26/04/2017

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Scientists have calculated the optimal strategy for throwing something accurately. They say generally a slow throw is more accurate. Madhusudhan Venkadesan is assistant professor in mechanical engineering and materials science at Yale University.

0710

Labour has promised if elected to increase pay for NHS staff and to restore bursaries for nurses in training. Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt is the health secretary.

0715

All US Senators are being offered a classified briefing on North Korea at the White House. Justin Webb has been talking to Max Baucus who was the US ambassador to China under Barack Obama and a former senator.

0730

Donald Trump's first 100 days in office have persuaded some Americans that the long simmering cultural divide between rural and urban America needs to be addressed. The BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher reports.

0740

A primitive type of human, once thought to be up to three million years old, actually lived just 200,000 to 300,000 years ago. Professor Chris Stringer is the research leader in human origins at the Natural History Museum. 

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Three police officers and two staff have "cases to answer" following the shooting of two women at a puppy farm in 2014, inquiries have concluded. Tom Milsom is IPCC associate commissioner and Gavin Stephens is deputy chief constable of Surrey Police.  

0810

NHS staff will get higher pay and there will be no tuition fees for student nurses and midwives under a Labour government, the party is promising. Paul Johnson is the director of IFS and Jonathan Ashworth is the shadow health secretary.

0820

Climate change will mean that gardeners will have to adapt with new plants and different techniques according to a new report. The north of Britain will see milder but wetter conditions while the south will become hotter and drier. The BBC’s Science Editor David Shukman reports.

0830

Gina Miller is formally launching "Best for Britain" - a crowd-funded organisation focussed on encouraging tactical voting to support election candidates who will “reject any Brexit deal that leaves Britain worse off”. Gisela Stuart is Labour MP and Brexit campaigner.

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A Thai man filmed himself killing his baby daughter on Facebook Live, before taking his own life, Thai police say. Hemanshu Nigam is the former chief security officer of MySpace who now runs online safety consultancy SSP Blue.

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Labour has promised if elected to increase pay for NHS staff and to restore bursaries for nurses in training. Will the Liberal Democrats match these commitments? Norman Lamb is the health spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats.

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