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09/01/2016

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

2 hours

Last on

Sat 9 Jan 2016 07:00

Today's running order

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0710

Three foreign tourists have been injured after two suspected Islamic State militants stormed into a hotel in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada. Our correspondent James Reynolds is in Cairo.

0715

The acting head of the City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, has told the Â鶹ԼÅÄ that recent criticisms that it has "gone soft on the banks" are not true. She says the regulator is being as tough as ever. Paul Lewis, presenter of Radio 4's Money Box is on the programme.

0720

The United Nations is hoping to start delivering food on Monday to the besieged Syrian town of Madaya.Ìý It reports that 42,000 people in the town are at risk of hunger and starvation. ÌýLarry Hollingworth is a veteran aid worker with the UN refugee agency the UNHCR and now Visiting Professor of Humanitarian Studies at Fordham University.

0725

British aviation adventurer, Tracey Curtis-Taylor has arrived in Sydney after flying nearly 21,000 kilometres from the UK in a biplane. She joins our programme from Sydney.

0730

At the beginning of this week Jeremy Corbyn embarked on a re-shuffle of his cabinet. Over the next three days two ministers were sacked, three employed, one moved sideways and three resigned in protest. Conor Pope is the Acting Editor of Labour List and Sam Parry is a long-standing Labour party member, a councillor in Dagenham and supporter of Jeremy Corbyn.

0750

High-level talks about the diplomatic crisis between Saudi Arabia and Iran are taking place this weekend. Alastair Crooke is the Director and Founder of Conflicts Forum. Ìý

0810

The acting head of the City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, has told the Â鶹ԼÅÄ that recent criticisms that it has "gone soft on the banks" are not true. ÌýVince Cable is the former Liberal Democrat MP and Business Secretary and Chris Philp is the Conservative MP on the Treasury Select Committee.

0820

Matt Charman’s screenplay for ‘Bridge of Spies’ was nominated for a BAFTA yesterday. It was his first original screenplay, which he pitched by phone to Stephen Spielberg in November 2013, after a trip to the US to attend the opening of one of his plays. He is joining us live on the programme.

0825

Three foreign tourists have been injured after two suspected Islamic State militants stormed into a hotel in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Hurghada. Will Geddes is a counter terrorism expert and the founder of International Corporate Protection.

0830

Armed police are to be moved to parts of Manchester where gang feud shootings have taken place, after a spate of attacks in the city. Joining us on the programme is Dr Robert Ralphs, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University and a trustee of Mothers Against Violence and Dave Thompson, Chief Constable of West Midlands Police and lead for criminal use of firearms and gang related crime with the National Police Chiefs Council.

0835

The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said the government must consider changes in the law, after a wave of attacks on women in Cologne on New Year's Eve. Dr Andrea Den Boer is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Kent and a specialist in gender and international relations and the causes and consequences of violence against women.

0840

The National Lottery jackpot will roll over to an estimated £57.8m tonight in the biggest prize in the lottery history. National Lottery organisers Camelot says it has led to an "unprecedented" level of interest.Ìý Sally Cowdry is the marketing director at Camelot.

0850

There has been a lot of focus on Marks and Spencers this week after chief executive Marc Bolland announced he was stepping down. Food sales remained strong in the company’s third quarter sales but general merchandise, including clothing, suffered. Joining us on the programme is Marie O'Riordan, former editor of Marie Claire and Lynne Mccrossan, author and style writer.

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All subject to change.

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  • Sat 9 Jan 2016 07:00