Today - 15/07/2008

Presented by James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including: Swindon Borough Council is considering stopping funding for speed cameras in favour of other road calming measures. Council leader Roderick Bluh explains. Experts have been baffled by the presence of an unidentified insect in parts of London. The tiny red and black bug first appeared in the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Garden in March 2007. Max Barclay of the museum appeals for help to identify the bug. Thought for the Day with novelist and columnist Anne Atkins. The credit crunch is causing pain for many companies, inevitably leading to job losses. Conservative leader David Cameron discusses how he proposes to get people off welfare and into jobs when there are fewer opportunities available. Drivers who cause death on the roads should be treated more severely, judges and magistrates in England and Wales have been told. With Peter Neyroud of the Sentencing Guidelines Council, Mary Williams of road safety charity Brake and solicitor David Sonn. Tom Brook reports on last night's world premiere of the new Batman movie in New York. The Dark Knight stars Heath Ledger, who died in January of an accidental prescription drug overdose at the age of 28, as The Joker. An undercover BBC investigation has exposed how young African footballers are being defrauded by conmen posing as representatives from top English Premiership clubs. Gavin Lee from Radio 5 Live reports. English Heritage has compiled a list of the worst British monarchs. Sarah Gristwood, a biographer of Elizabeth I, Martyn Downer, author of The Queen's Knight, and Dr Tracy Borman, a historian with English Heritage, discuss who really is the worst monarch in history.