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The Health Secretary is announcing the biggest shake-up of the NHS in England for decades. A series of bombings in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, have killed at least 64 people. And Ed Miliband explains why he should be Labour's next leader.

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0615
Business news with Adam Shaw: Ross Walker, chief UK economist at RBS, discusses the reliability of the Office for National Statistics' figures for UK growth; Andrew Bell, chief executive at Witan Investment Trust, reflects on a good week for the markets and Steve Radley, director of Policy at EEF, outlines his view that the UK is in the last chance saloon when it comes to investing in the country's energy infrastructure.

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For centuries the French have been dismissive of cricket, saying the game was a legacy of empire, and not much more. Correspondent David Chazan reports from Saumur in western France on how more and more of the country's people are playing the game. 0654
The head for Ofsted, Zenna Atkins, has provoked anger when she said "every school should have a useless teacher". Ms Atkins explains what she meant by her comments.
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Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says he wants to reform the NHS and place GPs in control of commissioning care on behalf of their patients. The Kings Fund's chief executive Chris Ham discusses the potential for GPs taking control of budgets and making decisions based on what they know about their patients' needs.

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Pakistan's interior minister, Rehman Malik, says Afghanistan and Nato are not doing enough to stop militants crossing the country's border with Pakistan. Correspondent Aleem Maqbool asks Mr Malik about the attack in Mohmand, an area recently declared "safe" by the Pakistani government.

0715
Business news with Adam Shaw.

0720
The poetry of William Wordsworth does not lend itself naturally to legal argument but it is featuring in a courtroom battle over polytunnels. In 1798, Wordsworth wrote Tintern Abbey, a poem that celebrates the beauty of untamed nature in the Wye Valley. Novelist and Farmers Weekly journalist Tim Relf discusses what would have happened had Wordsworth returned to find the valley as it is today.

0723
The Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has spoke of the record number of people being sent to prison as a waste of public money; and the prime minister has said it is time for radical reform of the prison service. Chief Inspector of Probation Andrew Bridges explains how there is only a marginal benefit for the public in maintaining a record prison population and there should be a deeper public debate about the use of community punishments.

0727
Sports news with Rob Bonnet.

0735
In the first in a series of five interviews with the Labour leadership candidates - we will be talking one of them each day this week. Today, Ed Miliband discusses what kind of leader he would be and where would he take his party.

0741
The paper review.

0744
For the first time in its history Spain has won the World Cup, beating the Netherlands 1-0 after extra time. Lynne Truss has been our World Cup essayist and reflects on the incident-packed month-long tournament.

0748
Thought for the day with religious commentator, Clifford Longley.

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The return to prison in February of Jon Venables, one of the killers of James Bulger, sparked a debate about whether serious criminals can be rehabilitated and properly supervised on release. Home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw talks to a man who served 15 years in prison for murder.

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The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will later today be presenting his plans for reforming the NHS in England in a white paper. Two GPs, Dr Adrian Seigar from Northampton and Dr Kambiz Boomla from East London, debate whether the profession has the skills to take on such a responsibility.

0818
Exactly six months a go a massive earthquake hit Haiti and killed more than 200,000 people. Correspondent Mark Doyle was in Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the quake and has returned six months later to ask why the situation there is still so serious.

0823
An upcoming Hollywood blockbuster is being planned about Cleopatra. Actress Angelina Jolie told MTV she would take the role if "we can get the story right and do the real story". Two authors Adrian Goldsworthy and Joyce Tyldesley discuss what it is about Cleopatra that is so alluring.

0827
Sports news with Rob Bonnet.

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Police in Northern Ireland say 26 police officers were injured last night in riots in Belfast, three of them suffered shotgun injuries although none are life threatening. Basil McCrea, a member of the Northern Ireland Police Service board discusses how violence erupted shortly before midnight, and crowds of up to 200 people threw petrol bombs and other objects.
0840
A pledge to make Britain a country where everyone can use the web is being unveiled today. Technology correspondent Rory Cellan Jones and the government's digital champion, Martha Lane Fox, outline the importance of the proposals.

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A long-out-of-print book, by a UK author on Germany's hyperinflation in the 1920s is set to become a best selling phenomenon after Warren Buffett recommended it. Author Adam Fergusson discusses how this has resulted in his work being republished, 35 years after it first came out.

0850
Business news with Adam Shaw.

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Our last session with our World Cup panel, as Spain parties and the fans trek home. Former England cricketer Ed Smith and former Manchester United director Jim O'Neill debate whether the best team won.

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