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28/06/2016

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 28 Jun 2016 06:00

Today's running order


0650

The British vote on EU membership could be an early sign of a European political ‘tsunami’ as “insurgent” political parties across the continent try to use referendums to challenge the status quo. This is claimed by a new report by the European Council on Foreign Relations. Susi Dennison is the author of the report. 

0655

Public trust and confidence in charities has fallen to the lowest recorded level since monitoring began in 2005, according to a report produced by Populus for the Charity Commission, the regulator of charities in England and Wales. Sarah Atkinson is director of policy and communications at the Charities Commission.

0710

England has been knocked out of the European Championships by Iceland, a country with a population the size of Leicester, prompting the immediate resignation of the manager, Roy Hodgson. Speaking on the programme is Graeme Le Saux, former England international, and Alyson Rudd, The Times sports writer.

0715

Allies of Jeremy Corbyn have said he will not resign despite facing a mass walkout from his shadow cabinet and a vote of confidence in his leadership. Matt Wrack is general secretary of the Fire Brigade Union.

0720

The European Parliament holds a special session today to discuss its response to Britain's decision to leave the European Union. Richard Corbett is MEP for York and Humberside and former adviser to former President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy.

0730

Plans to build a new £56 billion pound high speed rail line may have to be delayed to cut costs, a new report reveals. David Higgins is non-executive Chair of HS2.

0740

The father of Lauri Love, a man accused of hacking into several US federal computer systems and stealing information, has said he fears his son will kill himself if he's sent for trial in America. Speaking live in the studio is Reverend Alexander Love, Lauri's father.

0750

Britain could hold a second referendum on the terms of Brexit, Jeremy Hunt says in a letter published by the Daily Telegraph today. Speaking on the programme is Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary and former Remain campaigner.

0810

Allies of Jeremy Corbyn have said he will not resign despite facing a mass walkout from his shadow cabinet and a vote of confidence in his leadership. The BBC’s Ross Hawkins reports from the PLP meeting and rally of Corbyn supporters outside Parliament last night and we speak live to Dame Margaret Hodge, Labour MP for Barking and Dagenham, and Diane Abbott, Shadow Health Secretary.

0815 

Boris Johnson predicted the economic consequences of Brexit in a newspaper column a few weeks ago – was he right? The BBC’s economics editor Kamal Ahmed has been watching the markets.

0820 

It wasn't just the town and cities in the north of England that voted to leave the EU. Today’s Sima Kotecha has been to her home town of Basingstoke to find out why people there chose to leave rather than remain.

0830

The government has set up a ‘Brexit unit’ to develop a plan for the UK's arduous negotiations with the EU. Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott is constitutional law expert at Queen Mary University of London, and Lord Gus O'Donnell is former Cabinet Secretary.

0835

What differences will Brexit make to the UK’s ability to meet its Paris agreed obligation on carbon emissions reduction? Christiana Figueres is head of the UNFCCC, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

0840

A truly soluble aspirin has been hailed as a "potential game-changer" for research into brain cancer according to the charity Brain Tumour Research. Dr Kieran Breen is director of research and development at Brain Tumour Research.

0850

England has been knocked out of the European Championships by Iceland, a country with a population the size of Leicester, prompting the immediate resignation of the manager, Roy Hodgson. Speaking on the programme is Ian Watmore, former chief executive of the FA.

 

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  • Tue 28 Jun 2016 06:00