Prof Brian Cox: Are we alone in the Milky Way?
20 October 2014 Last updated at 11:29 BST The third programme of Brian Cox's series Human Universe is on BBC 2 on Tuesday night. In it, Prof Cox will be asking the question: Is there anybody out there?...
View ArticleWhat next for Africa's radio industry?
20 October 2014 Last updated at 10:20 BST The rapid spread of new technology in Africa is changing the way people get news and entertainment. Mobile internet and the growth of television is forcing...
View ArticleKellie Maloney: My brothers have not accepted transition
21 October 2014 Last updated at 12:13 BST Kellie Maloney has revealed that not all of her family members have accepted her decision to become a woman. Kellie, who was previously boxing promoter Frank,...
View ArticleClarke: Do not 'compete with ignorance and bigotry' over immigration
21 October 2014 Last updated at 10:27 BST The UK must not "start competing with ignorance and bigotry" over its immigration policy, Ken Clarke has said. The former Conservative cabinet minister...
View ArticleEbola nurse William Pooley's parents support return to Africa
21 October 2014 Last updated at 10:21 BST The parents of William Pooley, the British nurse who contracted Ebola while volunteering in West Africa, say they support his return to Sierra Leone to resume...
View ArticleBBC radio presenter Mike Reed sings UKIP song
21 October 2014 Last updated at 10:04 BST Former Radio 1 DJ Mike Reed sings a comic pro-UKIP song prompting criticism from some who object to him affecting a Caribbean accent for the calypso style...
View ArticleNollywood: Nigeria's vibrant media industry
21 October 2014 Last updated at 11:37 BST Nigeria is home to one of the most vibrant film and media industries in the world - known as Nollywood. Will Ross looks at the way Nigeria receives its news...
View ArticleThird Battalion Royal Welsh learn keys skills in Kenya
22 October 2014 Last updated at 12:34 BST Reservists soldiers from the Third Battalion Royal Welsh training in Africa are learning the key skills they need for a career in the Army. As part of the...
View ArticleBrian O'Driscoll: A career in rugby
23 October 2014 Last updated at 12:03 BST Brian O'Driscoll is the most capped player in rugby union history, and one of the most celebrated try-scorers in the game. The Today programme's James Naughtie...
View ArticleEbola health worker's audio diary from Sierra Leone
27 October 2014 Last updated at 13:32 GMT Many NHS staff have responded to the Ebola outbreak by going to West Africa to work in treatment centres. Dr Geraldine O'Hara is an infectious diseases...
View ArticleIs technology killing old loved books?
25 October 2014 Last updated at 10:07 BST In this age of electronic books, are we losing the magic of passing on a well-thumbed paperback, perhaps with a name scribbled inside - or even notes in the...
View ArticleClub briefing on death of S Africa football captain
27 October 2014 Last updated at 09:16 GMT Senzo Meyiwa, the captain and goalkeeper of South Africa's national football team, has died after being shot by intruders at his girlfriend's, police say. A...
View ArticlePolice briefing on death of S Africa football captain
27 October 2014 Last updated at 10:49 GMT Senzo Meyiwa, the captain and goalkeeper of South Africa's national football team, has died after being shot by intruders at his girlfriend's house, police...
View ArticleBriefing on death of S Africa football captain
27 October 2014 Last updated at 09:16 GMT Senzo Meyiwa, the captain and goalkeeper of South Africa's national football team, has died after being shot by intruders at his girlfriend's, police say. A...
View ArticleRifkind: There will be 'sensible compromise' over EU bill
25 October 2014 Last updated at 09:35 BST The former foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind has told the Today programme that there will be a "sensible compromise" over what he called the...
View ArticleEurope expects Britain to pay EU bill 'and that's that'
25 October 2014 Last updated at 10:49 BST An MEP and vice-president of the European Parliament has said that Europe "expects" Britain to pay the £1.7bn top-up bill from the European Union "and that's...
View ArticleEbola health worker's audio diary tells of emotional effect
25 October 2014 Last updated at 10:06 BST Hundreds of NHS staff have now volunteered to travel to west Africa and help those affected by Ebola, but little is really understood of the reality of their...
