04/07/2015

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Tomorrow Greece will vote yes or no to the bailout conditions proposed by its creditors. Its future in the euro is in the balance, although a no vote would not automatically push the country out of the Eurozone. Matthew Price reports from Athens.

0715

Three quarters of parents don't know that the law requires then to use a car seat for all children under 12 or the height of 1.35m, according to Which?. The survey found that a quarter of parents weren't using a car seat for their six to ten year olds. Alex Neill is campaign director for “Which?”.

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The economic cost of the industrial strike action in France by ferry workers over the last few days has been laid bare by Tim Waggott, chief executive of the Port of Dover, who said the problems cost the UK economy £250 million a day. Dan Cook is operations director of Europa Worldwide.

0730

A few days ahead of the Budget, David Cameron and George Osborne have set out the Government's plans to raise the threshold for inheritance tax, increase home ownership and build homes over the next five years. In an article in The Times they have reaffirmed the commitment in the Conservatives' general election manifesto to increase the inheritance tax threshold for couples who want to pass on their family home to their children to £1m by 2017. And they have defended their plans to extend the Right to Buy policy to housing association tenants from opponents who say it will hamper efforts to build more affordable homes. Toby Lloyd is head of policy at Shelter. Brandon Lewis is housing minister.

0740

Crucial talks between the world's major powers and Iran will continue in Vienna throughout the weekend. Overnight, Iran's foreign minister said a deal on his country's nuclear programme could lead to cooperation with the West against Islamic State militants. James Robbins reports.

0750

The government says four asylum seekers detained under the controversial Detained Fast Track system are eligible for 'substantive damages' after bringing a test case challenge about the fast tracking of their claims. A High Court Judge ruled that the scheme 'created an unacceptable risk of unfairness to vulnerable or potentially vulnerable individuals'. Leoni Hirst is barrister from Garden Court Chambers. Steven Woolfe is Ukip’s immigration spokesperson.

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Tomorrow Greece will vote yes or no to the bailout conditions proposed by its creditors. Its future in the euro is in the balance, although a no vote would not automatically push the country out of the Eurozone. Francesco Papadia is former director general for market operations at the European Central Bank.

0820

A leading researcher has told the BBC that industry needs to wake up and invest in better technology for people who use urinary catheters. Writing for the BBC's "Scrubbing Up" online column Professor Mandy Fader from the University of Southampton says their design has hardly changed in eighty years, even though they often get blocked or cause infections. Mandy Fader is professor of Continence Technology at the University of Southampton. Melanie Reid is a Times Columnist who has written about the problems facing catheter users.

0830

Tomorrow Greece will vote yes or no to the bailout conditions proposed by its creditors. Matthew Price reports.

0840

On February the 26th this year, a well known Bangladeshi-American writer, Avijit Roy, was returning home from a book fair in the capital Dhaka, when he and his wife were attacked by two men with machetes. He died on his way to hospital and his wife Bonya suffered severe injuries to her head and arms. Mishal Husain has been speaking to her about the rise of attacks on secular writers in Bangladesh.

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A game has been played which has stunned the chess world with its brilliance. Yesterday 16 year old Grandmaster and chess prodigy Wei Yi beat Cuban Grandmaster Lazaro Bruzon at an event in Danzhou, China, with a series of moves that has already been dubbed by some critics “the 21st century version of the Immortal Game”, one of the most famous chess matches ever. Dominic Lawson is presenter of Radio 4’s chess series Across the Board.

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The UNESCO World Heritage committee is meeting in Bonn this weekend, and is currently considering nominations for new World Heritage Sites. One of the candidates is the Forth Bridge in Scotland, which is described in its application as ‘the pinnacle of 19th-century bridge construction’ and ‘without doubt the world’s greatest cantilever trussed bridge’. Cindy Walters is an award-winning architect and 2014 Stirling Prize Judge. Antony Gormley is a sculptor.

All subject to change.