大象传媒

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A new study has revealed that chimpanzees have the same types of smiles as humans when laughing, which suggests these smile types evolved from positive expressions of ancestral apes. The new findings from the University of Portsmouth suggest that chimpanzees' communication is more similar to humans than was previously known. Dr Marina Davila-Ross is the lead researcher on the study.

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Rebecca Minnock, the woman from Highbridge in Somerset who has disappeared along with her son, has contacted the Sun newspaper to say she and the boy are safe.聽 Ms Minnock left home when a judge ruled that her boy should live with his father. Ben Geoghan reports.

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Last night the chancellor, George Osborne, outlined plans for a new law committing future governments to spending no more than they collect in revenue when the economy is growing.聽 Robert Peston is economics editor.

0720

The GMB union is warning us that we should think again about Chinese involvement in our Nuclear Industry.聽 The Union's written to the Government spelling out its concerns, and safety is top of them.聽聽 China is investing in a new power station being built at Hinkley Point in Somerset, but the union says that deal is being used by the Chinese to get a greater foothold which will involve the site of Bradwell power station in Essex being simply handed over to them. Gary Smith is the GMB's Union secretary for energy.

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After nearly a quarter of a million votes the results of a vote to find Britain鈥檚 favourite bird are in. In March we ran down the top ten and now we can reveal the final three in order. David Lindo is an ornithologist and the man who launched the Vote National Bird Campaign in 2014.

0730

Up to 拢5bn a year could be saved annually by the NHS in England by the year 2020 according to a report for the government out today.聽 Lord Patrick Carter, who is a Labour peer, has reached that conclusion after an investigation for the Government of how hospitals could be more efficient.聽 His recommendations include better management of staff leave and improved procurement of equipment. Chris Hopson is chief executive of NHS Providers.

0740

The London Paralympics was a massively successful event in terms of both ticket sales and television audiences. However, many disabled athletes feel they are largely ignored in-between each Paralympics, which happen only every four years. Our reporter Sima Kotecha has been to the training camp for the England Cerebral Palsy football team.

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The White House says it is confident its strategy to train Iraqi security forces and enlist Sunni tribal fighters will succeed in the fight against Islamic State militants. The comments came after President Obama approved the deployment of an additional 450 US military trainers to Iraq. Emma Sky is former political advisor to the US Army in Iraq.

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Last night, chancellor George Osborne told an audience of leading City figures at Mansion House how the government intends to sell its 80% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland. He also outlined plans for a new law, committing future governments to spending no more than they collect in revenue when the economy is growing.聽 At the same event, the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, said the "age of irresponsibility" in finance is over, before setting out a whole new raft of regulations, laws and punishments to control the financial markets and those who work in them.聽 Kamal Ahmed is our business editor and Jayne-Anne Gadhia is Virgin Money chief executive.

0820

A British man who travelled to Syria to fight Islamic State has been released after being detained at Heathrow for three hours last night. He鈥檚 the latest of a number of British men who are in the process of returning home, after the Kurdish forces they were fighting alongside made substantial territorial gains from the militant group. We speak to Harry this morning.

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A major study into the interception of communications and data by the state is published this morning. Written by the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation David Anderson for the Prime Minister, it is expected to outline what powers police and intelligence agencies should have and what controls there should be and is expected to be far reaching. David Omand is former director of GCHQ.

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Next week sees the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.聽 A European coalition army commanded by the Duke of Wellington defeated a resurgent Napoleon.聽 Famously, Wellington once dismissed the soldiers under his command as the scum of the earth.聽 Was he right?聽 Nick Higham reports.

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Scientists in America think they may have found a way to identify if someone is likely to develop Alzheimer's in old age. A study published in the Neurology journal last night finds that the existence of certain proteins in blood can suggest if someone is prone to the condition. Dr Simon Ridley is head of research at Alzheimer鈥檚 Research UK.

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What are the origins of life? Not a simple question to answer, but two big thinkers in this area are going to be throwing some radical new theories around later today at the Royal Institution. Dr Nick Lane and Professor Matthew Cobb have both published books this year on how and why life exists on earth.

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