🗳️ 'I can easily envisage the Conservatives will take a pasting at the next election.'

Former chancellor Philip Hammond tells Nick Robinson that he thinks the blue wall is vulnerable - but not to Reform UK.

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Stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried in an eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD79.

Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of Pompeii Archaeological Park, spoke to #R4Today about the find.

'This was a little sunshine at sunset. She obviously made him finally happy which I had never seen.'

Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson's close adviser Bernard Donoughue tells us about the PM's affair kept secret for half a century and why he's revealing it now.

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Rishi Sunak made the promise to cut NHS waiting lists and 'he's failed to deliver', @BBCNickRobinson puts to the Health Secretary.

Victoria Atkins: 'Yes... Of course we know there are people are waiting, they're in pain, in anguish. We absolutely understand that.'

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'This is a Trump legacy... Joe Biden should've dropped it from day one. Obama decided not to pursue it.'

Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaks to #R4Today after President Biden suggested the long pursuit to extradite him from the UK may be called off.

Welcome to the black room in #Pompeii - it’s just been unearthed after being hidden for 2000 years - just one of the amazing new finds coming to light here. We’re live here this morning on BBC Breakfast BBC Radio 4 Today with Gabriel Zuchtriegel & Dr Sophie Hay 📷 Tony Jolliffe

President Biden has promised Israel 'ironclad' support from the United States.

It's as fears grow that Iran may be about to retaliate for an attack that killed senior Iranian commanders - Obama's former senior advisor Ben Rhodes tells #R4Today this would be a 'major escalation'.

'The politician who says we do not need to cut anything is not being honest.'

Former chancellor Philip Hammond tells Nick Robinson why it is so difficult for parties to be frank about public spending.

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Labour are promising mayors and councils across England the powers to 'take back control' of bus services.

Louise Haigh, Shadow Transport Secretary, tells @BBCNickRobinson reform is needed through franchising rather than throwing money at a 'broken system'.

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Every now and then, a classic returns to the charts.

Bonnie Tyler's 1983 hit Total Eclipse of the Heart has shot up the streaming charts after the eclipse in North America.

She gave her reaction to #R4Today .

How are risk factors assessed before granting bail to an alleged suspect?

Sir Max Hill, former Director of Public Prosecutions in England and Wales, explains why the law 'balances in favour of bail' and the importance of the police's role.

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William Wragg, the MP who admitted sharing MPs' personal phone numbers on a dating app, has 'voluntarily' given up the Conservative whip.

Long-serving Tory MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown tells #R4Today more training and advice is needed for MPs to avoid this happening again.

The author of a major review into gender care of children speaks to #R4Today about her findings.

Dr Hilary Cass says local services were nervous to see young people with complex needs because of the ‘toxicity of the debate’, and passed them straight to a gender identity service.

As the UK presses the US to pass a military aid package for Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron hasn't had a meeting yet with one of the 'one of the most important players'.

BBC Chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffman explains on #R4Today .

Scrabble is releasing a more collaborative version of the classic word game.

Gyles Brandreth Gyles Brandreth – broadcaster and British Scrabble president – tells #R4Today it’s designed to appeal to those in Gen Z who don’t ‘thrive’ on the competitive nature of the game like him!

'Does Labour lack the moral courage to promise a big increase in the health budget?'

@BBCNickRobinson asks Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves as she announces plans to raise £5bn from tax dodgers to fund policies on the NHS and breakfast clubs.

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Incredibly nervous on day 1 and got about 20 mins sleep…not much has changed 😂 but have today, rather surprisingly, made it to 10 years on BBC Radio 4 Today. Nowhere near Garry Richardson’s 50 years but a minor work milestone nonetheless! Massive thanks must go to Jade Lauriston 🙌🏽

'It's about thinking of ways in which the broader country would participate in an emergency.'

Former chief of MI6, Sir Alex Younger, tells Nick Robinson Britain should consider a Swedish-style military conscription system.

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