrow on : Britain's new spaceport could help UK companies fill a "significant gap" in the market, launching some 2,000 small commercial satellites into orbit by 2030

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    Well that’s the holiday reading sorted!

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  8. 21 hours ago

    Should one animal be killed in order to save another? has been criticised for killing crows but says it’s necessary in order to protect threatened curlews. Bev Garside from argues the practice is “not appropriate at all”

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  9. Aug 9

    Another Trump term in office "is a big concern because of what I consider to be an assault on the institution and values of this country but the US has endured traumas like this before," says James Clapper, former US director of national intelligence

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  10. Aug 9

    Trump's inability to criticise Putin "serves as a cloud over the presidency and the country," says James Clapper, former US director of national intelligence

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  11. Aug 8

    Coming up on at 0740: on what the industrial revolution gave to Victorian England including Bashaw: 'the faithful friend of man' and hears from . Image credit:

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  12. Aug 8

    Can you help this king make his daughter laugh? 👑😄 set by nine-year-old chess player Shreyas Royal

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  13. Aug 8

    Former Russian MP Sergey Markov on new US sanctions over Skripals case: "British authorities should show the facts" about why they blame Russia for Skripals poisoning. He says other nations who blame Russia are doing so "under pressure"

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  14. Aug 8

    Also today: Can exercise improve mental health? (0850)

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  15. Aug 8

    Coming up: James Clapper, former US director of national intelligence on new sanctions against Russia (0810). Minister for Sport of Civil Society, Tracey Crouch on a new government initiative to give people more say in decision making using apps or polls (0830)

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  16. Aug 8

    Good morning. Your presenters today are John Humphrys and

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    "One thing is quite clear. If he was to become leader of the party, I for one wouldn’t be in it” says former attorney general Dominic Grieve about

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  18. Aug 8

    Lord Paddy Ashdown is skeptical of a new centrist party but admits "politics in this country cannot stay the same"

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  19. Aug 8

    Hear how this articulate nine-year-old is taking the chess world by storm but may not be able to stay in the UK for much longer

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  20. Aug 8

    Continuing with our series about British identity in the , exploring what Tipu's Tiger says about British history

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