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20/10/2015

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 20 Oct 2015 06:00

Today's running order

0650

Researchers at Kings College London have found a new way of switching off the gene that causes diseases like Parkinson's.

Dr Joe Bateman, who worked on the research for King's College London, is live on the programme.

0655

Huge demand for tickets to the first screenings of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ has put a strain on cinema websites.

0710

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the UK last night for the start of a four-day state visit which David Cameron has said hails a "golden era" in ties between the two countries.

Councillor Stephen Carr is Conservative leader of Bromley Council. The Council entered into an exclusivity agreement for the development of Crystal Palace with Chinese firm ZhongRong Group that fell through.

James Mcgregor is chairman of the consultancy company APCO Worldwide's greater China region and author two books on China in Shanghai.

0715

The row over changes to the government’s tax credits policy continues. The Treasury are digging in and have told the Â鶹ԼÅÄ that the government's total changes to tax credits will save the taxpayer 15 billion pounds a year.

0720

A register of England's heritage at risk is published today showing that it's our ancient barrows or tombs that are in most need of rescue.

0740

Tata is expected to confirm 1200 job losses at its steel plants in Scunthorpe and Scotland.

0745

Further analysis of Chinese President Xi Jinping‘s state visit to Britain (see 0710).

0750

The former Labour health minister Lord Warner has resigned his party whip in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the party.

Lord Warner is live on the programme.

0810

Further analysis of Chinese President Xi Jinping‘s state visit to Britain (see 0710 & 0745).

Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond is live on the programme.

0820

The popularity of cycling in Peckham in South-East London has rocketed in recent years and has two professional riders who are hoping to compete at the Rio Olympics.

0830

Further analysis of the government’s tax credits policy (see 0715).

Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Seema Malhotra is live on the programme.

0840

More than a thousand people, including young children and babies, spent around 12 hours in no man's land between Croatia and Slovenia in cold, wet conditions with no shelter on Monday.Ìý

The Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s Nick Thorpe went to Sentilj on the Slovenian / Austrian border where some of these migrants began arriving in the early hours of Tuesday.

0845

Critically acclaimed Channel 4 sitcom ‘Catastrophe’ follows the classic boy meets girl storyline, until a drunken fling and an accidental pregnancy occur. Series one was broadcast earlier this year, series two returns later this month.

Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney are co-writers and co-stars of ‘Catastrophe’.

0850

The first ever report on police force efficiency has found that nine of the 43 forces in England and Wales "required improvement" or worse.

0855

Further analysis of Chinese President Xi Jinping‘s state visit to Britain (see 0710, 0745 & 0810).

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All subject to change.

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  • Tue 20 Oct 2015 06:00