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07/07/2016

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 7 Jul 2016 06:00

Today's running order


0650

MPs say they have "significant concerns" about the government's candidate for the next head of Ofsted.ΜύNeil Carmichael is Conservative MP and chairman of the Education Select Committee.

0655

The Surrey Science Centre is leading a β€˜space litter picking mission’ to clear up some of the 7,000 tonnes of junk floating around in space. Chiara Massimiani is part of the Surrey Space Centre’s RemoveDEBRIS research team.

0710

The Chilcot report found there was β€œwholly inadequate” planning and preparation for life after Saddam Hussein, leaving British forces seriously ill-equipped to deal with their post-war mission. General Sir Richard Shirreff commanded forces in south-eastern Iraq 2006 - 2007.

0715

Senior figures at the heart of Britain's invasion of Iraq have sought to blame the US for many of the problems that followed. Ann Clwyd was the prime minister's special envoy for human rights to Iraq and voted in favour of military action.

0720

The government’s controversial care.data NHS information sharing scheme has been closed. Dr Daniel Poulter was health minister 2012 - 2015.

0730

Tony Blair has made a passionate defence of his decision to go to war in Iraq - after an inquiry into the conflict heavily criticised the motives, execution and consequences of the 2003 invasion. David Frum is a former Bush speechwriter who coined the phrase β€˜Axis of Evil’.

Μύ0735

Tata Steel is expected to announce later this week that it will sell off its speciality steel making business and put the sale of the rest of its UK business on hold. Simon Jack is the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s business editor.

0740

The dream died last night, but already the Welsh football team and their fans are promising more and better to come in the next few months when qualification begins for the 2018 World Cup. The country reached the European Cup semi-finals, losing to Portugal 2-0. Today’s chief correspondent Matthew Price went to the game with the fans.

0750

The second round of the Conservative leadership contest will take place today with three candidates: the front-runner, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Theresa May, energy minister Andrea Leadsom and the Justice Secretary Michael Gove. Speaking on the programme is Lord Howard, former leader of the Conservative party.

0810

More discussion on the Chilcot report, which said ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair had overstated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein - and military action was not a last resort.

0830

Chilcot’s conclusions will have left many of those Labour MPs that voted against the Iraq war feeling vindicated.ΜύBut what do they want to see happen now? Diane Abbott is the shadow health secretary.

0835

Was just qualifying for the Euros bigger forΜύWalesΜύthan winning at Rugby? The former chair of Sports Wales, professor Laura MacAllister, thinks so.

0840

The EU referendum result is having a profound impact on German politics, with MPs bitterly divided over how to deal with Britain and how to rebuild Europe without it. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s Berlin correspondent Jenny Hill reports from the German parliament.Μύ

0850

Peter Taylor and Christina Lamb both extensively covered the Iraq war in the course of their journalistic careers. Peter has looked at the intelligence used in the lead up to the war and Christina reported from the country during the war. What did they make of the findings from the Chilcot Report?

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All subject to change.

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  • Thu 7 Jul 2016 06:00