Lose the booze

We’ve got a new mayor of London - Boris Johnson - and he’s wasted no time getting on with the crackdowns. He’s banned people drinking alcohol on public transport , so if you’ve got an open can of lager or an uncorked bottle of wine, you won’t be allowed to get on a bus or a train in the capital.

Cuban Five questions

Hi, I’m Sigrun a producer working on the Newshour programme. Not much notice on this, but around 2000GMT we will talk to the daughter of one of the Cuban Five and we’d like your questions for her. Th Cuban 5 were convicted by a US court in December 2001 on a range of charges, including trying to obtain US military secrets and spying on Cuban exile groups. They argue that they were trying to protect Cuba from attacks by ant-Castro organisations based in the US. The Cuban government has since been campaigning for their release. We will talk to Irma Gonzales about the campaign to free her father. What questions would you like us to put to her? We’d be grateful for your thoughts.

England expects…

…..well, the programme Newshour does anyway. Today is St George’s Day, England’s national day. It has to be said that, speaking as an Englishman, the day tends to pass a lot of us by (as opposed to the patriotism of St Patrick’s Day for example), but not this year…

What’s gone wrong for Sarkozy?

Hello from Newshour. Has the Sarkozy project run out of steam? That’s the question we, at Newshour, will be asking at 1230 GMT this Saturday as France prepares for a second round of municipal elections on Sunday.

Testing times for Iran’s Ahmadinejad?

Hello from Newshour. Iran is holding parliamentary elections next week, and on Saturday 8th March at 1230 GMT we’re going to be taking a look at what this means for the country’s populist president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

What affects how Pakistanis vote?

Hello from Newshour. Those of you in Pakistan are poised to vote on Monday and Newshour’s Owen Bennett-Jones will be in Lahore on Saturday at 1230 GMT, discussing how you’ll be voting and why. We’d value your contributions, and, wherever you are, if you have a question about the elections, we’ll do our best to get you an answer.

Why China depends on migrant labour

Hi. This is Amelia from Newshour. Migrant labour is crucial to the Chinese economy, and bearing in mind the importance of the Chinese economy to the world, this is an issue that directly or indirectly affects most of us. We’ll be talking about it at 1230 GMT on Newshour on Saturday.

Does new technology set your pulse racing?

Hi, I’m Amelia. I work for the BBC’s Newshour programme and on Saturday, 19^th January, at 1230 GMT, we’re hosting a special debate on the entertainment industry. We’re hoping you’d like to comment either by emailing us or by posting here.