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Im sarah montague. Sirjohn tavener composes music for god, even referring to it as a form of divine dictation. In doing so, he has become one of britains most celebrated living composers. A0 years ago, his work was sometimes dismissed as bland, populist, new age. But since then, he has defied the critics. The Protecting Veil was one of the biggest selling classical cds ever. Six years ago, he had a heart attack that nearly killed him, and since then, he says, everything has changed his music, his outlook on life, and his faith. So what happened, and how did he change . Sirjohn tavener, welcome...

Im sarah montague. Sirjohn tavener composes music for god, even referring to it as a form of divine dictation. In doing so, he has become one of britains most celebrated living composers. A0 years ago, his work was sometimes dismissed as bland, populist, new age. But since then, he has defied the critics. The Protecting Veil was one of the biggest selling classical cds ever. Six years ago, he had a heart attack that nearly killed him, and since then, he says, everything has changed his music, his outlook on life, and his faith. So what happened, and how did he change . Sirjohn tavener, welcome...

Its 7am in singapore and midnight in london. There is new hope today for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. For the first time, scientists in the us, along with experts from china and south korea, have successfully repaired a faulty gene in Human Embryos. But critics are warning that the technique could, ultimately, be used to create so called designer babies. Our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. The goal could not be more ambitious to eradicate inherited diseases. These scientists have taken an impressive first s...

It is that logic that perhaps explains why there are now only 42,000 staff in the National Offender Management Service in england and wales, while there were 19,000 back in 2010. But the logic of cutting prisons has perhaps reached a limit. The pressure of fewer staff in overcrowded jails has seen violence rise towards staff, other prisoners or in the form of self harm. Bad things are happening in ourjails, and its no surprise the president of the Prison Governors Association has written an open letter attacking the governments management of prisons. Heres elaine dunkley. Violence and rioting,...

Its 7am in singapore and midnight in london. There is new hope today for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. For the first time, scientists in the us, along with experts from china and south korea, have successfully repaired a faulty gene in Human Embryos. But critics are warning that the technique could, ultimately, be used to create so called designer babies. Our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. The goal could not be more ambitious to eradicate inherited diseases. These scientists have taken an impressive first s...