Today: Saturday 25th September

The Labour Party will learn who their new leader will be as the party conference opens in Manchester. And Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson describes the threat level from dissident republicans as worrying.

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The Labour leadership contest is still too close to call. Political correspondent Jo Coburn reports from the party's conference in Manchester.

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England have become the first overseas Commonwealth Games team to arrive Delhi as many other countries are delaying their arrival. BBC correspondent Rahul Tandon reports from the Indian capital.

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The paper review.

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The prison population in England and Wales is at a record high; there are now more than 85,000 people behind bars. Today presenter, Evan Davis, asked the Harvard criminologist Christopher Stone and filmmaker Roger Graef how restorative justice might help victims.

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The sports news with Rob Bonnet.

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Today we will learn who the next Labour leader will be. Chief political correspondent Norman Smith asks whether Labour has missed its chance after its worst defeat in election history.

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The Home Secretary has said the threat level to Great Britain from dissident Irish republicans has been raised from "moderate" to "substantial". Richard English, professor of Politics at Queen's University, discusses the dissident groups' technical expertise.

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The paper review.

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Why is it that so many arts institutions in this country have to rely on the taxpayer but in the United States there are so many private donations and big cash endowments? Arts Editor Will Gompertz examines the difference between American and British arts financing.

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Thought for the Day with Brian Draper, associate lecturer at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity.

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A number of public health quangos are on a leaked list of those being considered for the be axe. Does this mark a turning point in public health policy? Stephen Dorrell MP and Professor Julian Le Grand discuss how this will affect healthcare.

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David Miliband has been the front runner in the Labour leadership contest from the outset, but his younger brother Ed is now the bookies' favourite. Lord Kinnock explains why he has endorsed Ed Miliband.

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What came before the Big Bang that led to the formation of the universe? Sir Roger Penrose's new book, Cycles of Time, contains his thoughts on what the answer might be.

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How effective is a public affirmation of faith? Father Ulick Loring outlines the impact of Pope Benedict's visit.

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The sports news with Rob Bonnet.

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It has been an appalling week for the reputation of the Commonwealth Games. Dick Pound, a member of the International Olympic Committee, discusses the reactions of competing countries.

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Ministers are looking at whether restorative justice could be used more widely in England and Wales as part of their sentencing review. Today reporter Andrew Hosken speaks to Coral Kent as she prepared to meet the perpetrator who stabbed her husband in an unprovoked attack.

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The paper review.

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What is the future of cartoon strips? Peanuts along with other cartoons such as Garfield are featured in thousands of newspapers around the world. Cartoonist Charles Peattie explains why Peanut cartoons are so popular.

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David Miliband's campaign chairman, Douglas Alexander, discusses the Labour leadership contest ahead of the party's conference in Manchester.