Today - 28/04/2008

Presented by Sarah Montague and James Naughtie. Including: A woman has been allegedly imprisoned and abused for 24 years by her father in Austria. With Brigitte Handlos from Austrian Broadcasting Corporation. Elections in the UK are vulnerable to fraud, according to a report. Stuart Wilks-Heeg, a lecturer in social policy at the University of Liverpool, explains. Should offenders have a say in their own rehabilitation? With Rod Aldridge of the outsourcing company Capita. Blind and partially sighted people could benefit from a groundbreaking technique which uses gene therapy. Guitarist Peter Walker talks to Nicola Stanbridge about his time working with the father of psychedelia, Timothy Leary, and his love for Spanish flamenco music. Thought for the Day with Rev Dr Giles Fraser, Vicar of Putney. How will the Liberal Democrats fare against Labour and the seemingly reinvigorated Conservatives? We speal to Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg. Nick Robinson looks forward to a crucial week in the political life of Gordon Brown. Confidential documents appear to show that UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been rearming some of the most notorious rebel groups operating in the country. BBC Africa Editor Martin Plaut reports. Robert Shapiro, former adviser to Bill Clinton and Al Gore, offers his view on the economic crisis in the US. The files of over 200,000 criminal cases heard at the Old Bailey, including the trials of Dr Crippen and Oscar Wilde, have been made available online for the first time. Lucy Williamson reports from Indonesia, the country worst affected by bird flu. How serious a predicament is the government in? With the Sun's associate editor Trevor Kavanagh and political columnist Steve Richards.