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Experienced Swiss climber Ueli Steck 40, died yesterday after he fell in the Everest region of Nepal during preparations to climb the world's highest mountain. Sir Chris Bonington is a veteran British mountaineer.

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This week, six regions of England will hold elections for newly created combined authority mayors.聽 However, their exact powers will vary according to the terms of the agreements each region has made with the government. Patrick Burns is the 大象传媒鈥檚 West Midlands political editor and Nina Warhurst is the 大象传媒鈥檚 North West political editor.

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On Saturday the EU27 committee reportedly took just 4 minutes to agree their stance on Brexit. Theresa May says there's good will on both sides but the EU27 position leaves little room to discuss a new trade deal before the so-called divorce payments are settled. Lord Ricketts is a former ambassador to France and national security adviser to David Cameron.

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This week, six regions of England will hold elections for newly created combined authority mayors.聽 However, their exact powers will vary according to the terms of the agreements each region has made with the government. Catherine Staite is professor and director of public service reform at University of Birmingham.

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The final Sunday of the French presidential campaign sees centrist Emmanuel Macron still with a 19 percentage point lead over his rival Marine Le Pen of the far right National Front, ahead of the second, decisive round of voting, on 7th May. Today鈥檚 Jim Naughtie reports.

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The organisation representing NHS groups has called on political parties to commit to linking health spending to the growth of the economy. Paul Johnson is the director of the Institute For Fiscal Studies.

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In the nineteenth century the mayor Joseph Chamberlain built his power in the West Midlands on the back of social reform and active government. Today鈥檚 Justin Webb reports.

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It was the final episode of Line of Duty last night which had the nation talking and tweeting incessantly. In this series, it was a seemingly harmless minor character that had most critics crying out in shock. Maya Sondhi is the actress who plays WPC Maneet Bindra in Line of Duty.

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MPs have accused social media giants of a "shameful" failure to tackle online terrorist propaganda and hate speech.聽 A report by the Home Affairs Select Committee accused major firms, like Google, Twitter and Facebook, of putting more effort into protecting their profits than keeping the public safe online. Luc Delany is former European policy manager at Facebook and Naz Shah is a Labour MP who sits on the Home Affairs select committee.

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This week, six regions of England will hold elections for newly created combined authority mayors.聽 However, their exact powers will vary according to the terms of the agreements each region has made with the government. Sion Simon is a Labour candidate, MEP and former MP and Andy Street is a Conservative candidate and former managing director of John Lewis.

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Imran Mahmood鈥檚 first book You Don鈥檛 Know Me is a thriller about the experiences of a young BAME man in the justice system, comes out on Thursday 4th May. It is written from the perspective of the defendant giving his own closing speech to the jury. Imran Mahmood is a criminal defence barrister and Alex Wheatle is an award winning novelist and former prisoner.

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The organisation representing NHS groups has called on political parties to commit to linking health spending to the growth of the economy. Niall Dickson is the chief executive of the NHS Confederation.

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Cornelia Parker has been appointed the official election artist by the House of Commons and joins us on the programme.

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The final Sunday of the French presidential campaign sees centrist Emmanuel Macron still with a 19 percentage point lead over his rival Marine Le Pen of the far right National Front, ahead of the second, decisive round of voting, on 7th May. Our correspondent James Reynolds reports.

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This week, six regions of England will hold elections for newly created combined authority mayors.聽 However, their exact powers will vary according to the terms of the agreements each region has made with the government. Pete Durnell is the UKIP candidate, Beverley Nielsen is the Liberal Democrat candidate, James Burn is the Green candidate and Graham Stevenson is the Communist Party candidate.

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