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15/11/2016

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 15 Nov 2016 06:00

Today's running order


0650

We are expecting to hear later this morning that inflation has risen again. Lord Haskins is former chair of Northern Foods.

0655

Independent Age have a report out today which finds that more than one in three of those aged 75 and over in Great Britain say that feelings of loneliness are out of their control. Janet Morrison is chief executive of Independent Age and Veronica Fenn lives on her own and has struggled with loneliness.

0710

Theresa May's government has no Brexit plan and a poor understanding of what leaving the European Union means for industry, according to a leaked memo prepared for the Cabinet Office. Sue Cameron is a journalist and Whitehall commentator.

0715

The government has confirmed the route for the second phase of the high-speed rail line HS2, from Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds. Rachel Cross is a Crofton resident and secretary of Stop HS2.

0720

Easyjet has just published its full year results. Today business presenter Dominic O'Connell speaks to Easyjet CEO Carolyn McCall.

0725

NHS England has come under attack for being secretive about its plans to re-organise the health service. On this programme yesterday morning the head of health think tank the King's Fund said hospital closures can lead to better care. So is that true? Today's Zoe Conway reports.

0730

There are some who think that with Bernie Sanders as the nominee the US presidential election may have had a different result. Mr Sanders is an independent senator for Vermont.

0740

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary Amber Rudd has approved the extradition to the US of Lauri Love, who is suspected of hacking into computers belonging to US military and federal government agencies. We speak live to Mr Love, who has Asperger’s syndrome and has said previously he feared he would die in a US prison.

0750

Jeremy Clarkson's new motoring show The Grand Tour launches this Friday on Amazon Prime. Andy Wilman is former executive producer of Top Gear and producer of The Grand Tour.

0810

The government has confirmed the route for the second phase of the high-speed rail line HS2, from Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds. Chris Grayling is secretary of state for transport.

0820

During the election campaign some celebrities in the US vowed they would rip up their passports and move to Canada if Donald Trump got into power. Will any of them follow through on their promise? Mae Martin is a Canadian comedian who moved to the UK when conservative Canadian Stephen Harper got into power. Geoff Norcott was an openly Leave voter in the Brexit debate and is a Conservative comedian.

0830

Theresa May says the government has to be hands-on when it comes to business, to ensure working people in every part of the country benefits from free trade and globalisation. John McDonnell is shadow chancellor.

0835

Donald Trump credited his social media presence for helping him win in states where he was outspent by Hillary Clinton and the Democrats. So who are the people who amplified Trump's online message? Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Trending’s Mike Wendling reports from Washington.

0840

In her speech last night to the Lord Mayor's Banquet at the Guildhall, Theresa May said she wanted Britain to be "the true global champion of free trade in this new modern world", and to ensure that all Britons profited from it. Dominic O’Connell speaks to the new Lord Mayor of London Andrew Parmley.

0850

The housing charity Shelter says it receives a call every 30 seconds from someone who needs help finding somewhere to live. Stewart Parkinson lives in a homeless hostel in High Wycombe and Zahra is a primary school teacher living in emergency accommodation with her two children. Mark Easton is the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Affairs editor.

0855

David Watson has been painting industrial Teesside for decades, but no-one seemed to pay attention. A few years ago the "forgotten artist" was rediscovered and now, at 72 years old, he has his first solo exhibition, Steel Flesh and Bone, at the Woodhorn Museum in Northumberland. We speak live to Mr Watson and Lisa McKenzie, author of Getting By: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain.

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  • Tue 15 Nov 2016 06:00