04/06/2015
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200 years since Waterloo: Duke of Wellington's restored house
Duration: 01:12
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0710
The controversy over corruption at FIFA continues. This morning the former FIFA vice president Jack Warner has made an extraordinary TV appearance in which he says he fears for his life and claims he will prove a link between soccer's governing body and the national elections in his native Trinidad and Tobago. Ed Thomas is the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs reporter in Trinidad and Tobago.
0715
The Scottish government has complained that David Cameron's promise to stop subsidies to onshore wind power would damage Scotland's economy and cause a crisis of confidence with business and investors. Fergus Ewing MSP is Scottish Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism.
0720
People in mental health care units smoke more than three times as much as those in the general population according to new figures from Public Health England.Β The agency has published new guidance to encourage mental health hospitals to become smoke-free zones by implementing more stop-smoking services. Sima Kotecha reports.
0725
This year will mark 200 years since the Battle of Waterloo. In honour of the Duke of Wellington, the rooms in which he died have been restored by English Heritage and are being opened to the public tomorrow. The Duke died in Walmer Castle in Kent in 1852, he moved there after Queen Victoria gave him the title of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Our reporter, Zoe Conway, has been given a tour of his rooms by the curator Rowena Willard-Wright.
0730
A report into the financial pressures facing the police says the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Office doesn't have enough information to ensure it can make further cuts without "degrading" policing services. The National Audit Office, which monitors public spending, also criticises the way the department funds the 43 forces in England and Wales. Chief Constable Steve Finnigan is lead for performance management at the National Police Chiefs' Council.
0745
The FA chairman Greg Dyke said it was a good day for football when Sepp Blatter announced he was standing down as FIFA president this week. But despite years of allegations of corruption at FIFA, Mr Blatter has remained a popular figure in Africa. The continent hosted a World Cup under his presidency and FIFA has pumped money into the development of football there. Sammy Darko reports from Ghana.
0750
Panorama has revealed that anti-doping testing regimes used in the UK for the last 30-40 years don't really work. They failed to pick up cheats such as Lance Armstrong, and even the latest initiative, the Biological Passport, introduced in 2008, can be fooled. Mark Daly is a Panorama reporter.
0810
Former top Fifa official Chuck Blazer admits that he and others on the executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the choice of South Africa as 2010 World Cup host. The American says he also helped to arrange bribes over the 1998 event. Mel Brennan is a former FIFA delegate who worked for Chuck Blazer from 2001 and 2003 as head of special projects for CONCACAF. Richard Caborn is former sports minister and was also Gordon Brown's ambassador for England's 2018 World Cup bid.
0815
The United States has warned Russia that an increase in fighting in Eastern Ukraine could lead to 'additional costs'. Moscow in turn has accused Ukraine of 'provocative actions'. The recent fighting has been the worst in the region since a peace agreement was reached in Minsk in February. Tom Burridge reports.
0820
The Stone Age, the Iron Age, the Electrical Ageβ¦ mankind has neatly divided history into historical periods, each of which coincides with a distinct phase of scientific advancement. But should the era we live in now be termed βthe Quantum Ageβ, defined by a revolutionary understanding of βthe very, very smallβ in the field of Quantum physics? Brian Clegg is an award-winning science writer and author of 'The Quantum Age: How the Physics of the Very Small has Transformed Our Lives'.
0830
One of the architects of European Union foreign policy, the former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer, has warned David Cameron not to pin his hopes on Angela Merkel in his quest for EU reform. Katya Adler reports.
0835
People in mental health care units smoke more than three times as much as those in the general population according to new figures from Public Health England.Β The agency has published new guidance to encourage mental health hospitals to become smoke-free zones by implementing more stop-smoking services. Professor Kevin Fenton is national director of health and wellbeing at Public Health England.
0840
Panorama has revealed that anti-doping testing regimes used in the UK for the last 30-40 years don't really work (see 0750). Jason Gardener is a retired British sprint athlete.
0845
Scientists meeting in London today will warn of the damage that CO2 emissions from mankind will cause to the oceans. The open meeting at the Royal Society has been designed to inform government, the fishing industry, environment groups and members of the public about the predicted impact on sea life as the oceans soak up CO2 from the atmosphere and become steadily less alkaline. They say it's a huge issue that needs more public awareness. Dr Carol Turley of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory is co-ordinator at the UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme.
0850
How does society know when itβs reached a βtipping pointβ, a term defined by the author Malcolm Gladwell as βthat magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behaviour crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.β An event at Durham University today discusses whether we can learn to predict tipping points, for example on climate change. Sir Tim Smit is a panellist at the event βOn The Tipping Pointβ, at Durham University. Patience Wheatcroft is member of the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee.
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