Can Gordon turn the tide?

9:30am today

As rumours of a challenge to Gordon Browns leadership begin to circulate, Ashok Kumar explains why he thinks Mr Brown is the right man to take the Labour Party into the next General Election IT IS almost a fortnight since the political earthquake of the disastrous local election results shook the foundations of the Labour Party. Now that the dust has settled, Labour members and activists like myself have had the opportunity to reflect.

Can Gordon turn the tide?

9:30am today

As rumours of a challenge to Gordon Brown's leadership begin to circulate, Ashok Kumar explains why he thinks Mr Brown is the right man to take the Labour Party into the next General Election IT IS almost a fortnight since the political earthquake of the disastrous local election results shook the foundations of the Labour Party. Now that the dust has settled, Labour members and activists like myself have had the opportunity to reflect.

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	Not so Holy Land
	12:50pm Wed 14 May 08
	The state of Israel came into being at midnight on May 14, 1948. A 19-year-old British journalist, Arnold Hadwin, found himself a witness to a moment of history while doing national service in Palestine. Sixty years on, these are his memories

	It’s alright: here comes the sun
	11:45am Tue 13 May 08
	The region has just basked in its longest sunny spell since 2006. But why does sunshine make life feel better? Owen Amos speaks to experts to find out

Gordon learns the hard way

10:18am Monday 12th May 2008

As Gordon Ramsay hits the headlines over his remarks that we should only eat seasonal vegetables, Kate Whiting finds out how hes prepared to risk life and limb in pursuit of the right ingredients for his latest TV cookery show I HAVE already eaten about half of my scrambled eggs when Gordon Ramsay jokes that he cooked them with sea urchins. Were sitting in his self-named restaurant at Claridges in London surrounded by pastries and pots of coffee and I suddenly feel quite nauseous.

Wall of death

9:44am Saturday 10th May 2008

Newcastle-bred director Neil Marshall decided to rebuild Hadrians Wall to contain a deadly virus in his latest movie, Doomsday.

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	Eric idol
	12:10pm Fri 9 May 08
	In the 21st Century, when even lookalikes become celebrities, how does it feel still performing another man's music after 23 years? Owen Amos speaks to Mike Hall, of tribute band Classic Clapton

Finding Tom

10:01am Thursday 8th May 2008

In 1940, a Durham soldier killed in the evacuation at Dunkirk was buried in an unmarked grave.

	What makes a paedophile?
	1:28pm Wed 7 May 08
	Why do some adults find children sexually attractive and is there a stereotypical paedophile? In the second of a two-part series, Owen Amos speaks to an academic expert and visits a worrying website
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Tracking down the child abusers

9:20am Tuesday 6th May 2008

Stories about child pornography are increasing. But is the crime more common, or its detection more effective? How do police catch paedophiles and what toll does it take on officers?

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