06/02/2017
News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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0650
French presidential candidate Francois
Fillon is fighting for his political life as polls suggest he is likely to
be eliminated in the first-round vote by former economy minister Emmanuel
Macron. Christine Ockrent is a French journalist and writer.
0655
Ken Clarke’s twitter account has gained new notoriety in the
past week following his impassioned speech to the Commons on Article 50 last
week. Except it is not Ken Clarke’s twitter account at all - it’s fake. Emma Woollacott is the technology journalist.
0710
President Donald Trump says he has told US border officials to check people entering America "very carefully", as his travel ban remains suspended. David Rivkin is the lawyer who served both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
0715
The government plans to impose a legal duty on hospitals in England to
charge overseas patients up front if they are not eligible for free non-urgent
care on the NHS. Dr Meirion Thomas is the former cancer surgeon at the Royal
Marsden Hospital.
0720
An estimated half a million people have been taking part in a sixth consecutive night of protests in Romania, in spite of the government backing down on plans to de-criminalise some corruption offences. Valentina Dimulescu is the public policy researcher at the Romanian Academic Society.
0730
We have traced the case of one lady, 89-year-old Iris Sibley, as she has progressed through the social care system. Justin Webb reports.
0740
A cache of lost Bob Marley recordings has been discovered after lying for more than 40 years in a damp London hotel basement. Louis Hoover is the jazz musician who organised the restoration.
0750
How seriously should we take the threat to British jobs from other countries keen to tempt big companies away from the UK after Brexit? Valerie Pecresse is president of the Ile-de-France region and previously served as education minister under Nicolas Sarkozy.
0810
We have traced the case of one lady, 89 year old Iris
Sibley, as she has progressed through the social care system. In June, Iris
broke her arm and went into the Bristol Royal Infirmary. She has dementia and
other health needs and her residential care home decided her needs were too
much for her to cope. Despite being ready for discharge from August she stayed
in the hospital until early January, around six months. John Sibley is Iris’
son and Lord Warner co-wrote the Dilnott report into social care.
0820
The UK's opera companies have warned that Brexit will hamper their ability to call on star performers from the EU when ill health strikes. Wasfi Kani is founder and chief executive of Grange Park Opera and Michael Tanner is the music critic for The Spectator.
0830
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to visit the UK today for
a meeting with Theresa May. He comes at a time when the relationship
between Israel and its main ally the US is shifting. Jeremy Bowen is the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s
Middle East editor.
0840
Twenty-eight councils plan to raise council tax by nearly five percent
this year to fund social care, according to the Sunday Times. Graham Chapman is
the deputy leader of Nottingham City Council and David Coppinger is the Maidenhead
councillor and cabinet member for adult services and health.
0850
President Donald Trump says he has told US border officials to check people entering the US "very carefully", as his travel ban remains suspended. Jan Halper Hayes was part of the Trump transition team and is now advising the new administration and Bill Bernard is member of the executive committee of Democrats abroad.
All subject to change.
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- Mon 6 Feb 2017 06:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4