28/11/2015
Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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0709
On Monday the Labour party will meet to try to agree a common position on intervention in Syria. However Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn has already ruled out air strikes. There are murmurs of resignations if he doesn't allow a free vote. Tom Barton is the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Political Correspondent.
0712
Three people have died in a gun attack at a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs. Nine others were wounded. John Suthers - the Mayor of Colorado Springs - spoke at a press conference after the gunman was arrested. James Cook, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s correspondent in LA is following the story.
0716
The Chancellor, George Osborne, has offered subsidies - not only to buyers but also to developers and housing associations to ensure that more houses get built. Shares in the major house builders rose on the news but can this plan deliver where so many in the past have failed? Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ reporter Sanchia Berg finds out.
0720Μύ
Stop the War Coalition is holding a 'National Day of Action' today ahead of the vote on possible airstrikes in Syria by the UK. Similar protests, public meetings and actions are planned in eighteen towns and cities, including Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and Swansea. Lindsey German is convenor of Stop the War.
0730
Russia has strengthened its anti-aircraft defences in Syria by moving a cruiser towards the coast and deploying new missiles at its main base. The row over Turkey's downing of a Russian combat jet on Tuesday rages on. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Russia not to "play with fire" with its operations in Syria. Keir Giles is Associate Fellow at Chatham House.
0740
It is twenty five years since Margaret Thatcher left Downing Street after stepping down as Tory leader. A previously un-broadcast recording of a briefing - given by her private secretary Bernard Ingrams the previous week at the British Embassy in Paris - has come to light in the Thatcher archive at Churchill College Cambridge.
0744Μύ
Further analysis of housing (SeeΜύ 0716). Jack Sidders is News Editor at Estates Gazette the property industry magazine.
Μύ
0750CΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ will be on air for an extra two hours from February. Instead of closing down at 7pm it will broadcast until 9pm with their usual mix of programmes. Alice Webb is the Director of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Children's.
0810
The former conservative chairman Lady Warsi wrote to her successor Grant Shapps in January asking for the party to do something about a tweet posted by Mark Clarke. It appears to contradict claims by the Conservative party that it had received no written complaints about the activist who is at the centre of a row over bullying in the party. He was suspended after the suicide of a young volunteer Elliot Johnson. Norman Smith, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Assistant Political Editor reports.
0817
Further analysis of Colorado gun attacks (See 0716). James Cook, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s correspondent in LA is following the story.
0820
Where does our consciousness come from? It's something the experimental psychologist Steven Pinker will be addressing in a public lecture on Monday evening at the New College of Humanities in London. He will consider how our thoughts, feelings, and drives come from the way our brain works. Today spoke to psychologist Steven Pinker.
0830
Further analysis of Labour on intervention in Syria (See 0709). Sima Kotecha reports from Slough. John Woodcock is Labour MP for Barrow & Furness. Clive Lewis isΜύ Labour MP for Norwich South.
0837
Justice Lowell Goddard is chairing the child sex abuse inquiry and described it as, "The task ahead of us is daunting". It formally opened back in July and won't start public hearings until next year. There are 12 separate investigations in England and Wales. Jim Gamble is a former head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre and a child protection expert.
0845Μύ
On October 2nd 1950 Charlie Brown first appeared in the Peanuts comic strip drawn by Charles M. Schulz. Snoopy arrived two days later. Sixty five years and a couple of months later, Snoopy 3D will hit our screens. Steve Martino is director of The Peanuts Movie.
0850
Further analysis of twenty five years since Margaret Thatcher left Downing Street (See 0740). Norman Tebbit isΜύ former Chairman of the Conservative Party.
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- Sat 28 Nov 2015 07:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4