31/10/2016
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0650
Just outside Liverpool, the borough of Knowsley is the lowest performing authority in England for pupils achieving five A to C GCSEs. Now a study suggests new selective grammar schools are the answer to raise standards for white working class children. Phillip Blond is director of ResPublica and Damien McNulty is from Knowsley NASUWT.
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The incitement to racial hatred trial of Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch far-right Freedom Party, begins at Schiphol court. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Anna Holligan reports.
0710
The chair of the Commons Health Select Committee has written to the chancellor ahead of the Autumn Statement on spending to warn that the government has not recognised the full extent of the financial pressure on the NHS. Sarah Wollaston is chair of the health select committee.
0715
Justice department officials have obtained a warrant to search the computer thought to have emails of a key aide to Hillary Clinton. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs special correspondent James Naughtie reports.
0720
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Damian Green will launch his Work and Health Green Paper today. Josie Evans was diagnosed with idiopathic anaphylaxis, which are life-threatening allergic reactions with a range of causes, from heat to pollen and perfume. It means she constantly needs to have a support worker with her.
0730
The FT reports that Mark Carney is favouring staying on as Bank of England governor for a full eight-year term. Kamal Ahmed is the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs economics editor and Daniel Hannan is MEP and critic of Carney.
0740
Vampires, immortalized in Bram Stokerβs Dracula, were born out of real-life accounts gathered by doctors and surgeons, according to research by Professor Nick Groom. Mr Groom is professor of English Literature at the University of Exeter and a specialist in Goth culture.
0750
When Nissan announced it would manufacture its two new models at its plant in Sunderland, its boss said it was thanks to the UK governmentβs βsupport and reassurancesβ. Paul Everitt is chief executive of aerospace manufacturers association ADS Group and Simon Jack is the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs business editor.
0810
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Damian Green will launch his Work and Health Green Paper today. Liz Sayce is chief executive of Disability Rights UK and Damian Green is secretary of state for work and pensions.
0820
The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ has defended transgender CΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ series Just A Girl against criticism that its story is inappropriate for young children. Cat Lewis is CEO of Nine Lives production company and Laura Perrins is co-editor of the Conservative Woman and former barrister.
0830
The Drug and Alcohol Partnership in Glasgow is expected to announce it will proceed with a plan to open the first ever 'fix rooms' in the UK, clinics where heroin addicts can safely inject the drug, which the addicts will supply themselves. Dave Liddle is CEO of the Scottish Drugs Forum and Neil McKeganey is founder of the Centre for Substance Use Research.
0840
Many teachers don't understand how best to help adopted children, or those in care, according to the charity Adoption UK. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Sanchia Berg reports and Hugh Thornberry is chief executive of Adoption UK.
0850
What makes a good ref or a bad ref? Researchers from Belgium and the UK think they have found out. Professor Werner Helsen is one of authors of the research published in the journal Cognitive Research. Keith Hackett is former FIFA referee and former chief executive of the Professional Game Match Officials Board.
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