View ArticleMP's concern at 'military covenant' pledge
29 October 2014 Last updated at 10:16 GMT The government has been accused of failing to give injured military veterans all the care they have been promised. Two leading medical experts have said that...
View ArticleSamaritans Twitter app alerts users when friends struggling to cope
29 October 2014 Last updated at 00:35 GMT A web application is being launched that monitors your Twitter feed for signs that friends may be struggling to cope. Samaritans Radar looks for specific words...
View Article100 Women 2014: Live coverage
28 October 2014 Last updated at 13:51 GMT Coverage as influential women from around the world talk about their careers and what matters to them live from Broadcasting House in London. Keynote speakers...
View ArticleMany asylum seekers 'have no legal way to access EU'
28 October 2014 Last updated at 15:54 GMT The European Council on Refugees has criticised an EU decision to scale back operations to rescue migrants drowning in the Mediterranean Sea. About 150,000...
View ArticleGovernment 'to tackle homophobic bullying'
29 October 2014 Last updated at 12:26 GMT The government is to spend two million pounds tackling homophobic bullying in schools in England. The money will go to charities to spend on education and...
View ArticleCarer: Low pay leading to 'scandalous' care
29 October 2014 Last updated at 11:18 GMT Britain's biggest trade union, Unison, has accused councils in England and Wales of failing to ensure home care workers earn the national minimum wage for all...
View ArticleNew gaming centre 'about cultural confidence'
29 October 2014 Last updated at 12:13 GMT The UK is to open the first cultural centre in the world for gaming, which will be based in Nottingham. Iain Simons, director of GameCity, told the Today...
View ArticleSir Nicholas Winton: I've made a difference
28 October 2014 Last updated at 10:09 GMT Sir Nicholas Winton tells the Today programme's John Humphrys about saving the lives of hundreds of children before the Second World War, and how he believes...
View ArticleDecriminalising drugs 'halved Portugal's heroin problem'
30 October 2014 Last updated at 11:17 GMT The decriminalisation of drugs in Portugal has "halved" the problem of heroin abuse since the late 1990s, the country's national coordinator on drugs and drug...
View ArticleMobile phone success in Africa sparks data debate
31 October 2014 Last updated at 13:24 GMT In the telecommunications business in Africa, the gap between the old and the new players is stark. A recent survey showed that 96% of subscribers have opted...
View Article'No survivor has any faith in Fiona Woolf'
31 October 2014 Last updated at 11:47 GMT Officials from the inquiry into historical child sexual abuse are set to meet groups representing victims for the first time. Some of those attending say they...
View ArticleBBC Radio Derby presenter Colin Bloomfield talks about latest cancer diagnosis
30 October 2014 Last updated at 10:47 GMT BBC Radio Derby presenter Colin Bloomfield, who is being treated for cancer, has this week received the news that more tumours have grown on his brain and...
View ArticleWest African migrant: 'I don't know what my destiny is'
31 October 2014 Last updated at 17:19 GMT Ismael Diabate, a 25-year-old from Guinea in West Africa, repairs shoes in the suburbs of Rabat. He travelled to Morocco, but failed in his attempts to cross...
View ArticleMixed welcome for police cautions pilot
1 November 2014 Last updated at 10:25 GMT The Police Federation of England and Wales has given a mixed welcome to government plans to scrap police cautions. Paul Ford, from the Police Federation of...
View ArticlePraising bad work 'inhibits children's learning'
31 October 2014 Last updated at 10:26 GMT Seven popular teaching practices are actually harmful to school students' learning, according to a report from the Sutton Trust. Researchers say that...
View ArticleMigrants told to go to UK to 'get money'
31 October 2014 Last updated at 11:47 GMT Today presenter Mishal Husain spoke to the deputy mayor of Calais Philippe Mignonet. The deputy mayor of Calais, Philippe Mignonet, has insisted that the UK...
View ArticleThe UK's animation industry celebrates 60 years of success
31 October 2014 Last updated at 09:44 GMT It has been 60 years since the animated adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm - the first British animation film. Since then, the UK has certainly had a...
