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15/09/2016

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

3 hours

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Thu 15 Sep 2016 06:00

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0650

The care system in England is failing to meet the needs of an increasing number of vulnerable old people, with the support they get dependent on what they can afford and where they live. Richard Humphries is Assistant Director of Policy at The King鈥檚 Fund.

0655

Scientists from the University of St Andrews have discovered that a bird that's so rare it's now extinct in the wild spontaneously uses tools to find food. Dr Christian Rutz, Reader at University of St. Andrews and lead researcher of the new study.

0710

It's looking likely that the Government will approve the 拢18bn project to build a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, after Theresa May ordered the project to be reviewed.听 Laura Kuenssberg our Political Editor and Simon Jack our business editor.

0715

The failure to secure a single conviction in this country for female genital mutilation has been condemned as a national scandal by a cross party committee of MPs. Hibo Wardere, who underwent FGM aged 6 in Somalia.

0720

Research from the RAC out today suggests illegal use of phones by drivers is at "epidemic" proportions. Paul Jordan, Executive Creative Director mcgarrybowen advertising agency and Neale Kinnear, Chartered Psychologist at TRL, the Transport Research Laboratory.

0730

Formal Brexit negotiations between Britain and the rest of the European Union are unlikely to start before the end of 2017, the former president of the European Council has predicted. Speaking to this programme Herman Van Rompuy described the decision by Britain to leave the EU as an "historical mistake".

0740

David Bowie could become the first posthumous winner of the Mercury Prize tonight, after being nominated for his Blackstar album, released two days before his death in January. Colin Paterson 大象传媒鈥檚 Entertainment Correspondent reports.

0750

The care system is failing to meet the needs of an increasing number of vulnerable old people, with the support they get dependent on what they can afford and where they live. Ann Tomline cares full time for her husband 85-year-old husband Cyril who has memory problems and anxiety.

0810

It's looking likely that the Government will approve the 拢18bn project to build a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, after Theresa May ordered the project to be reviewed.听 Barry Gardiner, Shadow Minister Energy and Climate Change and Dr Dame Sue Ion听 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and an expert advisor on the nuclear power industry.

0820

Yesterday in PMQs, Prime Minister Theresa May criticised universities for implementing "safe space" policies, which are designed to ensure debate does not cause offence to students. Riham Mansour is Community and Welfare Officer at the London School of Economics and Charlie Peters is an undergraduate student at Edinburgh University.

0830

The US State Department says Washington and Moscow have agreed to extend the truce in Syria by another forty-eight hours. Jeremy Bowen, our Middle East editor and Sir John Holmes, is Chair of the International Rescue Committee in the UK and a former UN under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.

0840

Formal Brexit negotiations between Britain and the rest of the European Union are unlikely to start before the end of 2017, the former president of the European Council has predicted. Dominic Raab, Conservative MP, campaigned for the UK to leave the European Union and Katya Adler 大象传媒鈥檚 Europe editor.

0850

Sending text messages to students at further education colleges, to encourage them to keep going with their studies, increased their pass rates in English and Maths exams by 12 per cent. David Halpern, chief executive of the Behavioural Insights Team and Fiona Morey, deputy principal of Aylesbury College a vocational further education college in Buckinghamshire.

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  • Thu 15 Sep 2016 06:00