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0710

In the first of our Saturday programmes about Brexit, we visit Manchester, which played a significant role in the outcome of the referendum. 大象传媒 North West political editor Arif Ansari reports.

0715

The starting gun has been fired on the Rio Olympics with an opening ceremony that combined spectacle with a serious message about global warming. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Wyre Davies was in the stadium last night.

0720

The ancient custom of allowing sheep to roam freely in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire could be criminalised in one village. Mick Holder is secretary of the Forest of Dean Commoners Association.

0725

What effect has the referendum and the leadership contest had in the labour heartlands? Today鈥檚 Sanchia Berg reports.

0730

How are small businesses in the North West being affected by the prospect of Brexit? Doug Ward, is a Manchester-based tech entrepreneur and Shazda Ahmed is founder and principal partner of Monarch Solicitors, law firm based in Manchester which she founded two years ago.

0740

In this week's Meet the Author James Naughtie meets writer Nina Stibbe, creator of Love, Nina, which was recently turned into a successful 大象传媒 TV series.

0750

South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has suffered its worst electoral setback since apartheid ended in 1994. Lucia Hlubi is a campaigner against corruption in South Africa on social media and Andrew Feinstein is former ANC MP who resigned in 2001 when the ANC refused to launch an investigation into an allegedly corrupt arms deal.

0810

The chairman of Ofsted has been recorded describing the Isle of Wight as an "inbred, poor, white ghetto".听Sir Michael Wilshaw is Ofsted鈥檚 chief inspector of schools.

0820

One of the last chancellor鈥檚 big obsessions was the so-called Northern Powerhouse: George Osborne鈥檚 plan to connect the cities of the north, devolve powers and budget on the economy and transport and attempt to address the north-south divide. Sir Richard Leese is leader of Manchester City Council and Charlie Cornish is chief executive of Manchester Airports Group.

0830

Former chair of the independent investigation into historical child sex abuse Dame Lowell Goddard has been asked to appear before MPs, to explain why she resigned. Lady Cumberlege is former chair of a commission reviewing the approach听to child protection听of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.听

0835

Last night saw the official opening of the Rio Olympics. Denis Fernando was one of the 1000 drummers in the Industrial Revolution section of the ceremony.

0840

On the morning of 4 July, staff turned up at Byron burger restaurants across London for what they thought was going to be a normal staff meeting. Instead, they were met with immigration officials. Speaking on the programme is听Rafa,听a Brazilian man who was deported, and Anita Pali, an associate solicitor in business immigration at law firm Doyle Clayton.

0850

Aside from the city of Manchester, Stockport and Trafford, Greater Manchester and the outlying areas voted to leave the EU. Has the referendum exposed deep seated divisions between Manchester and the surrounding areas that will be difficult to reconcile? Graham Stringer is Labour MP for Blackley and Broughton and former Leave campaigner and Lisa Smart is Liberal Democrat councillor in Stockport and former Remain campaigner.

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