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22/07/2015

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 22 Jul 2015 06:00

Today's running order

0650

Should smoking be banned in prisons? Ministers are planning smoke free jails, starting next year.聽 Danny Shaw reports.

0710

The Government is expected to announce that it's cutting back subsidies for solar power and other renewable energy projects. Jonathan Selwyn is a board member of the Solar Trade Association.

0715

Jeremy Corbyn is in the lead in the race for the Labour leadership, according to a poll conducted for The Times. We hear from Labour鈥檚 shadow election secretary Tristram Hunt, who nominated Liz Kendall.

0720

What could be the world's oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Susan Worrall is director of special collections at University of Birmingham.

0730

Yet again services on the channel tunnel were disrupted yesterday when French ferry workers burned tyres to block the motorway in Calais. John Keefe is Eurotunnel's public affairs director.

0740

Three big US tech firms, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo, revealed their latest financial performances overnight. We get an update from technology reporter Tim Bradshaw.

0745

Could vaccinating badgers be the best way of containing outbreaks of TB in cattle? Tom Feilden reports.

0750

The Government is expected to announce that it's cutting back subsidies for solar power and other renewable energy projects. We hear from energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd.

0810

Eagerly awaited data on the most promising drug targeted at Alzheimer's disease will be presented at a conference today. We hear from Dr Eric Karran, director of research at Alzheimer鈥檚 Research UK, and Roz Underwood, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer鈥檚 last year.

0820

Jeremy Corbyn is in the lead in the race for the Labour leadership, according to a poll conducted for The Times. Helen Lewis is deputy editor of the New Statesman. Steve Richards is chief political Columnist for The Independent.

0830

We ask Bernard Jenkin how fair our referendum on EU membership will be.聽

0835

Could vaccinating badgers be the best way of containing outbreaks of TB in cattle?聽 We hear from Andrew Cobner, government liaison officer at the British Cattle Vets Association, and professor Christianne Glossop, Wales鈥檚 chief veterinary officer.

0840

Today will see the consecration of the Church of England's most senior woman bishop, Rachel Treweek, as Bishop of Gloucester. Caroline Wyatt reports.

0850

Can the Government make big savings in public spending by devolving more services to local authorities? We speak to Ian Williamson, who is responsible for delivering this in Greater Manchester.

0855

Are we danger of letting the young naturalist becoming a thing of the past?聽 We hear from presenter and naturalist, Chris Packham, Wild Author Mark Cocker and Lucy McRobert, creative director for 鈥淎 Focus on Nature鈥.

All subject to change.

Broadcast

  • Wed 22 Jul 2015 06:00