25/08/2015

0650

The Policy Exchange think tank is calling on secondary schools to be fined for students who fail GCSE Maths and English. We speak to Natasha Porter, deputy head of education at Policy Exchange, and Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers.

0710

Stock markets across the world have fallen sharply as fears of a Chinese economic slowdown continue to haunt investors. We hear from Lord Adair Turner, economist and former head of the Financial Services Authority.

0715

The Civil Aviation Authority says flying displays over land, by vintage aircraft, are to be "significantly restricted" following the Shoreham air disaster. Paul Everitt is chairman of Farnborough International Limited, which runs Farnborough Airshow.

0720

The UK winner of the James Dyson Award, an international design award, has been announced as Joel Gibbard, whose company Open Bionics make affordable robotic hands for amputees or people born without hands. We speak to Mr Gibbard.

0730

The European Commissioner for Migration has told the BBC that some countries could be doing more to help with refugees and that EU member states should take the refugees they said they would when the quota system was agreed in May. We speak to Estonian MEP Urmas Paet.

0740

James Willis, an electrical engineering student, has developed a 16-part orchestra machine out of floppy disc drives. We speak to him this morning.

0750

The candidates in Labour's leadership election will meet Harriet Harman today to discuss concerns about the integrity of the contest. We speak to Labour Deputy Leadership candidate Caroline Flint and Timothy Straker QC, a specialist in electoral law.

0810

Stock markets across the world have fallen sharply as fears of a Chinese economic slowdown continue to haunt investors. Xinhua, the official state news agency in China, dubbed yesterday “Black Monday” after an 8.5% drop in the stock market, its biggest fall since 2007. We hear from Professor Ngaire Woods, Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, China editor Carrie Gracie, and economics editor Robert Peston.

0820

The former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker will perform alongside the BBC Philharmonic in a special late night Prom at the Royal Albert Hall. We speak to him this morning.

0830

It is dangerous and misleading for Western politicians to brand Islamic extremists as "medieval”, as their actions are profoundly contemporary and are often actually ahead of the curve, according to Jason Burke, the author and journalist who has studied Al Qaeda and other groups in recent decades.

0835

BT Sport has secured the live rights to the 2017-18 Ashes cricket series as part of a five-year deal with Cricket Australia. As Sky holds the rights to the 2019 Ashes series in England, it means that UK-based cricket fans will need to have access to both Sky Sports and BT Sport if they want to watch the 2017-18 and 2019 contests with Australia. Melinda Farrell is an Australian cricket reporter for the website Cricinfo. Roger Mosey is former director of BBC sport.

0840

A new frontier in digital technology is emerging that engages the senses of touch, taste and smell. David Sillito reports from the Tate in London.

0845

Researchers say they are closer to developing a vaccine to give life-long protection against any type of flu, after promising trials in animals. Dr Barney Graham is lead researcher from the National Institutes of Health in Maryland.

0850

Representatives of Labour's leadership contenders will meet senior party figures later today to demand infiltrators are weeded out ahead of next month's vote. Derek Hatton is the former deputy leader of Liverpool City Council who was thrown out of Labour in 1986 for belonging to the left-wing Militant Tendency faction. Rhea Wolfson is a young Jeremy Corbyn supporter.

All subject to change.