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16/09/2016

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

3 hours

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Fri 16 Sep 2016 06:00

Today's running order

All subject to change

0650

Drunken people trying to get into pubs and clubs in Weymouth will be breathalysed and could be refused entry from today. It is part of a scheme, RU2Drunk, which aims to cut alcohol-related crime by discouraging people from excessive 鈥榩re-drinking鈥. Claire Ritcher is a door supervisor and Dr Hannah Farrimond is a sociologist from the University of Exeter and is evaluating the RU2Drunk project.

0709 聽聽

The former chancellor George Osborne is to chair a new think tank aimed at continuing his so-called northern powerhouse project. Ed Cox is the director institute for Public Policy Research North.

0714

UKIP gets a new leader to replace Nigel Farage this afternoon, but the party is in turmoil. A former senior party aide has told the Today programme that UKIP is a 鈥渃atastrophic mess鈥 and that she will be defecting to the Conservatives. Political correspondent Ross Hawkins reports.

0721

Local councils are calling for more powers to monitor the well-being of children being educated at home or in illegal schools in England and Wales. Jonathan Simons is head of education at the think tank Policy Exchange.

0731

London Fashion Week starts today and the British Fashion Council have said that 鈥渃onfidence is high in the industry". But has the Brexit vote affected the sectors confidence? Anya Hindmarch is a British designer and specialises in handbag accessories.

0740

The American Presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, has been back on the campaign trail in Carolina for the first time since it emerged she had been diagnosed with pneumonia. Dr David Scheiner has been Barrack Obama鈥檚 doctor for more than two decades before he became president.

0748

Questions have been raised about the training and resources given to British forces during the conflict in Iraq after a damning report by a High Court judge into the death of a 15-year-old boy in Basra in 2013. Colonel Richard Kemp is a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan.

0810

The former chancellor George Osborne will launch his Northern Powerhouse Partnership today. The think tank will help deliver the commitments he made whilst in office. George Osborne is the former chancellor and MP for Tatton.

0830

The leaders of the 鈥楨U 27鈥 are meeting in Bratislava today in an attempt to reinvigorate the European Union following Britain鈥檚 vote to leave on June 23rd. Europe correspondent Kevin Connolly and Europe editor Katya Adler, report.

0833

Syria's tense ceasefire has not yet proved enough to allow aid convoys into war-torn Aleppo bringing much needed food and medical supplies. Reporter Mike Thomson has been speaking to Oum Mudar, the Head teacher of three primary schools in Eastern Aleppo.

0837

In the next few weeks, Somalia will choose its new government. One of the candidates running for president is Mohamud 鈥楾arzan鈥 Nur who moved to the UK and, after spending twenty years in North London, in 2010 he decided to move back to Mogadishu and became its mayor. Jawaahir Daahir is a writer and expert on diaspora.

0843

Robert Mazur had a half a million dollar contract on his head - his family was relocated - they had to change their identities. His story has been made into a film called The Infiltrator which is released in cinemas today. He spoke to the Today programme鈥檚 chief correspondent Matthew Price.

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  • Fri 16 Sep 2016 06:00