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05/06/2017

News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

3 hours

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Mon 5 Jun 2017 06:00

Today's running order


0650

Saturday’s attack in London has prompted new fears about the safety of those who keep us safe. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s Nick Beake reports and Tony Long is a former specialist firearms command officer with the Metropolitan Police.

0655

The prime minister has said there has been "far too much tolerance of extremism" in the country - and that the way the UK takes on extremism and terrorism "needs to change". Hanif Qadir was a foreign fighter with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, before setting up the Prevent-funded Active Change Foundation in London.

0710

Forty-eight patients have been treated since the London attacks on Saturday night, with 21 of the victims still in critical condition in hospitals around the city. Malik Ramadhan is divisional director of emergency care and trauma at the Royal London Hospital, where 12 of the victims were taken.

0715

The prime minister has said the way the UK takes on extremism and terrorism "needs to change". Yvette Cooper is former chair of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Affairs select committee.

0720

London is picking itself up after the latest terror attack at London Bridge and Borough Market. This time, it was the city's bars and restaurants which were targeted. Jasmine Whitbread is chief executive of business group London First.

0725

The identity of the attackers in London Bridge has not been released by the police, but the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ understands that one of the suspects lived in Barking in East London. Someone who knew him has been speaking to Rickin Majithia from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Asian Network. To protect his identity we have used an actor to read his answers.

0730

The prime minister has said there has been "far too much tolerance of extremism" in the country. Frank Gardner is the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s security correspondent. Hannah Stuart is co-head of the security and extremism unit at Policy Exchange. Baroness Warsi is former minister of state for faith and communities.

0740

The benefit concert held in the wake of the Manchester attack turned into a night of unity, healing and joy for 50,000 music fans. Colin Paterson is the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s arts and entertainment correspondent.

0750

Prime Minister Theresa May has been warned that her promise to tighten regulation on tech firms after the London attacks will not work. Karen Bradley is the culture and media secretary.

0810

Twelve people have been arrested after the London Bridge and Borough Market attack which left seven people dead and 48 injured. Cressida Dick is commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

0820

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has warned that the anger generated by terrorist attacks must be turned into "a commitment to justice" rather than directed at Muslim communities. Justin Welby is Archbishop of Canterbury.

0830

The national campaigns will resume today with just three days until the General Election. Simon Jack is the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s business editor, Laura Kuenssberg is political editor and Katya Adler is Europe editor.

0840

Saturday night’s dual terrorist incidents in London prompted the first use of a new police warning to the public, to β€œrun, hide, tell” in the event of a weapons or firearms attack. Andrew Thurgood is a consultant nurse in pre-hospital care and works for charity Citizen Aid.

0850

This morning our programme has been dominated by the murder of seven people in an attack on London Bridge and Borough Market - an attack which left 48 injured, and more than 20 of those still critically ill. The artist Abbas Zahedi is a British-Iranian artist based in London whose work explores the idea of second generation immigrants living in the UK. He joins us this morning with a sound piece he has created after the attack this weekend to express his personal impression of the spirit of London.

All subject to change.

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  • Mon 5 Jun 2017 06:00