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0730
There has been an NHS U turn over letters sent out saying that excess costs for the treatment of patients involved in cancer drug trials would no longer be funded. These 'excess treatment costs' have been covered by the NHS -- but the letters said money was now limited because of the financial climate. Hugh Pym is the 大象传媒's health editor.

0736
Two months of US air strikes on Islamic State in Syria have failed to weaken the extremists - and it's Turkey's fault. That in broad terms is the assessment of Syria's Foreign minister Walid Al Moalem who says jihadists should be prevented from entering his country from Turkey. James Franklin Jeffrey is the former US Ambassador to Iraq and to Turkey.

0740
There's tension in the tea plantations of eastern India after workers killed a plantation owner over a pay dispute. He was beaten to death. India is home to world famous tea brands such as the Darjeeling variety which is grown on the slopes of the Himalayas. But on the plains, where tea is grown for the domestic market, many gardens are struggling or have gone out of business, leaving pickers and their families in crisis. The 大象传媒's Sanjoy Majumder reports from Jalpaiguri in north Bengal.

0748
David Cameron's plans to cut the number of European people coming to live in this country has had a bit of a mixed reaction here. Either relief that he didn't go further by demanding a cap of some sort or disappointment that he backed away from it. And the reaction on the continent? Michael Zantovsky, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to London and Steven Woolfe, UKIP MEP for North West England and Ukip's Migration Spokesperson.

0810
We now have an estimate of how many slaves there are in the UK - that phrase is shocking in itself but the figure that the Home Office has come out with is higher than previously thought - 13 thousand people, some forced into prostitution, others in bonded labour, domestic servitude - even children being exploited. The anti- trafficking effort at ports and airports will now be stepped up but there are British victims too. Aidan McQuade, director of Anti Slavery International.

0815
It's a year since a helicopter crashed onto the roof of the Clutha pub in Glasgow and killed seven people who were in there. The pilot and two police officers were also killed. There will be a memorial service for them in Glasgow this afternoon. But a year on it is still not clear what exactly went wrong - and the reason for that is because smaller helicopters are not required to carry black box data recorders. Jim Morris, an aviation lawyer from Irwin Mitchell, who's representing some of the families of victims who were killed or injured in the tragedy.

0821
Archaeologists in northern Greece are about to reveal the latest findings from an excavation that has sparked immense interest in recent months - it's a tomb that dates from the time of Alexander the Great with a mosaic floor, fine sculpture - and a skeleton. Robin Lane Fox, author of the book "Alexander the Great" - among others, and fellow of New College Oxford.

0830
So why did David Cameron back away from demanding a cap on the number of migrants who are allowed to come to live in this country? The obvious answer is that he'd never have got away with it because it would have destroyed one of the founding principles of the European Union: the free movement of people. It's said that he'll have trouble enough persuading other leaders to agree to the proposals he did announce. And something else he did not say was that if he doesn't get what he wants he will campaign for Britain leaving the EU in any referendum. So what does his foreign secretary make of all that? Philip Hammond, Foreign Secretary.

0841
Could the three point turn be dropped from the driving test? The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is reviewing the content of the test to explore how it could 'better reflect real life driving' - one other idea is to extend the 'independent driving' section and ask learners to find their way to a destination - perhaps by using sat nav rather than following road signs. Carly Brookfield is Chief Executive of the Driving Instructors' Association and Quentin Wilson is a Motoring Expert.

0846
An exhibition of William Blake's paintings opens in Oxford at the Ashmolean in December.
Philip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials stories and President of the Blake Society, explains the enduring influence of the still highly influential radical poet and painter.

0850
Politicians out of touch with the people who elect them - there've been a flurry of accusations of this sort recently - Plebgate back in the news, David Mellor and the black cab - Emily Thornberry and the white van. Are the political elite really out of touch or is it an easy - perhaps lazy - allegation to make? Matthew Parris, Times Columnist & former Conservative MP and Michael White is an Assistant Editor, The Guardian.

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