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Today: Scottish independence 'not about breaking up'
The official campaign encouraging people to back Scottish independence in a referendum is being launched in Edinburgh. The SNP's Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister of Scotland, said that independence was not about "breaking up". "We can continue to share things where that makes sense," she told Justin Webb.
Actor, director and award winning rapper Plan B has said that "classism" should be as unacceptable in the UK as sexism and racism. Speaking to Evan Davis, he said that a "class war is perpetuated in the media".
The six week old United Nations ceasefire in Syria, although officially recognised by both sides, is not being observed. BBC correspondent Paul Wood went to the Syrian town of Rastan to find out whether the rebel Free Syrian Army has been weakened by army attacks.
Is China's economy in trouble? China expert and Head of Research at NSBO Miranda Carr discusses the country's slowest growth rate for three years. And this week's Friday boss is Phil Smith from CISCO, one of the world's biggest networking companies.
Listen to Dame Judi Dench read Shakespeare's Sonnet 116
Jonathan Ive, the British designer behind Apple's iPod, iPhone and iPad was knighted yesterday. He also attended last night's celebration of the arts for the Diamond Jubilee and he spoke to James Naughtie about his success.
European leaders met last night in Brussels. Linda Yueh, Bloomberg's economics editor, and Stefanie Bolzen of German paper Die Welt, debate what comes next for the eurozone.
Jim O'Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, gives his reaction to last night's eurozone summit.
business news
The average family in Britain spends more than a quarter of their income on childcare, more than almost any other country in the world. The Today programme's Sanchia Berg reports from the Netherlands on their recent childcare reforms compare to childcare regulations in the UK.
The inventor of the first TV remote control, Eugene Polley, died yesterday at the age of 96, That was back in 1955 but it took another two or three decades to arrive into our homes. Inventor Trevor Baylis and Guardian columnist Zoe Williams reflect on the power of invention and the gadget which created the couch potato.
A new adaptation of American neuroscientist David Eagleman's book Sum opens today at the Royal Opera House. The BBC's Tom Bateman reports on the production's idea that consciousness continues after death.
Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund who was in London yesterday, speaks to John Humphrys about the eurozone crisis and the threat of a Greek exit
Investors in Italy are increasingly heading towards the exit sign. And the US trade ambassador Ron Kirk, who has been visiting the UK, gives his view on the eurozone crisis and its impact on a recovering US economy.
Home Secretary Theresa May is to announce a complete overhaul of the way police tackle anti-social behaviour. Community activist Lesley Pulman and Simon Edens, ACPO lead on anti-social behaviour, debate the planned measures.
British climber Kenton Cool, who has reached the Everest summit nine times, talks to Lynda Hardy about the conditions that led to one of the worst days in the mountain's history.
Energy Secretary Ed Davey is pressed by John Humphrys over whether proposals in the energy bill amount to a subsidy for new nuclear power
Business news.
A new book comes out this week detailing a mission to Iraq in 2003, in which nine men acted alone and unsupported deep behind enemy lines. The author of Pathfinder, former British Army Captain David Blakely, speaks to Sarah Montague.
The shadow Chancellor Ed Balls gives his view on the eurozone crisis.
Childcare in Britain is amongst the most expensive in the world with an average family spending a quarter of their income on childcare. Conservative MP Elizabeth Truss, who wrote a report that calls for a change in the child care regime, and chief executive of Daycare Trust Anand Shulka discuss the cost of childcare.
Europe business correspondent Nigel Cassidy reports on the rising concern over the "capital flight" from Greece. And Ian Naismith, head of Pensions Market Development at Scottish Widows, gives his view on the news that pension savings in the UK have hit a record low.
The eurozone is in crisis and its members are terrified. That's the accepted view and the reason it's at the top of the agenda. The view of one of America's leading economists, Professor Daniel Keleman, director of the centre for european studies at Rutger's University, is that it maybe painful, but we'll get over it. This is the "new normal".
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan told us on Friday that Liverpool had "no beating heart" anymore after noticing an empty directors' box at Anfield. The club was bought by American owners last year. With so many of the Premier League's clubs in foreign hands, is this a sign of the times? Are the likes of Dave Whelan & Bolton's Phil Gartside a thing of the past? Does having a foreign owner automatically mean a lack of care at the top?
After an overturned conviction for murder, the incarceration of Sam Hall has highlighted a number of miscarriages of justice. Dr Michael Naughton of the University of Bristol is founder of Innocence Network UK works for those believed to have been wrongly convicted.
Android und iOS beherrschen die Smartphone - Welt Laut IDC wurden im ersten Quartal 2012 weltweit 152 Millionen Smartphones verkauft. Mehr als die Hälfte davon sind mit Android ausgerüstet, ein knappes Viertel iPhones mit iOS.
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Elton John Sänger Elton John wurde mit einer schweren Atemwegs erkrankung ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert – der Popstar musste sogar einige Konzerte absagen. Er entschuldigte sich bei den Fans.
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SpaceX: Dragon dockt an die ISS an Die Nasa hat das Andocken der privaten Raumfähre Dragon an die ISS erlaubt. Das Manöver hat am frühen Freitag morgen begonnen und soll am Nachmittag abgeschlossen sein.
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