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06/10/2016

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 6 Oct 2016 06:00

Today's running order

All subject to change:


0650

Young criminals who pose with knives on social media could face more severe penalties under new sentencing proposals from the Sentencing Council. Richard Williams is Sentencing Council member and district judge.

0655

Toad numbers have fallen by more than two-thirds in 30 years, according to a new study. Silviu Petrovan is conservation coordinator at Froglife and one of the authors of this study.

0710

Undercover journalist Mazher Mahmood, known as the "Fake Sheikh", has been found guilty of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. Siobhain Egan is a criminal lawyer acting for six people affected by Mahmood.

0715

Will Theresa May's appeal to working class voters work? Today programme chief correspondent Matthew Price reports.

0720

New, independent research seen by the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ suggests Heathrow airport could build a new runway without breaking European pollution laws. Professor Rod Jones, from the University of Cambridge, is author of the study.

0730

We speak to Labour MP for Pontypridd Owen Smith in his first interview since losing the leadership race to Jeremy Corbyn.

0740

The new TV series Westworld made its debut this week, with more than three million people watching the first episode. Paul Lazarus produced the original Westworld film, based on Michael Crichton's novel, in 1973.

0750

More than 10,000 migrants have been rescued by the Italian coastguards over the past three days. Vincent Cochetel is UNHCR director for Europe and the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s Reeta Chakrabarti reports.

0810

Undercover journalist Mazher Mahmood, known as the "Fake Sheikh", has been found guilty of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. Nazir Afzal is chief executive of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and Emma Morgan is an actress and former Page 3 model who was on the receiving end of a β€œfake sheikh” sting.

0820

National Poetry Day will be marked across the country today with events, new poems, a special postmark and even poetry-themed tickets on Eurostar trains. For this programme the Prince of Wales has recorded the poem The Shipping Forecast by Seamus Heaney.

0830

Independent reviewer of terror legislation David Anderson QC has said that he's frustrated with the government's counter-extremism strategy because it’s not trusted by Muslims. We hear from Mr Anderson and Kalsoom Bashir, former lead Prevent officer at Bristol City Council.

0835

New, independent research seen by the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ suggests Heathrow airport could build a new runway without breaking European pollution laws. Cait Hewitt is deputy director of the Aviation Environment Federation.

0840

A big operation to retake Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, is expected to take place in the next few days. Lahur Talabani is head of Iraqi Kurdistan's Zanyari intelligence agency and a co-founder founding of the Counter-Terrorism Group.

0850

In Australia, politicians are being warned a ban on greyhound racing will be fought in the courts - and at the ballot box. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s Hywel Griffith reports.


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  • Thu 6 Oct 2016 06:00