大象传媒

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Health workers in England and Northern Ireland including midwives, nurses, ambulance drivers and paramedics are protesting at the government's decision not to allow a 1% pay rise. We speak to Cathy Warwick, Chief Executive of the Royal College of Midwives.

0712
The government has asked for bids for the UK鈥檚 share of Eurostar. We hear from the 大象传媒鈥檚 Business聽Editor Kamal Ahmed.

0715
The UN special envoy to Syria has warned that up to 700 people, mainly elderly, are still trapped in the Syrian border town of Kobane. We hear from Mehmet Asakal, a freelance journalist who is also working as a fixer for foreign media and working at the 聽Kobani border at the moment.

0730
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that a female health worker tested positive for ebola in Dallas and that a mistake had "clearly" been made by staff treating an ebola victim in the hospital. We hear from our correspoindant Matthew Prince and we speak to Thomas Martin, Joint Managing Director of Arco

0750
The number of men over the age of 65 living alone in the UK is likely to rise by 65% between now and 2030. We speak to Bob who is 93 and has lived on his own since his wife passed away three years ago. We also hear from Baroness Sally Greengross, Chief Executive of ILC-UK (the International Longevity Centre) a think tank on longevity and demographic change, which co-authored the survey with the charity Independent Age.

0810
NHS staff in England and Northern Ireland including midwives, nurses, ambulance drivers and paramedics are protesting at the government's decision not to allow a 1% pay rise. We speak to the 大象传媒鈥檚 health correspondent and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.聽

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We speak to Sir Christopher Frayling, historian and former head of the Arts council, has written a book about The Yellow Peril - Dr Fu Manchu and the Rise of Chinaphobia and we're joined by the Guardian鈥檚 China correspondent, Trania Brannigan.

0830
Employment rates are released this week and are expected to show an increase.聽 David Cameron announced a number of tax policies ahead of the election in his conference speech but Simon Jack questions if the rise in low-income jobs coupled with a rise in the income tax threshold would actually mean less money in the national coffers.聽聽 Should we be concerned and, if so, what sort of jobs should we be creating? We speak to Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

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A year after more than 360 north African migrants died tragically in a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, the European Union plans to launch a mission to help Italy cope with migrants trying to make it from North Africa to Europe and avoid more disasters at sea. Sandro Gozi, Italy's undersecretary for Europe.

0845
A remarkable mosaic floor thought to date from the era of Alexander the Great has been partly unearthed by archaeologists excavating a huge tomb complex in Amphipolis in northern Greece. We speak to Prof Edith Hall, Professor in the Classics at King's College London

0850
Fortunately for the Labour Party the UKIP headlines have been even more uncomfortable for the Conservatives in the last few days than for Ed Miliband. But Labour's narrow squeak in the Heywood and Middleton by election - a mjaority of just about 600 over UKIP - was a terrible performance, and the public view of the leader, expressed in the polls, is scathing. Why, and what should they do about it? We hear from Graham Stringer, MP for Manchester Blackley and Yusuf Querishi, MP for聽 Bolton South-east.