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13/01/2015
Morning news. Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day and a special Democracy Day edition of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4's Public Philosopher.
Including from 0830 a special Democracy Day edition of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4's Public Philosopher in which Professor Michael Sandel goes inside the Palace of Westminster to explore the nature and limits of democracy, challenging an audience of MPs, Peers and the public to apply some critical thinking to what democracy really means.
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Tue 13 Jan 2015
06:00
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0650
Babies may reveal some of the secrets of sleep and memory. A team at Sheffield University, working with colleagues in Germany, have discovered that young children who have regular naps develop better memories. Dr Jane Herbert is one of the researchers.
0710
Should the UK respond to the Paris terror attacks by giving the security services more counter terrorism powers? The deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will reaffirm his party's opposition to a so-called "snoopers' charter" in a speech today. Since the terror attacks in Paris David Cameron has said the intelligence services need new powers to read the contents of communications. But Mr Clegg will warn new measures to track email and web traffic would "undermine" British freedoms. Boris Johnson is Mayor of London.
0720
The Twitter and YouTube accounts of the US central military command were suspended for a few hours after being hacked by a group claiming to back Islamic State. How did this happen and how serious was this breach of security? Tony Cole is vice president of FireEye, a US-based cybersecurity firm that works with the US government.
0725
David Harsent, a 72-year-old poet, has won the TS Eliot Prize after being shortlisted five times. The writer, who also enjoys a successful career as the author of detective novels under the pseudonyms David Lawrence and Jack Curtis, was awarded the Β£20,000 prize for his latest collection of poetry, Fire Songs. This year marks 50 years since TS Eliotβs death. We hear a clip of TS Eliot reading the love song of J Alfred Prufrock.
0730
Tony Blair has been speaking our political editor Nick Robinson ahead of this year's general election. He was speaking to Nick for his new series "Can Democracy work?" which starts on Radio 4 on Tuesday.
0735
The cover of the next edition Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine, will show a cartoon of the prophet Mohammed bearing a sign saying "Je suis Charlie", under the words "All is forgiven". Β The front page has been released to media ahead of the magazine's publication on Wednesday. Β Three million copies are being printed, and will be made available in 25 countries, translated into 16 languages. Β How will Muslims react to this? We speak to Prince Hassan of Jordan.
0745
On yesterday's programme we had a discussion about the general election leader debates and one of the guests, Lord Grade, asserted that whatever the outcome of the election either David Cameron or Ed Miliband would be Prime Minister. While thatβs likely, itβs not inevitable. We asked Michael Dobbs, the Tory peer and author of House of Cards, to let his literary imagination run a little wild.
0750
Schools could be pushed to breaking point over the next ten years schools as 900,000 new places for students will need to be found. The Local Government Association has released the warning this morning and said the cost will be Β£12bn. Meanwhile almost one in five primary schools does not have enough capacity for its pupils, according to the Labour party. Β ANN LYONS is headteacher of the Saint John Fisher Catholic Primary School and member of the National Union of Headteachers. Nicky Morgan is Secretary of State for Education.
0810
The French magazine Charlie Hebdo has revealed the cover of its first issue since the bloody attack on its offices; it shows a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed holding a Je Suis Charlie sign under the headline "All Is Forgiven." The distributors say they will publish up to three million copies of the first issue of the magazine since the attack. The usual print run is just 60,000, but there is demand from all over the world. Zineb El Rhazoui is a Charlie Hebdo columnist who was on holiday in her native Morocco when the attack happened and who has been part of putting together the latest issue.
0815
The deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will reaffirm his party's opposition to a so-called "snoopers' charter" in a speech today. Since terror attacks in Paris David Cameron has said the intelligence services need new powers to read the contents of communications. But Mr Clegg will warn new measures to track email and web traffic would "undermine" British freedoms. We speak to Nick Clegg.
0825
David Harsent, a 72-year-old poet, has won the TS Eliot Prize after being shortlisted five times (see 0725). We speak to David Harsent and Matthew Hollies, poet and biographer and poetry editor at Faber and Faber.
0830
Twenty-five different cancer treatments will no longer be funded by the NHS in England, health chiefs announced on Monday. NHS England announced the step after it emerged the Β£280m Cancer Drugs Fund, for drugs not routinely available. was to go Β£100m over budget in 2014/15. Some drugs will be removed and others restricted, a move charities say could leave some without crucial treatments. Dr Sarah Rawlings is assistant director of policy at Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Nigel Edwards is chief executive of the Nuffield Trust.
0840
It looks like the official inflation rate will drop below 1% tomorrow, meaning Mark Carney could become the first governor since Bank of England independence in 1997 to write an open letter to the chancellor explaining why inflation is so low. Does low inflation matter? Robert Peston is economics editor.
0845
Thereβs a warning that prisons in England and Wales are struggling to cope with the levels of violent behaviour, in particular by gangs. The warning comes from Peter McParlin, the chairman of the Prison Officers Association, who's told the File on 4 programme that staff are managing "on a wing and a prayer". It comes on the day an inspection report into Feltham Young Offenders in west London expresses serious concern about the βunpredictable and reckless" nature of violence. Β Danny Shaw is our home affairs correspondent.
