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12/05/2025
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BBC Radio 4 s the BBC World Service.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Alicia McCarthy reports on Parliament as peers debate VE Day.
Simplicity
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Elizabeth Rawlinson-Mills
12/05/25 - Ash dieback, viticulture and spring grass growth
The tree disease ash dieback has been less devastating than initially feared.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
History: private, personal and political
Tom Sutcliffe talks to Tiffany Jenkins, Geoff Dyer and Lanre Bakare.
Choral communities
How one woman is running community choirs to show people how singing can benefit health.
Beverley Knight, Care workers, ADHD and menopause, Barrister Robin Moira White
Performer Beverley Knight on playing 'godmother of rock and roll', Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Maturing
Tom Bateman examines the history of the special relationship between the US and Israel.
Episode 1 - The Dig
An archaeological dig alongside a busy highway inspires a journey through place and time.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Puppy Scam, US Travel, Male Botox
The rise of male botox - we hear from one man about why he has it.
The latest weather forecast
Starmer: UK risks becoming 'island of strangers'
Sir Keir Starmer promises to 'significantly' cut net migration with new rules on visas.
1. Italy
When parenting journeys are flipped upside down after a diagnosis
11/05/2025
Lynda makes a surprising discovery.
Series 5
6. Out of Time
A spider rescue, a wedding and a huge shock. Can Joanna and Roger's marriage survive?
Episode 7
One of the village worthies calls a meeting to root out the secret scribe in their midst
Raymond Blanc on Professor Nicholas Kurti
Raymond Blanc chooses physicist Nicholas Kurti.
Series 23
Aches and Rains
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain ask whether the weather affects our aches and pains.
The Big Mortgage Time Bomb
Vicky Spratt investigates the thousands of people trapped in high interest mortgages.
Series 48
Ashford
Jay Rayner and the are in Ashford answering questions on flour and custard.
PM promises migration drop as government tightens visa rules
The government unveils a range of stricter measures to try and reduce legal migration.
Sir Keir Starmer promises to cut legal migration to the UK
The Home Office says tighter restrictions will see figures drop by 100,000 a year
Series 31
Episode 5
Comedians try to smuggle truths past opponents in David Mitchell's comedy game.
Lily struggles to control her feelings.
Suzanne Vega sings in the studio, P Diddy trial, Mother Courage in County Durham
Suzanne Vega performs a track from her new album, in the Front Row studio.
What are rare earths and why does everyone want them?
Who dominates the market for rare earths and critical minerals?
The mysteries of the ocean floor
A new study says 99.999% of the world’s deep seafloor is still unseen by humans.
Starmer: Immigration could make Britain an ‘island of strangers’
The government has published its plans to reduce immigration to the UK
Episode One
A baby is found abandoned on a beach on Ireland’s west coast.
By Their Fruits We Know Them
The Accused Men seem untroubled until they’re shown footage from the camps. Silence.
Sean Curran reports as MPs question the home secretary about controls on immigration.
13/05/2025
