21/01/2016

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The International Concussion & Head Injury Research Foundation is launching a study that looks at the effects of concussion on men and women who have competed in these sports, to see if there are any correlations between head injuries and serious health complications that can arise later in life. Speaking in the studio this morning is Richard Dunwoody, former champion jump jockey and Dr. Michael Turner, founder of the International Concussion & Head Injury Research Foundation.

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More than 27 skeletons have been found in Kenya that are about 10,000 years old - many of them show signs of having died violently. Speaking live on the programme is Robert Foley, professor of Human Evolution at Cambridge University and co-author of the report on the discovery in Nature this week.

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A report into cases of sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile linked to the BBC is set to criticise the corporation's culture, according to a news website that says it has seen a leaked draft. Speaking live in the studio is Mark Watts, editor of Exaro news.

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The inquiry into the killing of Alexander Litvinenko will issue its report this morning. The former Russian intelligence officer was poisoned with radioactive Polonium in London ten years ago. Speaking on the programme is Tony Brenton, former British Ambassador to Russia.

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There is pressure on the Prime Minister to set out how he will present any deal he secures at next month’s European summit once he returns home to the UK. Speaking on the programme is the BBC’s political editor Laura Kuennsberg .

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As world and business leaders gathered for the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the FTSE 100 dropped more than 200 points yesterday to finish more than 20% from its peak in April last year. Speaking on the programme is Business Correspondent Simon Jack and chairman of RBS Sir Howard Davies

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It has been reported that Saudi Arabia has banned chess. Speaking to us is Nigel Short, English chess grandmaster and former chess coach of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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The BBC has learnt that more than 400 children under the age of 10 have been referred to the Government's de-radicalisation programme over in the last 4 years in England and Wales. Speaking on the programme is Kalsoom Bashir, co-director of the anti-extremism charity Inspire.

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A report into cases of sexual abuse by Jimmy Saville linked to the BBC is set to criticise the corporation's culture, according to a news website that says it has seen a leaked draft. Speaking on the programme is Liz Dux, a lawyer at Slater and Gordon who represents alleged victims of Jimmy Saville and Will Wyatt, former director of BBC television.

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The inquiry into the killing of Alexander Litvinenko will issue its report this morning. The former Russian intelligence officer was poisoned with radioactive Polonium in London ten years ago. Tony Brenton is former British Ambassador to Russia and Alexander Goldfarb was a friend of Alexander Litvinenko and is head of the Litvinenko Justice Foundation.

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Is there such a thing as a common British history that everyone can share whatever their background? Does there need to be a ‘black history’ or ‘white history’ of Britain? Speaking in the programme is historian and broadcaster David Olusoga and Andrea Stuart, author of Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire.

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Britain is facing a burial crisis. Recycling graves - the reuse of existing graves for burial - could be the solution. The BBC's Vishala Sri-Pathma visited a cemetery in London that has been putting this into practice.

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A report into cases of sexual abuse by Jimmy Saville linked to the BBC is set to criticise the corporation's culture, according to a news website that says it has seen a leaked draft. Speaking live in the studio is Steve Hewlett, presenter of The Media Show on BBC Radio 4.

All subject to change.