11/11/2016
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The Indian tax authorities have launched raids in Delhi, Mumbai and a number of cities in the south. The move comes just days after a sudden withdrawal of high denomination currency notes from circulation created a cash crisis across the country. The Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s Mumbai correspondent Yogita Limaye reports.
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£500million a year will be wasted by 2020 on sub-standard apprenticeships according to a new report by the think tank Policy Exchange. Jonathan Simons is author of the Policy Exchange report on apprenticeships.
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The Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82, his record company has confirmed. The Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s arts editor Will Gompertz reports.
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Donald Trump’s victory was a surprise but he had millions of voters. The Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s special correspondent Matthew Price reports on what those voters want.
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It is England vs Scotland tonight at Wembley Stadium. Last time the two sides met, England ran out 3-1 winners. Val McDermid is a Scottish crime writer who is one of the governors of Raith Rovers FC, and Hunter Davies is a football columnist for the New Statesman.
0730
The theory from some in the Brexit camp is that Trump’s victory gives Brexit Britain an opportunity to make a beneficial trade deal with the US. Lord Marland was the prime minister’s trade envoy in 2012-2013.
0740
The Bataclan in Paris, will reopen this weekend a year on from the attack there which killed 90 concert goers. Zoe Alexander is the sister of Nick Alexander, the only British victim in the attack.
0750
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said his party will vote against Article 50 in the House of Commons unless they are promised a second referendum.
0810
Barack Obama has held talks with his successor at the White House. He told Donald Trump he would do everything he could to help him set up his administration. The Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s special correspondent Matthew Price reports. Ted Kaufman is a former senator for Delaware.
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The Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82, his record company has confirmed. John Lissauer is an American music producer and composer.
0830
One notable feature of the election was the failure by many mainstream news outlets like the New York Times, Washington Post and CNN to foresee the possibility of a Trump presidency. Sir Harold Evans is editor-at-large of Reuters.
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An investigation by the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's Inside Out programme has found that some agency drivers delivering parcels for Amazon, the world's biggest online retailer, are put under so much pressure that they are driving dangerously and working illegally long hours. The Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s correspondent Beth McLeod reports.
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For more than 25 years Nigel Kennedy has been regarded as one of the world's leading violin virtuosos, he is the best-selling classical violinist of all time. Next month he will release for the first time a full album of his own compositions.
0850
England will take on Australia in the upcoming Four Nations clash against the world cup holders Australia. This will be the first time the two sides have met on home soil since 2013. Sam Burgess is the captain of the England rugby league team.
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A Heritage Lottery Fund project, ‘Different Perspectives: Archaeology and the Middle East in WWI’, is looking into the lives and stories of great archaeologists who became spies during WWI. Dr Debbie Challis is from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, and Dr Roderick Bailey is a historian at Oxford University.
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- Fri 11 Nov 2016 06:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 FM