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15/06/2016
Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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0650
The government could struggle to extend free childcare for working parents in England. A report published by the public accounts committee says there is a real risk an insufficient number of childcare providers will be willing to take part because of concerns they would lose out financially. Meg Hillier is chair of the public accounts committee.
0710
The late broadcaster and MP Sir Clement Freud has been accused of abusing two girls between the late 1940s and 1970s. Sir Clement's wife Lady Freud has said she is 鈥渟hocked, deeply saddened and profoundly sorry for what had happened鈥. The 大象传媒鈥檚 home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds reports.
0715
President Hollande said the murder of a police commander and his partner yesterday were 鈥渦nquestionably a terrorist act鈥 as their killer claimed allegiance to the so-called Islamic State. Meanwhile more violent clashes between Russia and England fans in Lille have been reported. Corinne Narassiguin is spokesperson for French socialist party.
0720
A union has called for another 24-hour strike by conductors on Southern rail trains in an ongoing dispute about the introduction of driver-only trains. From August they will no longer be on the platforms to open and close doors but act as 'on board supervisors'. The RMT union says the guards' current role is vital for safety. Conservative MP Chris Philp joins us on the programme.
0730
Sir Philip Green, the billionaire, whose empire includes Top Shop and Dorothy Perkins, will appear before MPs from the Work and Pensions Committee and Business, Innovation and Skills Committee later to discuss the sale and collapse of BHS which went into administration in late April. Dave Gill is National Officer of shop-workers union USDAW.
0740
Some people argue that the UK is wrapped in red tape because it is a member of the European Union. It covers everything from the number of fish we can catch, to health and safety. In our next series of EU objects, the programmes chief correspondent Matthew Price talks about how cars affect our relationship with the EU. 聽
0750
More on the terror in France from so-called Islamic State and Russian ultras: Jean Christophe Couvy is police mayor and representative of police union, Unite SGP, and Asiem El Difraoui is an expert on jihadism and an advisor to the French Government.
0810
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will warn he will have to slash public spending and increase taxes in an emergency "Brexit budget" if Britain votes to leave the European Union next week. He joins us on the programme.
0830
A wheelchair user from West Yorkshire who could not travel because a mother with a child's buggy refused to move to make space is taking his case to the Supreme Court today.聽 The outcome of Doug Paulley's case for unlawful disability discrimination could have major implications for bus and train companies. Baroness Sal Brinton is Liberal Democrat Party President and has also had difficulties boarding a bus.
0840
More stories about the victims of the Orlando massacre are starting to emerge. 23-year-old Kassandra Marquez was at Pulse Nightclub with her cousin Brenda McCool and Brenda's son Isiah. Two of them escaped, but Brenda died, saving her son. 大象传媒 reporter Rajini Vaidyanathan who is in Orlando, met Kassandra.
0850
The prime minister has said that if the UK votes for Brexit he would be obliged to immediately trigger Article 50 starting the process of withdrawing from the EU. But Vote Leave say that little should change until 2020 by which time a new settlement including a new free trade deal could be negotiated. Chris Grayling is the leader of the House of Commons and campaigning for Britain to leave.
0855
It could be another 1,500 years before extra-terrestrial aliens contact Earth. That鈥檚 according to a team of astronomers, including a 19-year-old first-year student at Cornell University. The calculation is based on the likelihood of the existence of technologically sound extra-terrestrials and how long they have been transmitting signals across space. Evan Solomonides has co-authored the research.
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- Wed 15 Jun 2016 06:00大象传媒 Radio 4