24/02/2017
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0650
The actor Tom Hanks is writing a book all about typewriters. Why are people still so interested in such an obsolete piece of technology? Keira Rathbone collects vintage typewriters and makes visual art with them.
0710
The two by-election results are in: 听The Conservatives have won in Copeland, beating Labour in a seat it has held since 1983 but Labour were victorious in Stoke-on-Trent fighting off UKIP鈥檚 Paul Nuttall. John Curtice is a professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde and senior research fellow at National Centre for Social Research and Paul Oakden is the chairman of UKIP.
0730
No government has gained a seat in a by-election since 1982 so how will Theresa May react to winning Copeland from Labour. Sir Patrick McLoughlin is the chairman of the Conservative party.
0740
Manager Claudio Ranieri has been sacked by Leicester City, nine months after leading them to the Premier League title. Jamie Thorpe is from the Leicester City Fan Club.
0750
The RBS 2016 full-year results are to be announced at 7 o鈥檆lock this morning. Ross McEwan is RBS chief executive.
0810
The two by-election results are in: 听The Conservatives have won in Copeland with Trudy Harrison but Labour were victorious in Stoke-on-Trent fighting off UKIP鈥檚 Paul Nuttall. Today鈥檚 Zoe Conway reports from Copeland. John McDonnell is the shadow chancellor and John Pienaar is the 大象传媒鈥檚 deputy political editor.
0830
The resounding majority for Brexit in Stoke could have re-energised politics. Does the fact it didn鈥檛, as it elected in Labour鈥檚 Gareth Snell, suggest the apathy runs deep? Danny Flynn is the chief executive of Hanley YMCA and Roisin Maguire is former head teacher at St. Joseph鈥檚 College in Stoke.
0840
Manager Claudio Ranieri has been sacked by Leicester City, nine months after leading them to the Premier League title. Gary Lineker was born and raised in Leicester and is a former Leicester City player.
0850
We have two, potentially far-reaching by-election results this morning. Labour have been defeated in Copeland for the first time since the seat was created but are victorious in Stoke after a UKIP challenge fizzled out. Matthew Goodwin is a professor of politics at the University of Kent, Anushka Asthana is joint political editor at The Guardian and George Parker is political editor at the Financial Times.
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- Fri 24 Feb 2017 06:00大象传媒 Radio 4