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• The man who put the 'i' into iPod

  Tue, 29 May 12

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  Ken Segall, former creative director at Apple, speaks to Simon Jack about his time at the company and Steve Jobs' legacy.

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• 'Pirate inspiration' for flotilla music

  Tue, 29 May 12

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  On Sunday, ten film composers are collaborating on a special piece of music inspired by Handel's Water Music which will be performed at a flotilla as part of the Diamond Jubilee Pageant. Writer and musician Michael Bywater and film composer Debbie Wiseman discuss what historical precedents there are for composers writing new music for royal occasions.

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• Clarke: 'The alternative is silence'

  Tue, 29 May 12

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  The government has scaled back plans to hold more court cases in private. Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke explains why he has brought in the changes.

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• Business news with Simon Jack

  Tue, 29 May 12

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  Spain's stock market fell to a nine year low yesterday as government borrowing costs soared again. And former chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover Professor Baback Yazdani on the news that JLR is expected to report another year of record results in another sign of a revival of the car industry in the UK.

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• Tony Blair 'chased every headline'

  Mon, 28 May 12

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  Lance Price, former Labour party Director of Communications, talks about the attitude towards New International in the Downing Street press office during Blair's time at Number 10.

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• Syria: 'A country convulsed by war'

  Mon, 28 May 12

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  The Independent's Patrick Cockburn in Damascus and former British ambassador to the UN Sir Jeremy Greenstock give their analysis of the deteriorating situation in Syria.

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• Harry Belafonte on the power of song

  Mon, 28 May 12

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  The King of Calypso on music, politics and his struggle against racism.

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• Business news with Simon Jack

  Mon, 28 May 12

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  Today is the deadline for submissions to the European Commission over the issue of women on company boards. Baroness Margaret Prosser, deputy chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, give her view on how to get more women in the boardroom. And John Cridland, Director General of the CBI, on how to revive Britain's infrastructure.

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• Syria: 'Grave' killings 'must be investigated'

  Sat, 26 May 12

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  Syrian opposition groups say President Assad's forces have killed as many as 90 people in a town near Homs. Nadim Houry, director of Human Rights Watch in Syria, explain why the Syrian opposition is calling for the UN to intervene.

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• Spain: 'We were living in a dream'

  Sat, 26 May 12

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  The BBC's Tom Burridge reports from Madrid where the board of the country's fourth-biggest bank, Bankia, will hold a news conference this morning explaining why they need a 19 billion euro lifeline from the Spanish government.

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