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In the run-up to the #GeneralElection , Today is hearing about the big issues through those who live in five key constituencies around the country. Check out the map below to see where our #R4Today presenters have adopted ⬇️

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"One of the cards... Boris Johnson didn't hold up was the one saying "Because at Christmas you tell the truth" Actor Hugh Grant @HackedOffHugh , who wants people to vote tactically against Brexit, gives his view of the PM's version of the famous Love Actually cards scene

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What happened when... @GretaThunberg met David Attenborough for the first time? #r4today | | @MishalHusain

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We've been hearing from artists and writers about moments in their lives that brought comfort, while the world is a bit bleak. For Grief Awareness Week, we heard from actor, comedian and writer @robdelaney , about how his perspective on hope changed, after losing his son #R4Today

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'Do I need a British accent?' @BarackObama is interviewed by Prince Harry for his guest edit of @BBCr4today . In this warm-up, the prince jokingly warns the ex-president he'll get "the face" if he pauses too long between answers #r4today

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After contracting coronavirus, the poet @MichaelRosenYes spent 48 days in intensive care. Now back at home, he has a message for all of those people who wished him well while in hospital. #R4Today

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"It breaks my heart" Actress Siobhan McSweeney, who plays Sister Michael in Derry Girls, says that it was 'incredibly poignant' that the characters are filled with hope for peace at the end of the sitcom Full Interview: #R4Today

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"I'm dumbfounded that this government won't release the report about Russian influence. Because every person who votes in this country deserves to see that report before your election happens" @HillaryClinton tells us. #r4today | #GE2019 |

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Roald Dahl originally wanted Charlie from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to be black #r4today

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This morning: World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. Here he is reading an extract from his 1966 thesis for @BBCWorldatOne in October last year. When @Cambridge_Uni put that thesis online, demand was so high it crashed the website #r4today

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"Jeremy Corbyn is completely unfit to lead our country, completely unfit to lead the Labour party" Ex-Labour, now independent MP Ian Austin urges Labour voters to support Boris Johnson. He will not stand in this election. #r4Today | | @bbcnickrobinson

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"I'm up for the fight" Chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver tells @bbcnickrobinson he doesn't believe Liz Truss - like previous PMs - will put child health first. He thinks there is too much marketing of junk food and wants more children to get free school meals in England #R4Today

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Sophie the dog was rescued from Romania and lives with Rory Cellan-Jones @ruskin147 , becoming a social media star as people follow her adjusting to her new life. @Marthakearney checks in with Rory and dog trainer Simon Wooler to give us an update on #sophiefromromania #R4Today

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'Boxers or briefs?' Download the full interview with @BarackObama here: #r4today

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Teenage climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg explains how Asperger's Syndrome is a gift because it makes her think out of the box. Hear her interview with @bbcnickrobinson here:

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“Every single person living in Britain today is the descendant of an immigrant.” Paul Drechsler, Chair of the International Chambers of Commerce UK, says it’s important we change the 'nasty' narrative in Britain about migration. | #R4Today

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"Overall there was serenity there. More than I would have expected." @BarackObama on his feelings after @realDonaldTrump was inaugurated as US President #r4today

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A former top civil servant accuses Rishi Sunak of failing to fully fund a critical schools rebuilding scheme when he was Chancellor. Jonathan Slater tells @BBCNickRobinson 300-400 schools a year needed to be rebuilt but there was only funding for 100, which was further cut to 50

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“Which bit of EU law is stopping us improving education or tackling child poverty?” Brexit Party candidate Mike Greene after a long pause: "I haven't gone into the detail of specific laws." @rosschawkins | #r4today |

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Leader of the Commons @Jacob_Rees_Mogg claims the "candyfloss of outrage" against suspending Parliament is from people who never wanted to leave the EU #r4today

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"Are you talking about me?" #SophiefromRomania - rescue dog of former BBC Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones and economist Professor Diane Coyle - watches Rory talk to @AmolRajan & @BBCNickRobinson about her adoption and how she's become a social media sensation

