Record of the items on BBC Radio 4 Today on 1 April 2026

@bbcr4today #AsItHappened Wednesday 1 April 2026

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He must know things we don't, as a function of his job.

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Is Sarah Rainsford promoting a true crime podcast?

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Discussion of police reorganisation

For example, what happens when a force area doesn't simply coincide with one mayoral area?

I'm sure this has all been considered carefully...

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After the drought came the floods: why rain is no panacea in Iran Recent rains delivered Iran from a dangerous dry spell straight into to destructive floods because the land has been denuded by years of poor management, environmental expert Roozbeh Eskandari told Ey...

Recent rains delivered Iran from a dangerous dry spell straight into destructive floods because the land has been denuded by years of poor management

www.iranintl.com/en/202512194...

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We'll hear from Michael Gove, who was a cabinet minister during the pandemic period.

Apparently we won't be hearing from a current minister, for example from Darren Jones, who's currently reponsible for pandemic preparation.

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#r4tooday continuing on the project of moving the general view to the far right.
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Trump business deals revive questions about his family profiting off the presidency This week, President Trump visited three Middle Eastern nations where his family has deep business ties. Over the past month, billions of dollars have poured into Trump-owned companies. It has revived...

US president arrives to visit his personal businesses, fits in a few meetings between holes.

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

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Freewheeling Trump veers off on tangents at Faith Office luncheon It was the first White House Faith Office summit with business leaders, but that didn't stop Trump from using expletives and charged language against his foes.

Trump doesn't like to dwell on the shooting at Butler, Pennsylvania.

Except that he keeps dwelling on it at political events, and yesterday's "faith luncheon" at the White House.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/fai...

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‘Crazy stuff:’ Trump adviser denies report U.S. wants to push Canada out of Five Eyes As U.S. President Donald Trump threatens tariffs and pushes for Canada to become the 51st state, his trade adviser Peter Navarro is rebuffing a report that says he is proposing Canada be pushed out of...

There is... or is not... a US move to push Canada out of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing network.

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

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Chytrid fungus threatens potentially all amphibians, at least in the Americas.

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Perhaps not a story for today?

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