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27/02/2017

News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

3 hours

Last on

Mon 27 Feb 2017 06:00

Today's running order


0650

Ordinary people are no longer prepared to put up with austerity on the orders of a "global elite", says Greece's deputy foreign minister. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Europe correspondent Kevin Connolly reports from Athens, where there are few signs that his optimism has filtered down to the Greek people.

0655

Does Sweden have a problem with crime in its migrant community? Jerzy Sarnecki is professor of criminology at Stockholm University.

0710

Labour is expected to raise an urgent Commons question today around the government's proposals to tighten the criteria of a vital disability benefit. Heidi Allen is the Conservative MP for South Cambridgeshire.

0720

Trinity Mirror, the UK's largest newspaper, magazine and digital publisher, has just announced its full year results. Simon Fox is chief executive of Trinity Mirror.

0730

It's been another turbulent weekend for Jeremy Corbyn and Labour. Today鈥檚 special correspondent James Naughtie reports.

0740

The Oscars were held in Los Angeles last night. Will Gompertz is the 大象传媒鈥檚 arts editor.

0750

A teaching union and the National Association of Governors have written an open letter to the chancellor, Philip Hammond, calling on him to make schools a priority in the budget. Mary Sandell is head of the Forest School in Winnersh, Berkshire, and Emma Knights is chief executive of the National Governors Association.

0810

The first full public hearing begins at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which has been plagued with leadership problems since its inception in 2014. Today鈥檚 Sanchia Berg reports and David Hill represents Australian child migrants.

0820

Moonlight has won best picture at the Oscars, but only after Faye Dunaway initially said La La Land had won.

0830

When is an independent bookshop not an independent bookshop? Well when it's really a branch of Waterstones. The bookselling giant has set up three stores that scarcely feature their name at all and are, instead, named things like Southwold Books. James Daunt is chief executive of Waterstones.

0835

In March last year we ran a series of audio diaries kept at great risk by Samer, an activist living inside the capital of the so-called Islamic State, Raqqa. Samer has now left Raqqa and has been living in refugee camps across Syria. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Mike Thomson, has been speaking to him.

0840

An American man accused of murdering an Indian immigrant after reportedly shouting "get out of my country", is due appear at a court in Kansas today. The 大象传媒鈥檚 North America correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan has travelled to Olather in Kansas, where she spoke been exclusively to Alok Madasani, the friend who survived the shooting, and to Srinavas' widow Sunayana.

0850

The once-leading mobile phone brand Nokia launched a comeback bid in Barcelona last night. Hannah Jane Parkinson is Guardian columnist and Rob Kniaz is co-founder of Hoxton Ventures.

All subject to change.

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  • Mon 27 Feb 2017 06:00