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17/07/2017

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

3 hours

Last on

Mon 17 Jul 2017 06:00

Today's Running Order

0650

Today's #PuzzleForToday has been set by Marcus Du Sautoy, who is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.

0655

The Humber Bridge and the home of poet Philip Larkin are among nine places in Hull to receive listed status during its year as the UK City of Culture. Roger Bowdler is director of listing at Historic England.

0709

The government has announced this morning which companies have been awarded contracts to build the first part of HS2 linking Birmingham and London. Chris Grayling is transport secretary.

0720

Important talks on the Brexit bill begin again today in Brussels. AdamΜύFleming is the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Brussels reporter.

0730

Government's counter radicalisation programme, Prevent, says that a third of its referrals are for people feared to have extreme right wing views that could turn into violence. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Sangita Myska reports.

0740

American filmmaker George A. Romero, whose 1968 cult classic, Night of the Living Dead spawned the zombie movie genre, has died at the age of 77. John Russo is a screenwriter who worked with George A. Romero.

0750

The High Court is to begin the hearing of a terminally ill man who wants the right to die. Baroness Finlay is co-chair of the think tank Living and Dying Well. Lord Falconer introduced the 2014 Assisted Dying Bill.

0810

The UK's financial settlement is expected to be discussed in the next round of negotiations in Brussels tomorrow. Owen Paterson is Conservative MP for North Shropshire and former government minister and Ales Chmelar is secretary of state for European affairs in the Czech government.

0820

The chancellor Philip Hammond has warned ministers against leaking cabinet talks on the pay cap after reports that he had said that public servants were "overpaid". Laura Kuenssberg is the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s political editor.

0825

Jodie Whittaker has been announced as Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord - the first woman to be given the role. Jenny Colgan is an author who has written for the series' books and audio dramas.

0830

Police are not investigating properly and charging cases prematurely, according to the former crown prosecutor for Northwest England, Nazir Afzal.

0835

A month after the Grenfell Tower blaze, many of the victims remain in limbo – waiting for new accommodation. ShamenderΜύTalwar is a psychologist and co-founder of the Unity of Faiths Foundation charity.

0840

We frequently discuss the decline of wildlife however some species like parakeets and Chinese mitten have been celebrated in a new book called Inheritors of the Earth. Chris Thomas is a biologist professor and Tom Feilden is the Today programme’s science editor.

0845

How serious a threat is the far right to UK security? Paul Stocker is research associate in fascist studies at Teeside University.

0850

Philip Hammond has warned ministers against leaking cabinet talks on the pay cap. David Mellor is former Cabinet minister and Fraser Nelson is editor of the Spectator.

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  • Mon 17 Jul 2017 06:00