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"Brexit is like giving up a three-course meal... for the promise of a packet of crisps in the future." Sir Martin Donnelly from the department for international trade says the arithmetic of Brexit just "doesn't add up" #r4today

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"Shameful and wrong" & "trashing Parliament" - two of the accusations from former PM Sir John Major about the handling of the standards watchdog's findings on Owen Paterson. Hear his full interview with @bbcnickrobinson here:

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“Boris is good, everyone's great, it's a great country…get on with it!” Cricket commentator and former Australian leg-spinner @ShaneWarne says the UK has “made its decision” and should "get on" with Brexit #r4Today | @bbcnickrobinson

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"My mum is definitely beyond help... It's impossible to talk to somebody when they've got that level of God complex" Sebastian Shemirani. His mother is former nurse Kate Shemarani whose speech at a protest event has been condemned by nursing leaders

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"You didn't use the word shithole?" @MishalHusain asks Home Secretary James Cleverly, who tells #R4Today he didn't refer to Stockton North using the phrase, but was 'referring to an individual'.

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Svante Thunberg, father of @GretaThunberg , talks to us about the journey his daughter has been on - from a time when she rarely left the house or spoke to anyone outside her family, to campaigning globally on climate change. #r4today

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"It's the end of democracy." Remain Tory MP Dominic Grieve says suspending Parliament to force through a no deal Brexit against the wishes of MPs would be "the end of parliamentary democracy" and "should be denounced" #r4today

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Should politicians be called out on air as liars if they say things which aren't true? #r4today

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Anders Tegnell, Sweden's State Epidemiologist, says his country will continue avoiding lockdown & he's in favour of relaxing more, telling elderly people "you don't need to completely isolate anymore...just avoid big gatherings, keep a distance" #R4Today

Covid-19: Is Sweden getting it right?

The BBC's Ros Atkins looks at one country that has been an outlier from the start of the pandemic.

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"This dangerous rapist should not be in a woman's prison" Yvette Cooper, Shadow Home Secretary, tells @BBCNickRobinson it 'should be straightforward' that someone who has committed crimes against women shouldn't be housed with women | #R4Today

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"I think he is fit to be prime minister... I do not believe he is anti-Semitic" Labour's Lord Dubs - who came to the UK on the Kindertransport - believes @chiefrabbi "has gone a bit far" in his criticism of @jeremycorbyn #r4today | | @bbcnickrobinson

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Ex-Tory chancellor Ken Clarke says the UK should have an "open ended" delay on leaving the EU by revoking the decision to exit and reviving it later. Time is needed to form a consensus on the future relationship with the EU. #r4Today

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Brexit Party's Ann Widdecombe claims a no-deal Brexit would be "nothing compared to the sacrifice" made in WW2 "to ensure Britain's freedom" #r4today

Ann Widdecombe: Former Tory MP to stand for Brexit Party

She says she wants to help "fire a very loud warning shot across the bows" of the established parties.

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Seventeen-year-old Anna Taylor, who has organised a nationwide school strike this Friday to protest climate change, told #r4today her school said "they're going to give me a detention and an unauthorised absence... but I'm going to go anyway"

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"That's a ludicrous assertion" @DominicRaab denies pamphlet he co-authored – suggesting 2/3 hospitals could be run privately or not for profit – would encourage US trade interest in the NHS #r4today | | @bbcnickrobinson

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Legendary frontman of @TheWho , Roger Daltrey, says touring bands will cope after Brexit, and any problem is “nothing that can’t be solved” but Brussels is a "gravy train soaking us dry" #r4today

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"To get perhaps the most senior man in the country turning around and blaming them for what has been an absolute travesty of leadership from the Government, I just think it's appalling." Mark Adams, CEO of the charity Community Integrated Care #R4Today

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson criticised over 'cowardly' care home comments

The PM said "too many care homes didn't really follow the procedures" on combating coronavirus.

