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Parenthood can make you live longer, according to new research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.Ìý Karin Modig is a research author from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

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Half of employers say that British graduates lack the skills needed for the workplace when they are first hired. Stephen Isherwood is the chief executive of the Association of Graduate Recruiters.

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It’s reported in the Times that Theresa May will reject Nicola Sturgeon’s demands for a second independence referendum within the next two years. Anas Sarwar is Labour MSP for the Glasgow Region.Ìý

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Violence in jails in England and Wales is at record levels - much of it fuelled by the illicit trade in drugs, such as the synthetic cannabis Spice, and the supply of mobile phones. John Podmore is a former head of the Prison Service's Anti-Corruption Unit and now an International Prison Services consultant.

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Muirfield golf club is set to announce the result of a vote on whether to admit female members. Maureen McGonagle is from the Scottish Women in Sport Foundation.

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Serious concerns have been raised over the use of public money by one of David Cameron’s flagship projects – the National Citizen Service. Meg Hillier is Labour chair of the Public Accounts Committee and Stephen Green is chair of the National Citizen Service.

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It is reported in the Times that Theresa May will reject Nicola Sturgeon’s demands for a second independence referendum within the next two years. Fiona Hyslop is the SNP’s Culture and External Affairs Minister.

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More than 450 researchers from all over the country descend on Aberdeen today for their annual conference on dementia. Hilary Evans is chief executive of Alzheimer’s Research UK.

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A new after-school vlogging club says it's been "blown away" by demand for its classes after they opened last month. Nick Ellison is founder of the Tubers Academy which teaches children vlogging skills.

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An oil tanker has been hijacked by suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia. Reports suggest it is the first such hijacking in the region in five years. Gerry Northwood is chief operating officer at MAST, the maritime risk management consultancy, and former Royal Navy counter-piracy commander.

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You may have seen male banana fiddler crabs, on nature documentaries, waving their brightly coloured giant claw to catch a female's attention, but scientists have now studied their drumming signal as well. Dr Sophie Mowles is a lecturer in behavioural ecology at Anglia Ruskin University.

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Donald Trump earned more than $150 million in the year 2005 but paid just a small percentage of that in regular federal income taxes. Betsy Mccaughey is a former economic advisor to the Trump campaign.

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Some Conservative MPs are furious at their own party about the way it’s handled allegations about election expenses. Today’s Ross Hawkins reports.

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Voters are due to go to the polls across the Netherlands in a closely watched general election. The Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s Europe correspondent, Gavin Lee, reports.

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Are we ready for driverless cars? A report into Driverless cars by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee claims the Government suggests we may not be. Professor Paul Newman is a BP professorial fellow in information engineering at the University of Oxford and founder of Oxbotica and Steve Gooding is director of the RAC Foundation.

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There's been a record number of incidents of identity theft, according to the fraud prevention organisation CIFAS. It says there were over 170,000 incidents in 2016. Mike Haley is deputy-chief executive of CIFAS.

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East African nations on the brink of famine are facing ‘the worst humanitarian crisis since WW2’ according to the United Nations. Andrew Harding is the Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s Africa correspondent and Saleh Saeed is chief executive of the Disasters Emergency Committee.

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An increasing number of European lorry drivers are being forced to live in their vehicle. Today’s reporter travelled across northern Europe investigating living conditions for drivers described by one judge as "inhumane". Zoe Conway reports and Agnes Jongerius is a Dutch trade unionist and politician.

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Germany's justice minister is proposing fines of up to 50 million euros ($53 million) for social networking sites that fail to swiftly remove illegal content, such as hate speech or defamatory ``fake news.'' James Blessing is a chair of The Internet Service Providers’ Association

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The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill has cleared its hurdles in the Commons and Lords and is awaiting Royal Assent. Lord Ricketts is a former Permanent Secretary to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2006-2010).

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The Supreme court rules later on whether the Court of Appeal was right to award inheritance money to a daughter, who'd become estranged from her mother. Clive Coleman is the Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s legal correspondent,

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This year marks a hundred years since the Russian revolution. Robert Service is a professor of Russian history at St Antony's College, Oxford. His book ‘Last of the Tsars: Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution’ was published this month.Ìý Catherine Merridale is a writer and historian, whose latest book, ‘Lenin on the Train’, is out in paperback next month.

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