Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

23/06/2016

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 23 Jun 2016 06:00

Today's running order

All timings subject to change

0650

There is to be an independent inquiry into allegations that live fox cubs were taken into the kennels of the South Herefordshire Hunt to train hounds to kill them.  The Masters of Foxhounds Association, which represents hunting packs, has appointed a former Appeal Court Judge to lead the inquiry.  Eduardo Goncalves is chief executive of the League Against Cruel Sports.

0710

Prisoners without a clear release date have a higher likelihood of harming themselves while in custody according to the Prison Reform Trust charity. Dr Nigel Blackwood is a clinical academic in forensic psychiatry at Kings College London and a consultant at HMP Wandsworth.

0715

One way or another history will be made as the EU referendum votes are counted overnight. So when will we get the first idea of whether Britain is to leave the EU or to remain? And should you stay up to find out? Our political correspondent, Ross Hawkins reports.

0720

The map used by JRR Tolkien to create the fantasy world Middle Earth for his epic novel The Lord of The Rings goes on public display today - for one day only. The Bodleian library is where Tolkien wrote the book and where the map will be put on show. Chris Fletcher is keeper of special collections at the Bodleian Library.

0730

Murdered 6-year-old Ellie Butler’s father was exonerated from a previous charge of harming the child by a judge in the Family Court. Christine Davies is chair of the Sutton Safeguarding Children’s Board and Sir Mark Hedley is former family court judge who was also involved in the appeal of Ben Butler.

0740

Following the last games in the group stages of the European football championships yesterday, England will face Iceland in the next round on Monday. Wales and Northern Ireland will face each other on Saturday after Northern Ireland qualified as one of four best third-placed teams. Thordur Oskarsson is Iceland’s ambassador to the United Kingdom.

0750

The Iraqi prime minister claimed last Friday that Fallujah had been ‘liberated’ from so-called Islamic State fighters but earlier this week the US military admitted two-thirds remained in the hands of ISIS who took the city in January 2014. Loveday Morris is Baghdad chief for the Washington Post and Mowaffak Al-Rubaie is Iraqi MP and former national security advisor.

0810

More on prisoners serving sentences without clear release dates leading to dramatic levels of self-harm: Peter Dawson is incoming director of the Prison Reform Trust and former prison governor.

0820

‘Elvis and Nixon’ - a film about former US president Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley’s first meeting - is out in cinemas tomorrow. Bud Krogh, who was present at the meeting after Elvis delivered a hand-written request on airline stationery, has published his own memoir.

0830

The Colombian government and the Farc rebels say they have agreed to lay down arms as they approach the end of historic peace talks in Havana. The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Will Grant gained rare access to one of the FARC's camps in western Colombia to meet some of the fighters on the brink of peace.

0840

The multinational consumer goods company Unilever is announcing it will change the way women are portrayed in its advertising – avoiding stereotypical depictions of women and using gender neutral portrayals where appropriate. Sarah Todd, UK CEO of Gemoetry Global, and Caitlin Ryan, executive creative director for Cheil, join us on the programme.

0850

Why did the mother of Ellie Butler, who was murdered by her father, not take her child to safety? Dr Jane Monkton-Smith is a criminologist from the University of Gloucestershire who reviews domestic homicide cases for the Home Office and trains police on how to spot coercive control.

0855

Glastonbury Festival has officially got under way.  Yesterday festival-goers were stuck in traffic for up to 12 hours as people set off early.  100,000 people are expected to attend this year's event. Cerys Matthews is a musician and presenter of ´óÏó´«Ã½ 6 Musics Glastonbury coverage.

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Jun 2016 06:00