10/08/2016
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0650
Remaining a member of the EU's single market could add 4% to the British economy, according to a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Paul Johnson is director of the IFS.
0655
China鈥檚 ambassador to the UK warned yesterday over the potential impact on British-China relations of the delay over the Hinkley Point nuclear deal. Victor Gao is chairman of the Energy Security Institute in Beijing and Dr Paul Dorfman is honorary senior research fellow at the Energy Institute, University College London.
0710
The Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has set off another firestorm of controversy: in a speech at a rally he appears to have joked about the possibility that his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton could be shot. Aleem Maqbool is the 大象传媒鈥檚 North America correspondent and Shaun McCutcheon is a delegate for Alabama at the Republican convention.
0715
More than half of women and nearly two-thirds of women aged 18-24 years old say they have experienced sexual harassment at work, according to a new research from the Trades Union Congress in collaboration with the Everyday Sexism Project out today. Frances O'Grady is TUC general secretary.
0720
In 2002 a captive New Caledonian crow fashioned a hook out of wire to reach food in what was claimed to be the first time any non-human animal was observed to create a new tool for a specific task. But new research from St. Andrews University casts doubt over the original experiment, meaning that the textbooks may have to be rewritten. Dr Christian Rutz is lead researcher of the new study.
0730
As both sides in Aleppo prepare for what could be a decisive battle for control of Syria鈥檚 second city, the UN is calling for an immediate halt to the fighting. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Mike Thomson reports and Hanna Singer is Unicef鈥檚 representative in Syria.
0740
Jeni Stepien was married last week. She would have loved her father to walk her down the aisle, but he was killed 10 years ago so she arranged for the man who had received his heart in a transplant to give her away. He is called Arthur Thomas and he spoke to Sarah Montague about their story.
0750
China鈥檚 ambassador to the UK warned yesterday over the potential impact on British-China relations of the delay over the Hinkley Point nuclear deal. Lord Mandelson is former business secretary and European trade commissioner.
0810
A widening gap between the supply and demand for emergency doctors is leading to a crisis in A&E departments across the country, leading medics have warned. Dr Amanda Doyle is co-chair of NHS Clinical Commissioners and Chris Hopson is chief executive of NHS Providers.
0820
The classic British sitcom Are You Being Served? is to return to our screens for a one-off special. Arthur Smith is a comedian playing the maintenance man and shop steward Mr Harman in the forthcoming episode and Julia Raeside is TV Critic for the Guardian.
0830
The Premier League returns this Saturday. In March last year the new TV rights deal for the league was sold for an eye watering 拢5bn. So where has this money been spent? Richard Scudamore is executive chairman of the Premier League and Lord Herman Ouseley is chair of Kick It Out.
0835
Tom Watson's comments on Labour being infiltrated by "Trotsky entryists" who have come back to bolster Jeremy Corbyn has ruffled quite a few feathers in Corbyn's camp. Billy Bragg is a musician who has re-joined the Labour party and Alex Callinicos is professor in political theory at King鈥檚 College.
0840
Scientists from Exeter and York University, who are studying the evolution of the menopause, have found clues to its origin in a population of killer whales. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Victoria Gill reports from the North Pacific Coast.
听0850
Can alternative therapies help athletes increase their sporting ability? Richard Davison is professor of exercise physiology at the University of Western Scotland and Niki Wibrow is fitness trainer and yoga teacher.
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- Wed 10 Aug 2016 06:00大象传媒 Radio 4