View ArticleFrog species discovery: 'Amazing they still exist'
30 October 2014 Last updated at 13:49 GMT Scientists have discovered a new species of frog living in New York City. The team from Rutgers University in New Jersey first noticed the frogs on Staten...
View Article'No-one's expecting the death toll to start going down'
1 November 2014 Last updated at 10:57 GMT The man in charge of leading Sierra Leone's fight against Ebola, Paulo Conteh, has told the BBC that things are improving. But outside the capital, Freetown,...
View ArticleMerkel's UK exit warning 'bloodcurdling' - David Davis
3 November 2014 Last updated at 10:13 GMT Angela Merkel's suggestion that she would rather see the UK leave the EU than compromise over the principle of free movement is driven by domestic politics,...
View ArticleRyanair boss: Customer service was lacking in past
3 November 2014 Last updated at 11:03 GMT Ryanair's chief executive Michael O'Leary has said a greater focus on "customer experience" is behind its rise in half-year profits. The firm recorded a 32%...
View ArticlePeter Carey: 'We believe our governments are benevolent'
3 November 2014 Last updated at 11:54 GMT Australian writer Peter Carey has said that we are all to blame for our loss of privacy. The twice winner of the Booker Prize told BBC Radio 4's Today...
View ArticleImmigrants 'benefit UK welfare system'
5 November 2014 Last updated at 11:00 GMT Immigrants arriving in the UK since 2000 have been a "net benefit" to the welfare system, the director of University College London's Centre for Research and...
View ArticleSamuel Johnson prize winner Helen Macdonald 'felt rage'
5 November 2014 Last updated at 12:45 GMT The Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction writing has been won by H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald, the first time the award has been given to a memoir in its...
View ArticleM&S boss Marc Bolland rejects criticism over clothing sales
5 November 2014 Last updated at 11:21 GMT Marks and Spencer boss Marc Bolland has dismissed criticism following the retailer's 13th consecutive quarterly drop in clothing sales, saying consumer...
View ArticleLord Hill: We need 'practical solution' over tax bill
6 November 2014 Last updated at 10:44 GMT New European Commissioner Lord Hill has described the row about David Cameron's refusal to pay a £1.7bn tax-contribution bill to the EU as "highly political"....
View ArticleSir Paul Smith reimagines Richard Scarry's illustrations
6 November 2014 Last updated at 11:23 GMT Millions of children have grown up with picture books written and illustrated by Richard Scarry. By the time he died in 1994 he had sold more than a 100...
View ArticleCannabis robbers 'raiding wrong houses'
7 November 2014 Last updated at 11:15 GMT It used to be that burglars were after your jewellery or your laptops or your fancy tellies, but in some English cities there's a new target - cannabis. Police...
View ArticleSachin Tendulkar: I am no god
8 November 2014 Last updated at 09:48 GMT Cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar has spoken to the BBC about life in the public eye and his career at the top of the sport. He explained to the Today...
View ArticleFruit fly 'plague' caused by 'exceptionally mild winter'
7 November 2014 Last updated at 12:59 GMT An unseasonal plague of fruit flies, being experienced by some parts of the UK, is down to an "exceptionally mild winter", according to Dr Michelle Fountain,...
View ArticleIn discussion: SNP deputy leadership
9 November 2014 Last updated at 12:04 GMT Candidates for the deputy leadership of the SNP have been speaking to BBC Radio Scotland's Crossfire programme. Keith Brown, Angela Constance and Stewart Hosie...
View ArticleFilmmaker John Waters on his US hitchhiking 'adventure'
10 November 2014 Last updated at 13:04 GMT Cult filmmaker John Waters has written about his experiences hitchhiking across America in his new book, Carsick. Speaking on the Today programme, the...
View ArticlePink Floyd's Gilmour 'surprised' by new album response
10 November 2014 Last updated at 13:00 GMT Pink Floyd have released what they say is their final studio album, The Endless River, consisting of sessions recorded more than 20 years ago. Having...
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