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24/02/2017

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

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0650

The actor Tom Hanks is writing a book all about typewriters. Why are people still so interested in such an obsolete piece of technology? Keira Rathbone collects vintage typewriters and makes visual art with them.

0710

The two by-election results are in: ÌýThe Conservatives have won in Copeland, beating Labour in a seat it has held since 1983 but Labour were victorious in Stoke-on-Trent fighting off UKIP’s Paul Nuttall. John Curtice is a professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde and senior research fellow at National Centre for Social Research and Paul Oakden is the chairman of UKIP.

0730

No government has gained a seat in a by-election since 1982 so how will Theresa May react to winning Copeland from Labour. Sir Patrick McLoughlin is the chairman of the Conservative party.

0740

Manager Claudio Ranieri has been sacked by Leicester City, nine months after leading them to the Premier League title. Jamie Thorpe is from the Leicester City Fan Club.

0750

The RBS 2016 full-year results are to be announced at 7 o’clock this morning. Ross McEwan is RBS chief executive.

0810

The two by-election results are in: ÌýThe Conservatives have won in Copeland with Trudy Harrison but Labour were victorious in Stoke-on-Trent fighting off UKIP’s Paul Nuttall. Today’s Zoe Conway reports from Copeland. John McDonnell is the shadow chancellor and John Pienaar is the Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s deputy political editor.

0830

The resounding majority for Brexit in Stoke could have re-energised politics. Does the fact it didn’t, as it elected in Labour’s Gareth Snell, suggest the apathy runs deep? Danny Flynn is the chief executive of Hanley YMCA and Roisin Maguire is former head teacher at St. Joseph’s College in Stoke.

0840

Manager Claudio Ranieri has been sacked by Leicester City, nine months after leading them to the Premier League title. Gary Lineker was born and raised in Leicester and is a former Leicester City player.

0850

We have two, potentially far-reaching by-election results this morning. Labour have been defeated in Copeland for the first time since the seat was created but are victorious in Stoke after a UKIP challenge fizzled out. Matthew Goodwin is a professor of politics at the University of Kent, Anushka Asthana is joint political editor at The Guardian and George Parker is political editor at the Financial Times.

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  • Fri 24 Feb 2017 06:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4