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25/02/2016

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 25 Feb 2016 06:00

Today's running order


0650

In just under four months, the UK will decide on whether we leave or remain in the EU - and it isn't politicians or campaigners who will have the final say, but the voters. Between now and the referendum we'll be speaking to people - particularly those who are up and about, being productive whilst we are on air. Throughout the programme Nick Robinson reports from Swindon.

0655

Adele has become the most successful solo artist in a single year at the Brit Awards after she took home four major trophies. Chi Chi Izundu is the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s entertainment reporter.

0710

The Dame Janet Smith Review on Jimmy Savile's time at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ is to be published at 10am. One of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s best known radio presenters, Tony Blackburn, says he's been sacked. In a statement, he said he had been dismissed after giving evidence to the review. Speaking live on the programme is Steve Hewlett, presenter of Radio 4’s The Media Show. 

0715

Ofcom is due to announce the interim conclusions of its Strategic Review of Digital Communications today, examining competition, investment and innovation in broadband, mobile and landline services. Speaking on the programme is Business presenter Simon Jack and Sharon White, chief executive of Ofcom.

0720

Stephen Hester was the man brought in to put RBS back on track. He stepped down after five years and is now chief executive of RSA insurance, whose results are out this morning. We speak live to Stephen Hester.

0725

This morning sees the Flying Scotsman's official return to the East Coast Mainline after a decade-long £4.2 million restoration. The ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s James Alexander reports.

0730

When Boris Johnson announced his decision to back the 'leave' campaign he probably had Denmark in mind. A referendum there in 1992 rejected the Maastricht treaty - it was approved in a second referendum a year later after opt-outs were agreed. Justin Webb spoke to one of the Danish ministers involved, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who went on to become prime minster and later Secretary General of NATO.

0740

'My mum's better than your mum...' A familiar playground taunt that seemed to seep into Parliament yesterday at Prime Minister’s Questions. Childish? We asked some kids to assess their behaviour.

0750

Three brothers and their uncle have been convicted of what police have described as the "horrific" sexual abuse of teenage girls in Rotherham over a period of 15 years. Dr Angie Heal was commissioned by South Yorkshire Police to write a report in 2003 which found a significant number of girls and some boys were being sexually exploited in Rotherham and Chief Constable Simon Bailey is National Police Chiefs' Council lead for Child Abuse Investigation.

0810

Ofcom is due to announce the interim conclusions of its Strategic Review of Digital Communications today, examining competition, investment and innovation in broadband, mobile and landline services. Speaking on the programme is Baroness Harding, chief executive of TalkTalk, and Gavin Paterson, chief executive of BT.

0820

If you regularly listen to the programme you may recall our interview with Ahmed - a Syrian man who fled Aleppo and now lives in the UK. He told us how a family in Surrey took him in after he was granted asylum. We sent Today reporter Sima Kotecha to meet them all to see how they are getting on.

0830

“The EU is beyond reform and staying in is a risk to the UK's security," according to the former foreign secretary David Owen, who joins us live in the studio.

0835

A study of 82 ebola survivors in Liberia has found that most are suffering from long-term medical difficulties - including problems affecting the brain. The work was carried out by American government researchers – one of which is Dr Jeanne Billioux from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

0840

In the last couple of months young travellers have scared their parents by going AWOL and not getting in touch on their holidays. Are digital nomads really having a proper travel experience being constantly online? Sue Bryant is editor of Journeys Magazine and mum of a travelling teenager, and Lynsey Hill is a 23-year-old traveller.

0850

Today marks the publication of the 50,000th edition of the Daily Telegraph. To mark this, there is a four-page pull-out in the paper containing a selection of letters readers have submitted since the paper’s founding, highlighting the weird and wonderful issues they are keen to discuss. Christopher Howse has been letters editor for ten years and Duncan Raynor sends two or three letters a day.


All subject to change.

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  • Thu 25 Feb 2016 06:00