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16/06/2015

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

3 hours

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Tue 16 Jun 2015 06:00

Today's running order

0710

So far this year, Italy has received 57,000 migrants, a slight increase from 54,000 by this time last year. Over the last week, some of the new arrivals have congregated in Rome as they try to reach the rest of Europe. Sandro Gozi is an Italian MP who is Italy鈥檚 Under Secretary of State for European Affairs.

0715

An Italian magazine has published a leaked draft of the Pope's much-awaited encyclical or letter on the environment. In it, Pope Francis offers a broad vision of an endangered planet, and puts much of the blame for global warming on human activity. The draft also indicates that he will call on all people to take swift action. Austin Ivereigh is author of new Pope Francis biography 鈥楾he Great Reformer鈥.

0720

A leading not-for-profit health body is calling for routine testing of children鈥檚 fitness, just as schools test pupils鈥 abilities in English and Maths, as a report reveals less than half of primary schools are recording time spent being physically active. Cathy Gower is lecturer in physical education in the Department of Education at Brunel University.

0730

The Government's been trying to head off a rebellion by Eurosceptic Conservative MPs over its EU Referendum Bill. The rebels have tabled amendments to the Bill: one would reinstate the "purdah" rules, which limit what the Government can spend and announce in the period immediately ahead of the referendum; the other says the referendum should not be held on the same day as other elections. Bernard Jenkin is Conservative MP for Harwich and North Essex.

0740

A discussion we had on this programme last week with two scientists about why and how life on Earth came to exist managed to raise the hackles of none other than the Royal Society's Professor for Public Engagement in Science, Brian Cox. He went on Twitter to say we had 鈥渟pectacularly misunderstood鈥 one of the guests and the item was "genuinely Chris Morrisesque". Professor Cox, who we hear from today, wants to explain to journalists why it's important to understand science as an integral part of everyday life and what things we should know about when we are talking about science, even if we are not specialists.

0750

The Home Secretary, Theresa May and other EU Home Affairs ministers are meeting in Luxembourg today to discuss what to do about the thousands of refugees heading to Europe across the Mediterranean. They will discuss the principle of quotas for other EU countries to take migrants from Italy and Greece. Regina Catrambone is a millionaire who rescues people in the Mediterranean and has set up an organization called Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS).

0810

On yesterday鈥檚 programme, Lord Carlile, the government鈥檚 the former independent reviewer of terror laws, told us he wanted the best minds working in the internet/social media/gaming world to get together and work out how to combat the slick appeal and professional branding expertise of ISIS.聽 ISIS have taken all the language and imagery from gaming and applied it to a war zone. We speak to Baroness Warsi.

0820

大象传媒 North America correspondent Aleem Maqboul reports on Jeb Bush鈥檚 presidential bid.

0830听

On yesterday鈥檚 programme, Lord Carlile, the government鈥檚 the former independent reviewer of terror laws, told us he wanted the best minds working in the internet/social media/gaming world to get together and work out how to combat the slick appeal and professional branding expertise of ISIS (see 0810). Suleiman Bakhit is a Jordanian cartoonist and social activist who works to counter Islamic extremism with online superhero comic strips. Matthew Henman is head of terrorism and insurgency research at HIS, a market research and analysis company.

0840

When we normally go to see a play, we sit in rows of tiered seats and watch, we're spectators. But what if we could be able to take part in the action ourselves? A relatively new trend is gaining more interest, called immersive theatre. Dave McMullan reports.

0845

A new report is warning the health of tens of thousands of people with asthma is at risk because of errors in their care. The charity Asthma UK says that doctors are not picking up on warning signs that a patient's condition may be spiralling out of control and are prescribing them the wrong treatments. Dr Samantha Walker is director of research at Asthma UK.

0850

At its peak in the 1960s, the comedy series 鈥淎ll Gas And Gaiters鈥 was one of the most watched programmes on 大象传媒 Television, attracting audiences of millions. The series, which was set in Cathedral Close, became something of a blueprint for British sitcoms and was said to be a firm favourite of the Queen Mother. In the early seventies, the 大象传媒 wiped most of the original tapes in an economy drive and few episodes survived, but fifty years after they were written, a number of the original scripts have been discovered and are being published today. Pauline Devaney is co-writer of 鈥淎ll Gas and Gaiters鈥. Aaron Brown is from the British Comedy Guide.

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  • Tue 16 Jun 2015 06:00