31/01/2017
Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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0650
Researchers have identified traces of what they believe is the earliest known prehistoric ancestor of humans,Ìýa microscopic, bag-like sea creature that lived about 540 million years ago. The creature has been named Saccorhytus. Professor Simon Conway Morris is from St John’s College Cambridge and author of the research paper.
0655
The Jo CoxÌýcommission onÌýloneliness will launch today to take forward the work of the murdered MP.ÌýRachel Reeves is the Labour MP for Leeds West and co-chair of the Jo Cox commission on loneliness campaign and Kim Leadbeater is Jo Cox's sister.
0710
Donald Trump has fired his acting attorney-general, Sally Yates. She had ordered Justice Department lawyers not to defend the president's travel restrictions in court, saying she wasn't convinced they were legal. Alan Dershowitz is emeritus professor of law at Harvard University.
0720
The Bank of England publishes its monthlyÌýMoney andÌýCredit report at 0930. It comprises lending figures to individuals and businesses.ÌýJoanna ElsonÌýis the chief executive of the Money Advice Trust.
0725
Is
the way in which the Government will fund new apprenticeships a monumental
waste of money?ÌýDr Hilary Steedman isÌýaÌýsenior research fellow
at LSE specialising in apprenticeships.
0730
This week Camilla Cavendish, journalist and former head of the
Downing Street Policy Unit, has been reporting for us on air pollution and
particularly the problems caused by diesel emissions.ÌýMike Hawes is the
chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
0740
Doctors say aÌýkey malaria treatment has failed for the first
time in patients being treated in the UK.ÌýDr Colin Sutherland is the
clinical scientist and reader in parasitology at the London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine.
0750
MPs
will today debate the Government's plans to trigger Article 50 and start the
process of leaving the EU. Owen Smith is the Labour MP for Pontypridd and Nicky
Morgan is the former education secretary and Conservative MP for Loughborough.
0810
A
state visit to Britain later this year by President Trump will go ahead,
despite mounting opposition.ÌýLord Ricketts is the former permanent
secretary at the FCO and was the chair of the royal visits
committee.ÌýAndrew Bridgen is the Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire.
0820
A secret network of wildlife traffickers selling baby chimpanzees has been exposed by a year-long Â鶹ԼÅÄ News investigation.ÌýWill Travers is the president of wildlife charityÌýThe Born Free Foundation.
0830
A father of 5 who began a new life as a woman after leaving an
ultra-orthodox Jewish community has lost a family court fight over her
children. Ariel Abel is the rabbi of the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation.
0840
The US has some of the highest corporate tax rates in the world and Donald Trump wants to change all that. Simon Jack is our business editor.
0845
A
report by a committee of MPs has described housing conditions for asylum
seekers in the UK as "disgraceful". Cllr David Simmonds is the
chairman of the Local Government Association's Asylum and Migration and Refugee
Task Group.
0850
Last night saw another set of protests against President Trump,
this time against his immigration policy.ÌýEmma McNally is the organiser of
the London Women’s March which took place last weekendÌýand Julian Baggini
is the writer and philosopher.
All subject to change.
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- Tue 31 Jan 2017 06:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4