Today - 05/02/2009

Presented by Evan Davis and Sarah Montague. Paul Bettison, from the LGA, and Derek Turner, from the Highways Agency, discuss how councils will cope if the snow continues. Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg outlines plans to increase tuition for poor children. Sanchia Berg visits the Museum of Childhood to find out about the history of the Golliwog. Berlin correspondent Tristana Moore and historian Laurence Rees discuss if Nazi criminal Aribert Heim died in 1992. Explorer Pen Haddow explains the damage being done to the North Pole. Shadow Security Minister Baroness Neville-Jones examines the relationship between US and UK intelligence agencies. Thought for the day with writer Rhidian Brook. President Obama has put a limit on executive pay for US firms that need government aid. John McFall discusses if the same thing could happen in the UK. Carol Thatcher has been fired for 'inappropriate behaviour' by the BBC. Jay Hunt, controller of BBC 1, says that no-one thought her remark was a joke and Miss Thatcher has not apologised. Alex Bushill reports on the heavy snow. Dr Harry Cocks and Rowan Pelling discuss how personal ads have changed over the years. Dr Edward Kessler, of the Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian relations, and William Oddie, formerly of the Catholic Herald, discuss the outrage at the denial of the Holocaust by a UK bishop. How does the judicial system deal with miscarriages of justice? Danny Shaw interviews Richard Foster, head of the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Criminal lawyer Michael Turner reacts. Footage has emerged of Christian Bale in a furious outburst on a movie set. Michael Winner discusses such outbursts. Scientist Duncan Forgan explains the University of Edinburgh's research on aliens.