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06/04/2017

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 6 Apr 2017 06:00

Today鈥檚 running order


0650

Ken Livingstone is facing another inquiry by Labour amid mounting anger in the party about his comments on Adolf Hitler and Zionism. Rhea Wolfson is a member of Momentum and the Labour National Executive Committee.

0709

The US administration has toughened its approach to Russia following the gas attack by the Syrian regime against a rebel-held city, which led to the deaths of many women and children. James Rubin was assistant secretary of state for public affairs in the State Department under the Clinton administration.

0715

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he wants to extend free school meals to all primary school pupils in England. Mr Corbyn is proposing to cover the cost by introducing VAT on private school fees. Lorraine Dearden is a research fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and co-author of a 2012 report into free school meals.

0720

Psychiatrists in Oxford who have treated over one hundred depressed patients with ketamine say it should be used more widely by the NHS. Rupert McShane is a consultant psychiatrist at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and lead on the Oxford ketamine treatment programme for depression and 鈥淗elen" is one of the patients involved in the study who has suffered with depression and anorexia for years.

0730

Jon Platt took his daughter on a week鈥檚 holiday to Florida in 2015. The holiday was during term time and as a result he was fined 拢120, but refused to pay. Sir Michael Wilshaw is the former chief inspector of schools in England.

0740

There's been a fivefold increase in the number of clothes moths in English Heritage properties in the last 5 years. Our correspondent Zoe Conway reports.

0750

President Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are due to meet for the first time later today at a summit in Florida. Professor Steve Tsang is the director of the China Institute at SOAS.

0810

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he wants to extend free school meals to all primary school pupils in England. Mr Corbyn is proposing to cover the cost by introducing VAT on private school fees. Mike Buchanan is the chair of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Angela Rayner is the shadow education secretary.

0820

The US administration has toughened its approach to Russia following the gas attack by the Syrian regime against a rebel held city, which led to the deaths of many women and children. Andrey Kortunov is the director general of the Russian International Affairs Council.

0830

Four private online pharmacies have been strongly criticised by the English health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC). One of them was rated as so poor that it has been suspended. Professor Steve Field is the chief inspector of general practice at the CQC and Dr Helen Webberley is a GP and responsible manager of 鈥淒r Matt鈥, the online pharmacy that has been suspended.

0840
It lasted just one hundred days, but in 1977, the Roxy Club in central London had a seminal impact on the punk movement. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the club opening. Andrew Czezowski and his wife Susan Carrington are the co-founders of the Roxy Club.

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President Donald Trump is due to meet the Chinese premier President Xi Jingping at the Mar-a-Lago resort later today for the first summit between the two leaders. Carrie Grace is the 大象传媒's China editor and Xenia Wickett is head of the US and Americas Programme at the think-tank Chatham House.


All subject to change.

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  • Thu 6 Apr 2017 06:00