11/05/2016
Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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Facebook has denied allegations from former workers who claimed they were asked to supress conservative news stories from their influential βtrending newsβ section. Technology news site Gizmodo based on whistleblowersβ accounts said Facebook staff choose to bury articles they did not agree with. Dina Rickman is Head of Social and Trending content for the Independent.
0710
David Cameron was caught on camera describing Nigeria and Afghanistan as "fantastically corrupt" in a conversation with the Queen about this weekβs anti-corruption summit in London. The PM will be welcoming leaders of commonwealth countries to London today for the conference that starts tomorrow. Patricia Scotland QC is Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Heathrowβs chief executive John Holland-Kaye will announce today that they accept the conditions set by the Davies Commission - which have to be met before a third runway can get the go-ahead. John Holland-Kaye is chief executive officer at Heathrow Airport Holdings.
0720
Too many school buildings are failing children and teachers, according to a report from the Royal Institute of British Architects. They say that the government's Education Funding Agencyβs new school building programme is not spending money in a way which will ensure schools are designed in a way that is fit for purpose.
0730
One of the arguments being put on both sides of the EU referendum debate is whether Brexit would make Britain safer or less secure. The terror attacks in Paris and Brussels have heightened fears that the EU principle of the free movement of people puts this country at risk. Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller is former director general of MI5 (2002-2007).
0740
The discovery of gravitational waves earlier this year was one of the most extraordinary scientific breakthroughs of our time. Hundreds of scientists worked on what became a billion-dollar experiment, using the most sensitive scientific instrument ever made: LIGO. But what was the human cost of the achievement?Β Janna Levin is professor of Physics and Astronomy at Columbia University and has written an account of the discovery called 'Black Hole Blues'.
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Yesterday the Queen was caught on camera making unguarded comments about the Chinese government. She told a senior police officer; Commander Lucy DβOrsi that she had heard the Chinese had been very rude to Britain's ambassador to China during President Xi's state visit last year. Menzies Campbell is former leader of the Liberal Democrats and an expert in foreign affairs and Kerry Brown is professor of Chinese studies at Kings College London, former First Secretary at the British Embassy in Beijing.
0810
Boris Johnson set out what was billed as his βliberal, cosmopolitanβ case for leaving the EU this week. He speaks to us on the programme.
0830
Last year the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, which is the final stage for complaints about the NHS in England found that people's deaths or suffering could have been prevented if hospitals carried out certain checks before discharging people. Dame Julie Mellor is chair of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
0840
Millions of people are driven from their homes in the Middle East by war and poverty. One story we don't hear of very often is people fleeing domestic violence. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ's Sahar Zand has been to Sweden to meet an Iranian asylum seeker, who arrived a few weeks ago.
0850
In the wake of the Hillsborough inquest verdict, today Labour are publishing their set of proposed amendments to the Police and Crime Bill that include a legal right to funding for victims' families and the power to cut the pensions for retired officers if they're found guilty of misconduct. Andy Burnham is Labour Shadow ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary.Β Β
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More on the report from the Royal Institute of British Architects saying that too school buildings are failing children and teachers: Jane Duncan is President of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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