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MPs of the main parties are uniting at Westminster in a call for Rupert Murdoch to abandon his takeover of BSkyB. There has been further sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Also on today's programme, we ask whether your garden makes a political statement.

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0615
Business news with Adam Shaw, exploring euro fears, BSkyB and train-maker Bombardier. Download the podcast

0650
As well as being a place for a barbeque or a quiet nap, is a garden also a political statement? Garden historian Tim Richardson explains how "anger, malevolence and political in-fighting of the lowest or highest order" can be found among the foxgloves.

0709
A spokesman for the campaign group Hacked Off, set up in response to the phone hacking affair, will meet David Cameron today to press him over the planned judicial inquiries into the scandal. Former Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris and inquiry expert Richard Lissack QC debate what should happen next.

0714
Proposals to reform European fishing policy will be published today. The European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki explains why current system is proving ineffective.

0717
Business news with Adam Shaw.

0720
Police in Belfast came under attack for more than five hours last night, as nationalists in the Ardoyne area rioted in protest to annual 12 July celebrations by the Orange parade. Andy Martin reports.

0727
Sports news with Rob Bonnet.

0733
There are fears that Italy's economy, nearly ten times the size of Greece, may be in crisis. Paul Henley reports from Milan, home to the world's third largest bond market. And Romano Prodi, former Italian prime minister and former president of the European Commission, looks at why political in-fighting may be hindering a solution.

0738
Paper review.

0741
New research published today in the Royal Society journal seems to put the question of the extinction of the dinosaurs to rest. Dr Paul Barrett, dinosaur researcher at the Natural History Museum in London, explains the findings.

0747
Thought for the day with Akhandadhi Das, a Vaishnav Hindu teacher and theologian.

0750
A report revealing how allegations of abuse were handled by the Catholic church in County Cork, Ireland from the mid-nineties onwards is published today. Michael Kelly, deputy editor of the Irish Catholic Newspaper, looks at public reaction to the report.

0810
Are the police being treated unfairly over phone hacking? Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, gives his reaction to the grilling of senior officers in Westminster.

0820
Launching on Saturday and running for a fortnight, the Big Butterfly Count will urge people to spend 15 minutes looking for and counting butterflies. Sir David Attenborough, president of Butterfly Conservation, explains why it is vital that thousands of people participate.

0825
Sports news with Rob Bonnet.

0830
Rupert Murdoch will feel the full force of the will of Parliament today, when MPs from all three main parties back a call for him to abandon his takeover of BSkyB. Business editor Robert Peston reports on why Britain is "in unchartered territory".

0833
Are we approaching a perfect financial storm in the eurozone? Martin Wolf of the Financial Times and Zanny Minton Beddoes of The Economist look ahead to a potentially eventful August.

0839
A new arts project is celebrating the lives of Yorkshiremen in the twilight of their cricketing careers. Bob Walker reports from the Runs on the Board exhibition at Barnsley Civic Centre.

0846
Business news with Adam Shaw.

0849
The recorded diaries of the MP Tony Benn amount to something approaching 15 million words. Tony Benn and Jad Adams, whose 1991 biography of Benn has just been revised and updated, explains how they tackled such a mass of material.

0853
It is said by political commentators that Ed Miliband has had a good phone hacking crisis. The Independent's chief political commentator Steve Richards and the Spectator's political editor James Forsyth debate whether David Cameron has had a bad one.

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