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21/05/2016

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

2 hours

Last on

Sat 21 May 2016 07:00

Today's running order

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0710

Health economists say figures showing a record overspend by hospitals and other NHS trusts in England have "worrying implications" for the health service. The deficit reached almost two and a half billion pounds at the end of last month, which represents almost three per cent of the overall budget. Speaking live in the studio is director of research and economics at the independent think-tank The Health Foundation Anita Charlesworth.


0715

Google has announced a voice-activated device with a built-in speaker called Google ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ which can carry out tasks - such as booking cinema tickets - via a back-and-forth chat between the user and the software. It will compete with Amazon's Echo, which is a smart home device powered by the firm's proprietary virtual assistant Alexa. We speak live to ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.

0720

We live in an era when all the pressure is on towns and cities to come together ...to form their own form of powerhouse to take on London BUT plenty of places don't like the idea of being subsumed by their big metropolitan brother. Take, for example, the Royal town of Sutton Coldfield. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s Dave McMullan reports.

0730

George Osborne has warned that housing prices will be affected by a vote to leave the EU. He told the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ that a UK vote to leave the European Union would cause an "immediate economic shock" and by 2018 houses could be worth up to 18% less than if the UK voted to remain. ΜύSpeaking live on the programme to an estate agent and commentator on housing market Henry Pryor.

0740

This week's guest on Meet the Author is Jonathan Coe - our arts correspondent Rebecca Jones talks to him about his latest state of the nation novel, Number 11.

0750

If you were one of those who signed the petition calling for Donald Trump to be barred from visiting Britain you might want to turn off your radio now. The man who might be America's next republican president has been invited to come here by none other than the man who dubbed his policies stupid, divisive and wrong - the Prime Minister himself. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s Jim Naughtie reports.

0810

New data has come to light suggesting that smoke alarms went off just before an Egyptian airliner disappeared with 66 people on board on Thursday.Μύ Search teams have found wreckage, human remains and passengers' belongings in the Mediterranean. We’ve been speaking to Grace Nathan whose mother vanished with 238 others on board the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and who is also spokeswoman for the Malaysian families. And speaking live on the programme is David Learmount, operations and safety editor of Flight Global and an expert on aviation.

0820

Are concerns about the safety of e-cigarettes and vaping justified? They’re designed to help people stop smoking but critics have claimed that by encouraging vaping we are gambling with technology we don’t understand and that there is no convincing evidences that e-cigarettes help people quit. Speaking live on the programme is Μύbroadcaster, Michael Mosley.

0830

Health economists say figures showing a record overspend by hospitals and other NHS trusts in England have "worrying implications" for the health service. The deficit reached almost two and a half billion pounds at the end of last month, which represents almost three per cent of the overall budget. Speaking live on the programme is former chief executive of NHS England Sir David Nicholson.

0845

If you Google image search β€˜Volunteer abroad’, thousands and thousands of images will pop up of western youngsters playing with African and Asian kids. But are they doing more harm than good, especially those who volunteers to work in orphanages? Speaking live in the studio is LSE volunteer coordinator, and a supporting member of the David Coles and ΜύCEO and Founder of Agape, an agency which provides opportunities for internationalΜύGuillaume Lefevre.

0850

Both sides of the EU debate have been accused of using β€œfear” to motivate the public to vote for their side. There’s some debate about what the polls show. Phone polls seem to indicate a vote for Remain; online polling shows things are much closer. Fear of Leaving seems to be increasing despite claims that Project Fear is counterproductive or being ignored. Speaking live on the programme is chief innovation officer at Ipsos Mori, Claire Emes.Μύ
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0855

It’s FA Cup final day – Crystal Palace vs Manchester United. We speak live to comedian and crystal palace a fan, Mark Steel.

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  • Sat 21 May 2016 07:00