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23/07/2015

Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 23 Jul 2015 06:00

Today's running order

0650

Three politicians will challenge the lawfulness of the intelligence services' bulk interception of electronic data at a rare public hearing of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. We hear from one of them, the Green Party peer Baroness Jones.

0710

The Greek parliament has approved sweeping changes to the country’s judicial system and adopted new rules to govern its banks. Chris Morris is our Europe correspondent.

0715

The family of a twelve year old school girl from Yorkshire who drowned while on a school trip to France have flown to the country to recover her body. Steve Lenartowicz is chair of the Outdoor Education Advisers' Panel, which provides a forum for sharing and developing good practice in school trips.

0720

The Kenyan economy, the biggest in East Africa, is predicted to grow at more than 5% this year. Nkem Ifejika has been meeting some of its young entrepreneurs.

0725

Areas of ‘Outstanding Urban Beauty’ should be created to preserve and develop beautiful parts of our towns and villages, according to a new report. We get reaction from Dame Fiona Reynolds, former director general of National Trust.

0730

Labour continues to be in turmoil over its leadership election and the future direction of the party. We hear from leadership candidate Yvette Cooper.

0740

Could free Museums and Art Galleries become a thing of the past? The Museums Association has told the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ that institutions all over the country are considering introducing admissions fees, due to cuts in their budgets. Alistair Brown is policy officer at the Museums Association.

0750

The Home Secretary Theresa May is launching an independent review of deaths in custody in England and Wales. We hear the thoughts of Marcia Rigg, whose brother Sean Rigg died at Brixton Police Station in 2008, and Deborah Coles, director of Inquest, a charity which advises people bereaved by a death in custody and detention.

0810

Labour continues to be in turmoil over its leadership election and the future direction of the party. We speak to former deputy leader Lord Prescott.

0820

We speak to Garrison Keillor, the creator and host of long running American radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion". Keillor is hanging up his microphone after 4 decades of entertainment.

0830

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has written to David Cameron setting out her objections to the government ending subsidies to onshore wind farms. We hear from Fergus Ewing, Scottish minister for business energy and tourism.

0835

The government has approved the limited use of two brands of banned, bee-harming, neonicotinoid pesticides, in response to an emergency application by the National Farmers Union. We hear from Guy Smith, Vice President of the National Union of Farmers, and Maddie Carroll, campaign manager of 38 Degrees, which seeks to ban the pesticides.

0840

The largest trust in England, Barts Health, is in special measures after a damning report by regulators on one of its hospitals. Our health editor Hugh Pym reports.

0845

In her spare time, Dr Farah Kausar tries, unsuccessfully, to match-make her single friends. She has published a letter on her Facebook page that has been picked up widely. We speak to her today.

0850

Today is the launch of a new M&C Saatchi advertising campaign in which electronic, artificial intelligence driven billboards react to the emotions of those looking at them. We hear from ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ reporter Dan Simmons and David Cox, head of technology at the advertising agency M&C Saatchi.   

All subject to change.

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Jul 2015 06:00