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Universities Minister @SamGyimah , who has resigned, says he would rather hold a new referendum than face a chaotic Brexit if there is stalemate in Parliament. #r4Today

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"They've been in power for twelve years and done absolutely nothing but bring the country down" Angela Rayner, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, tells @BBCNickRobinson that incoming PM Liz Truss won't bring the change which the country needs. | #R4Today

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"It's been an incredible slow process which has taken extraordinary patience." Rory Cellan-Jones @ruskin147 tells @amolrajan about getting his rescue dog #sophiefromromania into a harness as she continues her progress.

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Chairman of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association @MeltonMatthew says his pies are not sold in Thailand or Iceland. Boris Johnson claimed they were sold there but not in the US, when he was giving an example of an American trade restriction #r4today

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Dorset Crime Commissioner Martyn Underhill says the timing of news of Dominic Cummings' alleged breaches of lockdown rules is "unfortunate" ahead of the busiest weekend so far for Dorset police. The news will "inevitably" be thrown back at officers enforcing the rules, he says.

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The Trump balloon "represents the protest in the UK against his violent politics" - 'babysitter of the balloon @AnnaVickerstaff . #r4today #trumpukvisit

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"We're being told told blatant lies." Veteran Tory MP Ken Clarke says the government's decision to prorogue Parliament is "outrageous", "unconstitutional" and "designed to frustrate Brexit" #r4today

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Up next... Prince Harry interviews @BarackObama on his time in office and hopes for the future #r4today

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"I wouldn't be an actor if it wasn't for the Oldham Coliseum" Christopher Eccleston tells @MarthaKearney the theatre's closure is 'tragic' for the North West - after losing Arts Council England funding Hear the full interview on #R4Today tomorrow morning at 08:30AM

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"I was abducted unlawfully. I was treated like some terrorist." Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was detained earlier this month on corruption charges. He tells @MishalHusain he thinks he'll be re-arrested on Tuesday. | #R4Today

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Will Angelina Jolie run for president one day? She says she can "get a lot done without a title" so "will stay quiet for now" #r4today

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“My advice to anybody to whom @BorisJohnson is making promises...get it in writing, get a lawyer to look at it and make sure the money is in the bank” - Claire O'Neill, former president of the #COP26 Glasgow climate conference. #4rtoday

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EU leaders realise that Brexit is a "big mistake" and would help the UK remain if Britain was prepared to think again, says Tony Blair #r4today

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“Everyone saw, all the doctors... They all saw those hostages being manhandled into the hospital. This was an open secret” Israeli Government Spokesman Eylon Levy accuses doctors at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital of knowing Hamas were using the hospital for military purposes #R4Today

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"This is a step towards totalitarianism." Lord Carlile KC, crossbench peer, tells #R4Today that government has been 'elevating itself to an unacceptable level above the law' and above the Supreme Court over it's Rwanda asylum scheme.

Rishi Sunak sees off Conservative rebels as MPs back Rwanda bill

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Sir John Major urges Theresa May to lift some of her red lines on Brexit "in the national interest". If the Cabinet can't agree and Parliament can't agree, then the only remaining option is a second referendum. #r4Today

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"It hasn't yet happened, but you know it's just around the corner" The BBC's Foreign Affairs Editor, John Simpson, breaks down describing a family facing starvation in Afghanistan #R4Today

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She's 16. She has Aspergers. She's addressed the UN. In her own words - "you are never too small to make a difference". On Monday @GretaThunberg , founder of #fridaysforfuture , guest edits our programme. #r4today

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"Can you think of anyone else coming back to a job they've been sacked from a week later?" @BBCNickRobinson asks Foreign Secretary. "People make mistakes," James Cleverly replies. He says Suella Braverman has the experience needed at the Home Office.

