Shops are reporting a rise in abusive behaviour towards staff, and thieves ‘clearing shelves’ in what has now turned into ‘organised crime’. Reporting for the Today programme, Jim Connolly meets shop workers in Halifax and Leeds to see how they are coping with an increase in shoplifting. This week’s Today Debate looked at the issue of anti-social behaviour. You can listen back on BBC Sounds ..read more

The Today Debate is about taking a subject and pulling it apart with more time than we ever could have during the morning. Mishal Husain looks at how lives can be blighted by anti-social behaviour and asks if victims are being failed? Joining Mishal are Emma Dell, a victim of anti-social behaviour; Neil Basu, former Assistant Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police; Ndidi Okezie, CEO of charity UK youth, Paul Gerrard, Director of Public Affairs and Campaigns at the Co-op and Katie Kempen, CEO of Victim Support. Share your experiences of anti-social behaviour with Today. Get in touch by sendin ..read more

RAF typhoons flew over the skies of the Middle East to help protect Israel on Saturday night after Iran launched a direct attack on the country for the first time since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The UK was one of several countries, including the US, which helped counter Iran's attack. Today's Nick Robinson speaks to Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron ..read more

Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson's close adviser Bernard Donoughue tells Today about the PM's affair kept secret for half a century and why he's revealing it now. (Photo: Harold Wilson. Credit: Getty Images ..read more

A new documentary series looks at the period between 1976 and 1981 as British Asians faced daily attacks and calls for them to be sent home. The Academy Award-winning actor Riz Ahmed is one of the people behind the Channel 4 series, ‘Defiance - Fighting the Far Right’, and spoke to Today's Mishal Husain ..read more

The award-winning actor Andrew Scott talks to Today about playing the character of Tom Ripley. There have been many screen adaptations of The Talented Mr Ripley over the years - the most famous with Matt Damon and Jude Law. The new Netflix drama Ripley, based on the novels of Patricia Highsmith, starts this week ..read more

Sir Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, has been knighted for services to artificial intelligence. He speaks to Today presenter Simon Jack about why becoming Sir Demis is surreal, but also an important recognition of the AI industry. He discusses the opportunities and potential dangers posed by the technology, and why parents should not necessarily be worried about their children devoting time to computers. (Photo: Demis Hassabis, Reuters ..read more

The Today Debate is about taking a subject and pulling it apart with more time than we ever could have in the morning. Mishal Husain is joined by business leaders and health professionals to discuss the UK’s growing problem of economic inactivity, as she asks - how do we get Britain working? On the panel are Theo Paphitis, one of the UK's best known business leaders; Dr Lade Smith, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists; Dr Tony Wilson, director of the Institute for Employment Studies; Karen Blackett, UK president of WPP and Eccie Newton, entrepreneur and co-founder of the business Ka ..read more

As the dust settles on the Budget, Amol Rajan speaks to the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt about the plans he's set out for tax, public services and the economy. Listen to the Today programme on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds: 6-9am Monday-Friday; and 7-9am on Saturdays ..read more

Are we closer to allowing assisted dying? Or not? The Health and Social Affairs Committee in Parliament has made no recommendation on a vote – but votes might be coming in other places like the Isle of Man and Jersey soon. Dame Esther Rantzen, who has stage 4 lung cancer and called for MPs to vote on assisted dying on The Today Podcast, says she is 'disappointed' a new health committee report doesn’t go that far. Listen to the Today programme on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds: 6-9am Monday-Friday; and 7-9am on Saturdays ..read more