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Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg are preparing to confront each other in the first Prime Ministerial Debate tonight. The number of people killed by the Chinese earthquake has risen to more than six-hundred. And the former minister Hazel Blears talks on how the politicians can win back the British public.

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Flights in and out the UK are facing "significant disruption" because of a large cloud of volcanic ash being blown towards the country from Iceland. The BBC's Louse Hubball explains the extent of the problem.

0712
Researchers in Newcastle have created embryos containing DNA from one man and two women. John Harris from University of Manchester explains how this could prevent damaged DNA from being passed on by the mother.

0716
The business news with Adam Shaw.

0719
How has the Home Office policy of dispersing refugees and asylum seekers across the country affected the town of Wigan? Today reporter Andrew Hosken has been to the town to see what effects the policy has had on the area and on local voting intentions.

0722
There is considerable disruption to UK airports this morning as a result of ash coming from a volcano in Iceland. Russell Craig updates us on the situation at Manchester Airport.

0723
The Green Party publishes its manifesto today. Its leader Caroline Lucas explains its essential points.

0727
Sports news with Garry Richardson.

0731
The first ever TV debate between the leaders of the main parties will be broadcast on ITV tonight. Former Conservative MP Tim Collins and Sir Robert Worcester, founder of polling and research organisation MORI, discuss the impact of media on this general election.

0738
The paper review.

0747
Thought for the day with Professor Mona Siddiqui, University of Glasgow.

0749
BBC correspondent Hilary Andersson reports from a new prison complex on the Bagram air base in Afghanistan.

0810
How far is distrust and disdain affecting the public reaction to the election campaign? David Cowling, the editor of the BBC's political research unit, Labour's Hazel Blears and the Conservative Sir George Young examine the issue of public trust in the political process.

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BBC reporter Louise Hubball gives an update on flight disruptions around the UK due to volcanic ash being blown in from Iceland.

0823
Artistic director of the Bath Philharmonia Jason Thornton describes the brutal history of castrato singers.

0826
Sports news with Garry Richardson.

0832
Political history will be made when Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg take part in Britain's first ever Prime Ministerial debate. BBC political editor Nick Robinson outlines what is expected to happen tonight.

0838
The former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey is among church leaders who want senior judges to step aside from cases in which Churches are accused of discrimination. Barrister Dinah Rose and Andrea Williams of the Christian Legal Centre discuss the case's implications.

0845
How important is the constituency of Truro and Falmouth in the wider picture of the general election? Kevin Connolly reports from Cornwall.

0840
The business news with Adam Shaw.

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Will the political TV debate wake everyone up to pay attention to the election? Broadcaster and journalist Michael Cockerell and Mary Beard of University of Cambridge discuss why the public might not be fully concentrating on politics.

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