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10/02/2017

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 10 Feb 2017 06:00

Today’s running order



0650

Around one in five train passengers using ticket machines could be either paying too much for their journey or putting themselves at risk of a penalty fare according to the rail regulator. John Larkinson is the director of Railway Markets and Economics and the Office of Rail and Road and Paul Plummer is the chief executive of Rail Delivery Group.

0655

A new exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries uses a spectacular selection of eyewitness accounts, scientific observations and artwork to chart how our understanding of volcanoes has evolved over the past two millennia. David Pyle is the professor of Earth Sciences at Oxford University and curator of the exhibition.

0710

President Trump had sought to restore his ban on all refugees and travellers from seven mainly Muslim countries entering the United States but a federal court sitting in San Francisco ruled against the administration. Betsy McCaughey was an adviser in President Trump's transition team.

0715

One of Germany's most senior banking regulators has warned London that it is likely to lose its role as "the gateway to Europe" for vital financial services. Artur Fischer is the CEO at the Berlin stock exchange.

0720

The collapse in oil prices has had an acute impact on the North Sea oil industry. The Oil and Gas Technology Centre in Aberdeen will aim to develop technologies that reduce the cost of drilling wells by as much as 50%. Colette Cohen is the chief executive of the centre.

0725

Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds of children from Nazi tyranny, was described as "an enduring example of the difference that good people can make even in the darkest of times” by Theresa May. Barbara Winton, who is the daughter of Sir Nicholas Winton, has urged the prime minister to reconsider her decision to halt the scheme which offers refuge from lone children from Syria.

0730

A judgement will be handed down today at the Court of Appeal that could have huge implications for the so-called “gig economy”, where people are employed by companies on a job-by-job basis. Jacqueline McGuigan is a solicitor representing plumber Gary Smith and Charlie Mullins is the Head of Pimlico Plumbers.

0740

Researchers at Northumbria University say that looking at a basic dance can offer an insight into our personality, intelligence and creativity. Nick Neave is the lead researcher from Northumbria University and Arlene Phillips is the choreographer and former Strictly judge.

0750

Patients in the UK could face delays of up to two years getting new drugs if Britain withdraws from the EU's medicines regulator, this programme has been told. Dr Philippa Whitford is the MP and SNP health spokesperson at Westminster.

0810

A fifth of students in independent schools received extra time to complete GCSE and A-level exams last year. Peter Hamilton is the headmaster at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School and Lucy Powell is former Labour shadow education secretary.

0820

The iconic children’s author and illustrator famed for The Snowman and Fungus the Bogeyman has been awarded the BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award. We speak live to Raymond Briggs.

0830

Downing Street has sought to play down a warning from a government source that the House of Lords could be abolished if peers try to block the Brexit bill. Crossbench peer Lord Kerslake is former head of civil service and chair of King’s College Hospital.

0840

Pig's nose, sugar bush and grand sultan are among rare varieties of apples that are being grown in a new orchard to safeguard their future. Jim Arbury is a fruit tree specialist at the Royal Horticultural Society.

0850

Saudi Arabia is coming under a harsh spotlight for its leading role in the war in neighbouring Yemen which is causing growing hardship, including alarming levels of starvation. Lyse Doucet is the BBC's chief international correspondent.

0855

What are the big questions still standing in the way of work to cure cancer and how can we answer them? Josephine Bunch is from the National Physical Laboratory and Sir Harpal Kumar is the chief executive of Cancer Research UK.


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  • Fri 10 Feb 2017 06:00