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A former Irish diplomat warns that it will be in Ireland’s best interests to ‘Irexit’, rather than remaining with 27 EU members over Brexit. Dr Ray Bassett is a former Irish Ambassador (to Canada, Jamaica and the Bahamas) and was one of the senior Irish negotiators in the Northern Ireland peace process. 

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Liberal Democrat leadership hopeful sets out his vision for the party, and would like to emulate the success of French President Emmanuel Macron. Sir Vince Cable is the former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. 

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Boris Johnson has become the latest senior cabinet minister to put pressure on the chancellor and the prime minister to end the public sector pay cap. Alasdair Smith is an economist and a former member and chair of four pay review bodies. Maria Caulfield is a Conservative MP and former nurse.

0712

The new trade association for financial services firms are bringing together six banking-related trade bodies. Stephen Jones is the UK Finance Chief Executive.

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The launch of the government's £400m digital infrastructure fund will be announced today. Matt Hancock is the digital skills minister.

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OFGEM, the watchdog for the energy sector, has just published new plans to protect gas and electricity consumers. Dermot Nolan is the chief executive of OFGEM.

0740

Puzzles, crosswords, riddles and Sudoku keep our brains sharp. We thought we would give our audience the opportunity to answer some of the most challenging puzzles. At 0650 Monday to Friday, we will announce a new puzzle and where it has come from… see if you can solve it. 

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French president Emmanuel Macron will outline his vision for the next five years later today in Versailles. Sylvie Kauffman is the editorial director of Le Monde. Lord Ricketts is a former British ambassador to France.  

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Boris Johnson has become the latest senior cabinet minister to put pressure on the chancellor and the PM to end the public sector pay cap. Stephen Dorrell is chair of the NHS Confederation and former health secretary and Lord Lamont is a former Chancellor for the Exchequer. 

0820

The first ever biopic about British singer Morrissey England is Mine was premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Morrissey is played by the young Scottish Actor Jack Lowden, who was born three years after The Smiths split. Colin Paterson is our Entertainment Correspondent. 

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There are 850,000 people suffering from dementia in Britain today. Scientists at Cambridge have developed a new brain training game that appears to improve memory in patients suffering from the very earliest stages of dementia. Professor Barbara Sahakian is a professor of clinical neuropsychology at the University of Cambridge.

0840

How predictable was Donald Trump’s win of the American presidency? The journalist and author Naomi Klein argues in her new book No Is Not Enough, Defeating the New Shock Politics.

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We are launching a new puzzle for the Today Programme this morning. A puzzle will be posted on the website each morning at 6am. Tony Comer is the official historian of GCHQ, Louisa Cullen is a lower sixth former from Yorkshire who solved a puzzle on this programme in April 2015, Joe Benton is representing the UK at the International Mathematical Olympiad, and Alexander Song is a 16 year old, representing the UK at the International Mathematical Olympiad.

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A drone flying close to Gatwick airport led to the closure of the runway and forced five flights to be diverted. Dominic Cross is the chief operating officer for High Level photography and is a trained pilot and drone operator.

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What is the alluring nature of the sea? Philip Hoare’s new book RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTAR explores the great paradox between the idyllic images of water and the dangers associated with it.

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