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The former governor of the Bank of England, Lord King says Britain should leave the EU without a deal and tell the EU it needs time to prepare #r4today

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Asked whether Brexiteers like his brother Boris lied and did not have a plan, @JoJohnsonUK says: "It was a false prospectus, it was a fantasy set of promises." #r4today

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“I can’t substantiate that” Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab is challenged by @bbcnickrobinson over Boris Johnson’s unsubstantiated claim that Keir Starmer failed to take action against Jimmy Savile as Director of Public Prosecutions

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Less 🥩 No new Heathrow 🛫 More 🚶 Ex-Labour leader @ed_miliband says the government needs to be on a "war footing" to tackle climate change #r4today

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'Sophie's out from behind the sofa' #SophiefromRomania - rescue dog of former BBC Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones @ruskin147 and his wife Professor Diane Coyle - circles the kitchen table as he gives @AmolRajan an update on her progress #R4Today

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Deputy Calais Mayor says they are preparing for a no-deal Brexit and "we will be ready". No more trucks will be stopped crossing the Channel than at present, he says. The UK Government's efforts to move trade away from Calais to other ports are "shocking" and "disrespectful".

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"It's politics of the madhouse" Tory MP @HuwMerriman says he may get sacked for speaking in favour of a people's vote #r4today

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Former British PM Sir John Major will "seek a judicial review" to prevent the next prime minister suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit #r4today

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"Are you suggesting the shells that are flattening Ukrainian cities are being fired by Ukrainians?" @bbcnickrobinson challenges Putin loyalist Maria Butina, member of the State Duma, over Russia's war in Ukraine. Listen to the full interview here:

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Tony Blair is "stuck in a time warp" says @OwenJones84 #r4today

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A no deal Brexit could "put the public at risk" because of reduced security collaboration with the EU, says Met Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick #r4today

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How much would you pay for this Lewis chess piece? ♜♖ It's going on auction in Sotheby's and is valued at £600,000 - £1M 😲 #r4today

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'I invite Jacob Rees-Mogg to a naked debate about Brexit!' 🗣️ Cambridge lecturer Dr Victoria Bateman, who campaigns against Brexit while naked, challenges the Brexiteer MP #r4today

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"The reason I have catastrophised, is because this is a catastrophe" Campaigner Martin Lewis reacts to the news of the rising energy price cap, telling #r4Today that further government intervention is needed.

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Prince Harry's interview with @BarackObama was recorded at the Invictus Games and will be broadcast on Dec 27 when he guest edits the programme #r4today

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"We're at a very serious moment in our nation's history." Tory backbencher Miriam Cates tells #R4Today Suella Braverman 'has a view that is very mainstream' that the 'public largely agree with' after the Home Secretary wrote an article criticising the policing of marches.

No 10 disowns Suella Braverman article attacking police over protests

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Tony Blair says the British public didn't vote for "crashing out of the EU with no deal" #r4today

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Former US treasury sec @LHSummers says the UK is "desperate", has no negotiating leverage and needs a deal soon. Insisting on Brexit whatever happens is "the worst way to give you leverage with any new potential partners" #r4today

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What better way to welcome the spring equinox than with @MissDumezweni 's beautiful reading of Wordsworth's I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.

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"Whichever religious path we follow, the destination is the same: to value and respect the other person" - The Prince of Wales' TFTD

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"Once bitten, twice shy." Conservative leave supporters who switched to the Brexit Party will only vote Conservatives again if and when the UK leaves the EU says political guru John Curtice #r4today #EUelectionresults

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A two-week lockdown will just delay the problem further into winter and it's time "to accept this is endemic" and prioritise protecting the vulnerable, says Prof Carl Heneghan, director of the Centre for Evidence based Medicine, Oxford University #R4Today

Coronavirus: Second national lockdown would be 'disastrous', PM says

Boris Johnson says the government is doing "everything in our power" to prevent another lockdown.

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"This is a disgraceful insight into a society that isn't just scarred by inequality, it's defined by inequality." @OwenJones84 #r4today

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"The Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been sacked." @ChrisMasonBBC tells #R4Today 'in the last few minutes, the PM has asked Mrs Braverman to leave the government and she has accepted'.

