Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

29/09/2016

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 29 Sep 2016 06:00

Today's running order

Μύ

All subject to change.

0650

Amnesty International says there is credible evidence that chemical weapons have been used by the Sudanese government to kill hundreds of people, including children, in Darfur. Kate Allen is Director of Amnesty International UK.

0653

Ministers are "blatantly ignoring" safety concerns about so-called smart motorways, according to MPs. Edmund King is President of the AA.

0709

Experts have suggested that commonly prescribed painkillers - such as ibuprofen - are linked to an increased risk of heart failure. Helen Williams is consultant pharmacist for cardiovascular disease with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

0712

The question of whether the UK can retain access to the single market without having to accept the free movement of people is the key to the on going debate on what Brexit will eventually look like. Markus Kerber is head of the BDI which represents German industry.

0721

A Saudi Prince, the Queen and multi-millionaire businessmen are among farm owners in the UK receiving EU grants of hundreds of thousands of pounds. Christopher Price is from the Country Land Association director of policy and advice and and Doug Parr is policy director at Greenpeace.

0731

The most senior lawyer at the child abuse inquiry for England and Wales, Ben Emmerson QC, has been suspended. Ian Mcfadyen is a campaigner and survivor of abuse and James Berry MP is on the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Affairs Select Committee and was a barrister in the Leveson Inquiry.

0741

Carlos Acosta, one of the world's leading ballet dancers, bids farewell to classical ballet at the Royal Albert Hall next week. Nicola Stanbridge reports.

0750

A major research project has found that police body-worn cameras are having a profound effect on the behaviour of officers and the public. Jane Deighton is one of the founding partners of the solicitors Deighton Pierce Glynn.

0810

The question of whether the UK can retain access to the single market without having to accept the free movement of people is the key to the ongoing debate on what Brexit will eventually look like. Katya Adler is ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s Europe Editor, ΜύMatteo Renzi is Prime Minister of Italy and Nicky Morgan, former Education Secretary and was a prominent Remain campaigner in the referendum.

0823

Barnsley Football club have suspended their assistant manager Tommy Wright following more allegations of corruption in the Daily Telegraph. Brendon Batson is Executive Chairman of the Professional Players Federation and ex-West Brom player.

0832

In Britain each year, over one thousand heart operations are performed on babies less than one month old. Kate Bull, former cardiologist at Great Ormond Street hospital and author of the new book Open Hearts, and John Hunt, one of the first heart surgery patients in the UK.

0838

Former England manager Sam Allardyce said β€œentrapment has won” after he stepped down this week following a Daily Telegraph sting. Philip Clothier is an independent filmmaker who runs Snapper Television and Sir Vince Cable was business secretary when he was the subject of a Daily Telegraph sting where two journalists posed as mothers in his constituency surgery.

0848

Today brings yet more news that the Mediterranean diet is good for you. A study that suggests that people in the UK who eat a diet rich in fruit, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and olive oil - and low in red meat, with only moderate amounts of dairy, fish, poultry and wine - significantly reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke. Georgio Locatelli is Italian chef and founder of the Michelin-starred Locanda Locatelli.

0851

Radio 3 turns 70 today. As part of the celebrations, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 and Southbank Centre will come together for two weeks of live radio broadcasts and special events to mark the 70th anniversary of the Third Programme, the predecessor to ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3. Alan Davey is ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3's controller.

Μύ

Μύ

Μύ

Μύ

Broadcast

  • Thu 29 Sep 2016 06:00