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20/04/2016

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 20 Apr 2016 06:00

Today's running order


0650

The government's promise to turn every English school into an academy has been hugely controversial and there are concerns about the way they can operate, with standards in some even declining. Today鈥檚 Sanchia Berg reports.

0655

In the first of our London mayoral candidate interviews since the official campaign began, we speak live to Sian Berry, mayoral candidate for the Green Party.

0710

Donald Trump has won the Republican presidential primary in New York while Hillary Clinton has triumphed in the Democratic race. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Nick Bryant reports.

0715

A major trial is set to start in Scotland aimed at preventing type 1 diabetes in children. Terence Wilkin is professor of endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Exeter and chief investigator of the study.

0720

Tata Steel鈥檚 Port Talbot chief Stuart Wilkie is to launch a management buyout of the company鈥檚 operations in the UK. Speaking on the programme is steel analyst Dr Kathryn Ringwald.

0730

There is an annual survey of people treated in accident and emergency units after being assaulted, and researchers say it is possible that the "long, steady decline in violence in England and Wales has come to an end". Professor Jonathan Shepherd is report author and director of the Violence Research Group from Cardiff University and David Watson is director of Justice and Health at Nacro.

0740

One of the things that came out of this year's Oscars was a clear call for more diversity in filmmaking. But where will diverse casts of the future come from - and could Shakespeare help Hollywood make films that are more racially inclusive? The 大象传媒's Peter Bowes reports from Los Angeles on a new production of Othello.

0750

Eight former US Treasury Secretaries, from both parties, have written in today鈥檚 Times in support of the UK remaining in the European Union. Larry Summers is former US Treasury Secretary and Dr Liam Fox is a leading Brexiteer and former Defence Secretary.

0810

What is it like to be a child with depression? Today鈥檚 reporter Sima Kotecha has been to meet nine-year-old Paul who has high-functioning autism and describes himself as 'very depressed'. Also on the programme is Professor Emily Simonoff, head of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry department at King's College London.

0820

Donald Trump has won the Republican presidential primary in New York while Hillary Clinton has triumphed in the Democratic race. Speaking on the programme is the 大象传媒鈥檚 James Naughtie.

0825

Thousands of Jews were able to escape Nazi Germany on the eve of the Second World War because of the efforts of British intelligence officer Frank Foley who bent the rules to help them escape to Britain, Palestine and the British Empire. Speaking on the programme is Michael Smith, author of Foley: The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews, and Werner Lachs, whose family received visas for the UK which they believe came from Frank Foley.

0830

Is it time for a new approach to politics, where people find and support and even fund candidates they agree with, and do away with the traditional party structures? David Cameron's former director of strategy, Steve Hilton, thinks so. We speak live to Steve Hilton and Claire Emes, chief innovation officer at the polling organisation Ipsos Mori.

0835

Next month's elections to the Stormont assembly will be the first in which anyone born after the Good Friday Agreement will have the right to vote. But what do the so-called Good Friday generation think of the often-divided world of politics in Northern Ireland? The 大象传媒鈥檚 Ireland correspondent Chris Buckler has been finding out.

0845

Police are aiming to get public limited companies which operate in busy areas such as city centres and sports and entertainment venues to teach their staff how to react in the case of a terror attack. Detective Chief Superintendent Scott Wilson is national co-ordinator at the National Counter Terrorism Policing HQ and Neil Greenberg is professor of Defence Mental Health at King's College London.

0850

This week it has been reported that navy personnel have been banned from putting up photos of their food and criticising it on social media. Rose Prince is a food writer and journalist for the Telegraph and Michael Zee is food blogger and creator of a popular Instagram account that shows pictures of food.

All subject to change.

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  • Wed 20 Apr 2016 06:00