0850
In the argument about free speech that's become so inflammatory in the last week, where do most of us want to draw the line? Everyone feels offended by something. How far the freedom to offend should be protected; and when can self-censorship be justified? Khalid Mahmood is Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Bar and a Muslim. Jodie Ginsberg is chief executive of Index on Censorship.
All subject to change.
Babies may reveal some of the secrets of sleep and memory. A team at Sheffield University, working with colleagues in Germany, have discovered that young children who have regular naps develop better memories. Dr Jane Herbert is one of the researchers.
0710
Should the UK respond to the Paris terror attacks by giving the security services more counter terrorism powers? The deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will reaffirm his party's opposition to a so-called "snoopers' charter" in a speech today. Since the terror attacks in Paris David Cameron has said the intelligence services need new powers to read the contents of communications. But Mr Clegg will warn new measures to track email and web traffic would "undermine" British freedoms. Boris Johnson is Mayor of London.
0720
The Twitter and YouTube accounts of the US central military command were suspended for a few hours after being hacked by a group claiming to back Islamic State. How did this happen and how serious was this breach of security? Tony Cole is vice president of FireEye, a US-based cybersecurity firm that works with the US government.
0725
David Harsent, a 72-year-old poet, has won the TS Eliot Prize after being shortlisted five times. The writer, who also enjoys a successful career as the author of detective novels under the pseudonyms David Lawrence and Jack Curtis, was awarded the Β£20,000 prize for his latest collection of poetry, Fire Songs. This year marks 50 years since TS Eliotβs death. We hear a clip of TS Eliot reading the love song of J Alfred Prufrock.
0730
Tony Blair has been speaking our political editor Nick Robinson ahead of this year's general election. He was speaking to Nick for his new series "Can Democracy work?" which starts on Radio 4 on Tuesday.
0735
The cover of the next edition Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine, will show a cartoon of the prophet Mohammed bearing a sign saying "Je suis Charlie", under the words "All is forgiven". Β The front page has been released to media ahead of the magazine's publication on Wednesday. Β Three million copies are being printed, and will be made available in 25 countries, translated into 16 languages. Β How will Muslims react to this? We speak to Prince Hassan of Jordan.
0745
On yesterday's programme we had a discussion about the general election leader debates and one of the guests, Lord Grade, asserted that whatever the outcome of the election either David Cameron or Ed Miliband would be Prime Minister. While thatβs likely, itβs not inevitable. We asked Michael Dobbs, the Tory peer and author of House of Cards, to let his literary imagination run a little wild.
0750
Schools could be pushed to breaking point over the next ten years schools as 900,000 new places for students will need to be found. The Local Government Association has released the warning this morning and said the cost will be Β£12bn. Meanwhile almost one in five primary schools does not have enough capacity for its pupils, according to the Labour party. Β ANN LYONS is headteacher of the Saint John Fisher Catholic Primary School and member of the National Union of Headteachers. Nicky Morgan is Secretary of State for Education.
0810
The French magazine Charlie Hebdo has revealed the cover of its first issue since the bloody attack on its offices; it shows a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed holding a Je Suis Charlie sign under the headline "All Is Forgiven." The distributors say they will publish up to three million copies of the first issue of the magazine since the attack. The usual print run is just 60,000, but there is demand from all over the world. Zineb El Rhazoui is a Charlie Hebdo columnist who was on holiday in her native Morocco when the attack happened and who has been part of putting together the latest issue.
0815
The deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will reaffirm his party's opposition to a so-called "snoopers' charter" in a speech today. Since terror attacks in Paris David Cameron has said the intelligence services need new powers to read the contents of communications. But Mr Clegg will warn new measures to track email and web traffic would "undermine" British freedoms. We speak to Nick Clegg.
0825
David Harsent, a 72-year-old poet, has won the TS Eliot Prize after being shortlisted five times (see 0725). We speak to David Harsent and Matthew Hollies, poet and biographer and poetry editor at Faber and Faber.
0830
Twenty-five different cancer treatments will no longer be funded by the NHS in England, health chiefs announced on Monday. NHS England announced the step after it emerged the Β£280m Cancer Drugs Fund, for drugs not routinely available. was to go Β£100m over budget in 2014/15. Some drugs will be removed and others restricted, a move charities say could leave some without crucial treatments. Dr Sarah Rawlings is assistant director of policy at Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Nigel Edwards is chief executive of the Nuffield Trust.
0840
It looks like the official inflation rate will drop below 1% tomorrow, meaning Mark Carney could become the first governor since Bank of England independence in 1997 to write an open letter to the chancellor explaining why inflation is so low. Does low inflation matter? Robert Peston is economics editor.
0845
Thereβs a warning that prisons in England and Wales are struggling to cope with the levels of violent behaviour, in particular by gangs. The warning comes from Peter McParlin, the chairman of the Prison Officers Association, who's told the File on 4 programme that staff are managing "on a wing and a prayer". It comes on the day an inspection report into Feltham Young Offenders in west London expresses serious concern about the βunpredictable and reckless" nature of violence. Β Danny Shaw is our home affairs correspondent.
0850
In the argument about free speech that's become so inflammatory in the last week, where do most of us want to draw the line? Everyone feels offended by something. How far the freedom to offend should be protected; and when can self-censorship be justified? Khalid Mahmood is Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Bar and a Muslim. Jodie Ginsberg is chief executive of Index on Censorship.
All subject to change.
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