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"That's incredible" The reaction of @andy_murray when he hears from our guest editor Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe that she was able to watch his 2016 Wimbledon win while in solitary confinement after she was allowed access to a sports channel. Listen live:

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"Our priority is to prevent a no deal exit and when that has been achieved... we will then be ready with a motion of no confidence," says @jeremycorbyn #r4Today

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"I can't tell you how depressed our young scientists are about the messages coming out of government" Sir Paul Nurse, director @TheCrick , warns that a hard Brexit could "cripple" UK science #r4Today

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Neil Gaiman @neilhimself reads his new poem for refugees "What You Need to Be Warm", woven together from thousands of suggestions he called for on Twitter using #KnitForRefugees . It was written for UNHCR @Refugees winter appeal #r4today |

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"I can't believe it has come to this." Ex-Labour, now Independent, MP Ian Austin's emotional appeal for voters to back Boris Johnson over Jeremy Corbyn in the General Election. #r4Today | | @bbcnickrobinson

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"It came by text" @RoryStewartUK describes the moment he was thrown out the Conservative party after voting against the government and no-deal last night #r4Today | @MarthaKearney |

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Here's the moment John Humphrys signs off after 32 years of broadcasting on the Today programme and an illustrious journalism career spanning six decades #r4today Full sign off 👉

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"We know in every way, shape and form that kids that have a lunch and a breakfast that's decent learn better, they do better" Chef & campaigner Jamie Oliver tells @bbcnickrobinson why more children should get free school meals in England. Full interview:

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The Mayor of Bristol “cannot condone criminal damage” & is concerned about the implications of a mass gathering. But he can't pretend to have “any real sense of loss for the statue” or that it was “anything other than a personal affront to me” #R4Today

Bristol George Floyd protest: Colston statue toppled

Bristol anti-racism protesters dump a statue to Edward Colston into the city's harbour.

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"Domestic violence does not follow class lines, race lines or age lines" @jessphillips on 18 month suspended sentence for man who beat wife

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"What has been happening is damaging at home & to our reputation overseas" Ex-PM Sir John Major calls the handling of Owen Paterson report "shameful & wrong and unworthy of this or indeed any other government & also had the effect of trashing Parliament"

The investigations into Boris Johnson and the government

From lockdown parties at No 10 to renovations of Boris Johnson's flat, questions are being asked.

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Jeremy Corbyn will "get splinters in places he doesn't want" if he "sits on the fence" with regards to a #PeoplesVote says Labour MP @DavidLammy #r4today

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"This is, in my view, the most inexplicable and insensitive day I've experienced in nearly 40 years in Parliament." Crossbench peer Lord Carlisle tells @BBCNickRobinson that PM Rishi Sunak is asking Parliament to say 'an untruth is a truth', that Rwanda is safe. #R4Today

BBC News: Rwanda Bill

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Former Brexit secretary David Davis tells @BBCNickRobinson the Home Office should be able to refuse all asylum seekers from safe countries who are 'paralysing' the system. He is one of 50 Conservative MPs calling for emergency legislation to be passed.

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5 years

"Don't blame the EU," says ex-European Council President Herman Van Rompuy. "The ball is in the camp of the Conservative Party, the British Government and the British Parliament. The problem was created in London with the Brexit vote." #r4Today

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Boris Johnson's proposed Brexit deal is "extraordinarily dangerous" for the UK and could break it up says former attorney-general Dominic Grieve. If the PM wins the election, "within 6 months we would be in very difficult and dangerous waters" #r4today

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BBC Radio 4 Today

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Former Brexit Secretary @DominicRaab says Theresa May's proposed EU deal would be worse than staying in the EU on current terms. "We'd effectively be bound by the same rules but without the control or voice over them" #r4today

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"This is my party, I am going to defend my party against people who are at the heart of this government who care nothing about the future of the Conservative party" - Former Chancellor @PhilipHammondUK says he will "fight" to stand in the next election #r4Today

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BBC Radio 4 Today

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7 years

Nigel Rowe took his child out of school over another pupil's request to be recognised as transgender #r4today

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BBC Radio 4 Today

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"I believe that you can't just stop." Michael Palin speaks to @BBCNickRobinson on #R4Today about returning to work for a new series following the loss of his wife Helen. Sir Michael is back on our screens with a travel documentary about Nigeria.

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