´óÏó´«Ã½

0645

The leaders of the opposition parties took part in a televised debate last night. Two of the most contentious issues were imimigration and the renewal of Trident. Maggie Chapman is co-Convener of the Scottish Green Party and David Coburn is a UKIP Member of European Parliament for Scotland.

0655

British Transport Police is hosting a summit on Friday to determine the scale of the problem being posed by a sizeable minority of football fans on the transport network in recent months. This weekend will see large numbers of fans on the move for the FA Cup semi-finals. Paul Crowther is a British Transport Police Chief Constable.

0710

Without David Cameron or Nick Clegg on the stage, maybe the most contentious strand of last night's debate was the struggle between Ed Miliband and Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the SNP. Our chief correspondent Matthew Price is in Glasgow and he watched the debate with voters who're in the thick of the battle between Labour and the SNP.

0715

The government's management of the economy has received a ringing endorsement from the head of the International Monetary Fund. Christine Lagarde said that compared with the growth rates of other European countries, it was obvious that what was happening in the UK had worked. Jon Sopel is the ´óÏó´«Ã½ North America editor.

0720

Moore’s Law turns 50 years old this Sunday. In April 1965 a 36-year old electronics buff jotted down his thoughts on the future of the juvenile silicon chip industry. In an article published in Electronics Magazine, he predicted that the number of transistors on a silicon chip would double every year for ten years.Ìý He later revised the forecast to doubling every two years or so, as the initial breakneck speed of development and shrinkage waned. It was a prediction that became known as Moore's Law and it has helped drive the computer revolution over the last four decades. Angela Saini is a broadcaster and science & technology journalist.

0725

In yesterday’s programme Sarah got the answer to a math’s puzzle wrong. Louisa Cullen was a top finalist at the UK Mathematics Trust Olympiad, explains the answer to the hat problem.

0730

In 2010 not a sinlge seat in Scotland changed hands between the parties, compared with the previous general election. That's the one thing that wont happen on May 7. All the parties here expect convulsions. The focus has been on the volcanic struggle for supremacy between Labour and the nationalists in central Scotland.Ìý But that's not the whole picture. Remember for example that the conservatives, though they bagged only 1 seat in 2010, had nearly 17% of the vote, only about 3 behind the SNP.I've been looking a ttwo adjacent seats in North-east Scotland where the pattern IST the familiar - Labour-Nationalist fight. is quite differetent. Tomorrow the seat where Alex Slamond is trying to make a return to Westminster. And this mornign West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, stretching westwards from the Aberdeen suburbs to the Cairngorms and south through the rich farmland of the Mearns. IN this part of Scotland the vote in the referendum was firmly against independence - by about 60-40 - and the question for the parites on the 'No' side - Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Labour -Ìý is whether that translates into difficulty for the rampant SNP.

0740

Sir Kenneth Branagh is launching his own theatre company - rather like actor managers of years past. The troupe includes Rob Brydon and Dame Judi Dench and will be resident at a West End theatre for a year, starting this October. Our Arts Editor Will Gompertz has been speaking to Sir Kenneth.

0750

An ambulance service has deployed a doctor normally used for major disasters in Worcester's accident and emergency department. The medical incident officer was called after a patient with chest pains waited five hours to see a doctor. The Care Quality Commission says it’s taking legal action against Worcestershire Acute Hospitals. Ray Salmon is a regional organiser for Unison.

0810

Last night’s debate brought together the leaders of the opposition. The main clashes were between Labour’s Ed Miliband and the SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon. Margaret Curran is Shadow Scotland Secretary and Labour candidate for Glasgow East and Marco Biagi MSP is SNP Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment.

0820ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Could many of the problems associated with old age be solved if the over 70s were much better at keeping fit? Sir Muir Gray, Former Chief Knowledge Officer to the National Health Service, thinks so. He has written a book, Sod70, explaining why and will be talking about it this afternoon at the Cambridge Literary Festival. Sir Muir Gray is a former NHS Chief Knowledge Officer and Diana Moran is a fitness guru aka 'The Green Goddess'.

0830

Venezuela has some of the largest proven oil reserves in the world, yet its economy is in crisis. President Nicolas Maduro came to power two years ago, in April 2013, following the death of Hugo Chavez, but his approval rating has dropped considerably since then amid discontent with widespread shortages of basic goods and high levels of insecurity. The government has blamed the country's economic woes on a steep fall in oil prices and the United States. The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Ian Pannell reports from the Venezuelan capital.

0840

Further reaction to last night’s televised debate with comment from the Liberal Democrats’ Danny Alexander and Annabel Goldie former leader of the Scottish Conservatives and now a Conservative member of the House of Lords.

Ìý

0845

Despite 25% of professional footballers being black, less than 4% of coaches within the game are black, asian or ethnic minority, furthermore barely 1% hold leadership positions across the 92 clubs. The FA and the players union, the PFA, have developed a new course, entitled Get On Board, with the specific aim of increasing the number of black, Asian and ethnic minority people working in corporate roles within the game. This week a group of 20 players, both current and retired, received their qualifications in a ceremony at Wembley. Our reporter Jonathan Legard has been to meet some of those determined to make their mark off the pitch as much as on it.

0850

The former Chief Executive of NHS England Sir David Nicholson told us yesterday that most health care systems from France to Latin America were going through a similar crisis as the NHS. Good news he added - as we can learn from them. Dr Katrina Herron is Medical and International Director of Dr Foster a healthcare system consultancy and Mr Hasan Qazi is a Consultant Urologist and keyhole surgeon in pelvic cancer at Gartnavel Hospital Glasgow who previously trained in Germany for 18 months.

0855

Further reaction to last night’s televised debate. Professor Charlie Jeffrey is Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh.

All subject to change.