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29/06/2017

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 29 Jun 2017 06:00

Today's running order


0650

Dame Katherine Grainger, the incoming chair of UK Sport, says she has "huge concerns about athlete welfare". The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s sports editor Dan Roan reports.

0655
A "striking and apparently unique" square monument has been discovered within the famous stone circle at Avebury, archaeologists have said. Dr Nick Snashall is the National Trust archaeologist for Stonehenge and Avebury.

0709
Retired Court of Appeal judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick has been chosen to lead the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, sources say. Our legal correspondent Clive Coleman reports.

0712
Theresa May's minority government has survived its first test of the new Parliament by defeating a Labour amendment to the Queen's Speech. Labour had called for an end to the public sector pay cap, and the recruitment of extra police and firefighters. Debbie Abrahams is the shadow work and pensions secretary.

0715
Gatwick Express trains are set for disruption as drivers' union ASLEF introduces an overtime ban for its members. Stewart Wingate is chief executive of Gatwick Airport.

0720
The National Crime Agency says it's increasingly concerned about violent Albanian crime groups which it says are exerting "considerable control" over the UK drug trafficking market. Matthew Horne is deputy director general of the NCA.

0730
The Northern Ireland Assembly will meet at midday today to elect the First and Deputy First Ministers if the DUP and Sinn Fein reach a deal on power-sharing. Peter Hain is the former Northern Ireland secretary.

0740
President Xi has arrived in Hong Kong for celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the return of the former British colony to China but not everyone will be celebrating. Our China editor Carrie Gracie reports.

0750
A report by the Royal Society and British Academy has called for a new supervisory body to ensure intelligent machines serve people rather than the other way round. Professor Ottoline Leyser is the chair of the Royal Society Science Policy Advisory Group and co-chair of the report. Matthew Hancock is the digital minister.

0810
When China took control of Hong Kong, it promised the "one country, two systems" formula would guarantee the island a high degree of autonomy. Twenty years on, many residents increasingly fear China is interfering in the city's affairs. His Excellency Liu Xiaoming, is the chinese ambassador to the UK.

0820
Scientists have installed sensors across the Olympic Park in East London to map the population of bats there. Kate Jones is a researcher from University College London.

0825
Michael Bond, the creator of beloved children's character Paddington Bear, has died at the age of 91. Robert Alley is the illustrator of the Paddington books and close friend of Michael Bond.

0830
Today marks three years since a so-called caliphate was declared in Mosul. Sir Michael Fallon is at a meeting with NATO Defence Ministers today. In notes briefed ahead of it he said that UK aircrew have now hit over 700 targets in support of operations to liberate Mosul since last year. Michael Clarke is former director general of RUSI.

0840
The British grass court season is now in full swing with Eastbourne this week and then the holy grail of tournaments, Wimbledon, beginning on Monday. Andy Murray is the defending champion and Jo Konta is a genuine threat in the women's singles… but it's not just our top players under pressure. Our correspondent Simon Mundie reports.

0850
The sixth biennial Manchester International Festival starts today. The festival describes itself as the β€œworld’s first festival of original, new work and special events”. John Mcgrath is the festival director and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is the two-time Academy award-winning filmmaker.

0855
The mighty oak has been central to English history and culture for centuries. But precisely why does England have more ancient oaks than anywhere else in Europe put together? Aljos Farjon is a research fellow at Kew Gardens and author of Ancient Oaks: In the English Landscape and Alice Thompson is the Times columnist.

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  • Thu 29 Jun 2017 06:00