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06/05/2016

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 6 May 2016 06:00

Today's running order

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What has changed following the elections yesterday and what stays the same? Professor John Curtice of politics at Strathclyde University joins us. 

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Liberal Democrats have gained seat in Scotland overnight. Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb ran to be the party's leader and was health minister in the coalition.

0710

Further analysis on the Scottish Parliament election. Our special correspondent James Naughtie has been watching the results all night from Glasgow and joins us now.

0713

England council elections took place yesterday. ´óÏó´«Ã½ political correspondent Tom Bateman reports from Crawley in West Sussex where Labour was threatened with losing control but did better than expected.  

0720

Labour have not done as badly as some suggested they might but not well enough to suggest that they are on a course that takes them back to national power. Emma Reynolds is Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East and former shadow housing minister.

0730

At least 28 people are reported to have been killed in an air strike on a refugee camp in rebel-held northern Syria, monitors say. Dee Goluba is Syria director for Mercy Corps.

0740

For the Conservative Party, a series of U-turns after parliamentary rebellions and a budget that unravelled within days was a challenging backdrop to these elections. So what should we make of their performance? Greg Clark is the Communities & Local Government Secretary.

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Car makers are introducing increasingly sophisticated autonomous features, to ‘assist’ with driving. Is the promise of truly driverless cars ever likely to happen? Presenter Justin Webb takes the Tesla model S for a spin.

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So far almost half of those who voted in the Scottish Parliament election have voted for SNP. The big fight is for second place between Labour and Conservatives. John Swinney, Deputy First Minister of Scotland, joins us from Edinburgh.

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A first test of the new politics, the promise of a genuine alternative, the Corbyn effect. Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson on the party’s night.  

0820

A former South Yorkshire Police press officer claims she was asked to 'spin' news during the Hillsborough Inquests. Joining us on the programme is Peter Fahy who was chief constable of Greater Manchester police, one of the country’s biggest police forces until last year.

0830

What’s happening to the UKIP phenomenon? Joining us on the programme is the party’s leader Nigel Farage.

0840

The city of Marseille on France's Mediterranean coast is renowned for its religious diversity. In the latest test of that tolerance, a synagogue in the city centre is being sold to a Muslim organization, which plans to turn it into a mosque. Lucy Williamson is the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s Paris correspondent.

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More on last night election results from Anushka Astana, political editor of The Guardian, Kate Devlin, UK political correspondent at the Scottish daily paper, The Herald and Anne McElvoy, senior editor at The Economist.

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  • Fri 6 May 2016 06:00