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23/01/2016

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

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Sat 23 Jan 2016 07:00

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0750

Internet giant Google has agreed to pay back taxes of £130 million to the Government. Speaking live in the studio is Grant Shapps Conservative MP for Welwyn Hatfield, former Conservative party chairman and minister for International Development.

0810

Internet giant Google has agreed to pay back taxes of £130 million to the Government. Speaking liveÌýon the programme is the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s Economics Editor Kamal Ahmed and the shadow chancellor John McDonnell.

0820

We've heard about method actors like Daniel Day Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio going to great lengths to prepare for roles, but could a similar technique be applied to writing?Ìý The author Thomas W Hodgkinson is today launching a new literary movement called The Method Writers. Speaking live in the studio is screenwriter and author of the novel Memoirs of a Stalker Thomas W. Hodgkinson and Sarah Churchwell is the author of Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby.

0840

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is releasing a book of his best tweets. Speaking live in the programme is Ayesha Hazarika a political commentator and former adviser to Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband.

0850

The latest polls show a widening gulf between Scotland and England in terms of enthusiasm to remain in EU. Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon has indicated she will push for a second independence referendum if Scotland votes to stay in the EU while the rest of the UK votes to come out. So are the Scots broadly more positive about Europe and if so, why? James Naughtie reports.

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A man cleared of raping a woman has been ordered to give police 24 hours’ notice before he has sex, it requires the man disclose any planned sexual activity to the police or face up to five years in prison. Speaking on the programme is the Chairman, Criminal Bar Association Mark Fenhalls QC, and Nicole Westmarland is professor of criminology and director of the Durham centre for research into violence and abuse.

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  • Sat 23 Jan 2016 07:00