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25/06/2015

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

3 hours

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Thu 25 Jun 2015 06:00

Today's running order

0650

Cross channel services returned to normal on Wednesday, but the mass of migrants stationed at the "jungle" camp on the outskirts of Calais and attempting to reach the UK remain. It's a familiar story, in the early 2000s the Sangatte camp on the outskirts of the town became notorious as a staging post for immigrants trying to illegally smuggle themselves into Britain. Andrew Hewett is refugee support development manager at the Red Cross.

0710

Crucial talks between Greece and its international creditors ended without result early Thursday casting fresh doubt over the country's future in the euro single currency and piling new pressure on negotiators to reach a deal later in the day. Mr Tsipras has criticised lenders for rejecting his latest reform proposals, which they say are not viable. Meanwhile eurozone finance ministers cut short a meeting that had been meant to finalise a deal. Chris Morris is Europe correspondent.

0715

Athletics coach Alberto Salazar has strenuously denied doping allegations made against him, saying he believes in "a clean sport and hard work". In a lengthy and detailed open letter, the American, who is the coach of double Olympic champion Mo Farah, addressed allegations made in a recent 大象传媒 Panorama programme which accused him of violating anti-doping rules. Michele Veroken is former director of ethics and anti-doping at UK Sport.

0720

It鈥檚 widely expected that Sir Howard Davies鈥 Airports Commission will, in the next few days, publish its report into where to build an extra runway in the south east of England. There are three options on the table. A 3rd runway at Heathrow, the expansion of an existing runway at the same airport or a second, new runway at Gatwick. Dan Whitworth reports.

0730

The number of prosecutions in England and Wales for offences linked to violence against women and girls has reached record levels. That鈥檚 according to annual Violence Against Women and Girls report being published this morning by the Crime Prosecution Service. Alison Saunders is director of public prosecutions.

0740

David Cameron makes his first formal pitch to a European summit today on the subject of the British referendum and the re-negotiation of Britain's membership. Are we about to have a re-run of the drama of the Maastricht treaty of 1991, the treaty that established the modern European Union, talked of every closer union, and paved the way for the introduction of the euro? Justin Webb reports.

0750

The Labour leadership candidate, Liz Kendall has said Labour had 鈥渘o God-given right ... to exist鈥 and that things could get even worse for the party. She is drawing support from former Blairites on the right of the party and has been the most critical of the candidates of Ed Miliband鈥檚 election strategy. Liz Kendall is Labour leadership candidate.

0810

Cross channel services returned to normal on Wednesday, but the mass of migrants stationed at the "jungle" camp on the outskirts of Calais and attempting to reach the UK remain. It's a familiar story, in the early 2000s the Sangatte camp on the outskirts of the town became notorious as a staging post for immigrants trying to illegally smuggle themselves into Britain. David Blunkett is former home secretary.

0820

Why has there still not been a deal for renegotiation of British membership of the EU? Nick Robinson is political editor.

0825

Flight Lieutenant Timothy Eddy will today receive the Air Force Cross for great courage in the air. In December 2013, he landed a C-17 on a runway in South Sudan that was blocked by a crashed jumbo jet and airlifted 182 people stranded by the civil war. We speak to him this morning.

0830

The sperm of all 18-year-olds should be frozen for use in later life because of the risks of being an older dad, a bioethicist argues. Sperm becomes more prone to errors with age which increases the risk of autism, schizophrenia and other disorders. Sheena Lewis is professor of Andrology at Queen's University of Belfast. Russell Davis is a cognitive hypnotherapist and advises couples undergoing fertility treatment.

0850

Bill Nye the Science Guy, as he is known, has published his latest video which explains climate change with the help of emoji. Nye uses cloud and lightning icons among others, which appear on the screen as he is speaking. The small smiley faces and symbols were invented by a Japanese tech developer in the 1990s, but have more recently become hugely popular with smartphone users. We often use them in place of words on instant messaging and social media platforms, but can complex scientific subjects really be explained in such a simple format? David Adger is professor of linguistics at Queen Mary University of London. Laura Freeman writes for The Telegraph & Daily Mail.

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  • Thu 25 Jun 2015 06:00