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Is the golden age of the rom-com over?
Duration: 03:35
Tuesday 15th September
0650
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has released a draft plan to improve air quality in the UK, alongside a consultation on the topic. The proposed 鈥榗lean air zones鈥� could mean the end of diesel cars in city centres, according to Lord Drayson.
0655
The chief executive Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has resigned a week before a care watchdog report is published. This is the latest in a string of resignations amid growing financial problems in hospitals. Chris Ham reports.
0710
MPs will today debate George Osborne's proposal to make changes to the tax credits system. Paul Johnson, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, discusses the potential impact on lower income households.
0715
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has warned that the public are at risk given the current assessment of the mental health of prospective gun owners. Stephen Otter from HMIC discusses.
0725
Australia is set to have its fourth prime minister in two years after Malcolm Turnbull ousted Tony Abbott as leader of the ruling Liberal Party in a secret ballot on Monday. Samantha Maiden is the national political editor for the News Corp Sunday papers in Australia.
0730
Today, veteran radio DJ Paul Gambaccini releases his memoir of the year he spent under investigation by the Met Police鈥檚 Operation Yewtree, before he was exonerated of the allegations. He joins us in the studio this morning.
0740
Personal digital assistants like Siri on the iPhone are still far from perfect but they are multiplying in number. Simon Jack reports from Seattle, where Microsoft鈥檚 version, Cortana, is about to be bundled with the latest version of Windows.
0755
New laws came into force in Hungary overnight allowing police to arrest and charge migrants entering the country illegally. Gyorgy Schopflin is the Hungarian MEP for Fidesz.
0810
Today MPs will debate welfare spending in the form of tax credits, Gordon Brown's big idea to help people on very low wages. Zoe Conway reports and Frank Field, MP for Birkenhead, is in the studio.
0820
Is the golden age of the Rom Com over? Screenwriter for the British rom-com 鈥楳an-Up鈥� Tess Morris and programmer for the BFI鈥檚 鈥楲ove鈥� Season, Rhidian Davis, discuss the future of rom coms in modern cinema.
0830
Veteran radio DJ Paul Gambaccini spent a year under investigation by the Met Police鈥檚 Operation Yewtree before being cleared of allegations. He has written a memoir about that year.
0835
Despite huge advances in artificial intelligence, machines have not yet usurped humans. Why not? Tom Feilden reports the answer may have to do with one of our most fundamental qualities: consciousness.
0840
How much is there still to be learnt from the Holocaust? Timothy Snyder鈥檚 new book 鈥楤lack Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning鈥�, offers a new explanation of the Nazi genocide.
0850
Following Jeremy Corbyn鈥檚 victory, how likely is it that we will see another rank outsider become leader of their party in the future? Jim Waterson is the deputy editor of Buzzfeed and Jean Seaton is the official historian of the 91热爆.
All subject to change.
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has released a draft plan to improve air quality in the UK, alongside a consultation on the topic. The proposed 鈥榗lean air zones鈥� could mean the end of diesel cars in city centres, according to Lord Drayson.
0655
The chief executive Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has resigned a week before a care watchdog report is published. This is the latest in a string of resignations amid growing financial problems in hospitals. Chris Ham reports.
0710
MPs will today debate George Osborne's proposal to make changes to the tax credits system. Paul Johnson, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, discusses the potential impact on lower income households.
0715
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has warned that the public are at risk given the current assessment of the mental health of prospective gun owners. Stephen Otter from HMIC discusses.
0725
Australia is set to have its fourth prime minister in two years after Malcolm Turnbull ousted Tony Abbott as leader of the ruling Liberal Party in a secret ballot on Monday. Samantha Maiden is the national political editor for the News Corp Sunday papers in Australia.
0730
Today, veteran radio DJ Paul Gambaccini releases his memoir of the year he spent under investigation by the Met Police鈥檚 Operation Yewtree, before he was exonerated of the allegations. He joins us in the studio this morning.
0740
Personal digital assistants like Siri on the iPhone are still far from perfect but they are multiplying in number. Simon Jack reports from Seattle, where Microsoft鈥檚 version, Cortana, is about to be bundled with the latest version of Windows.
0755
New laws came into force in Hungary overnight allowing police to arrest and charge migrants entering the country illegally. Gyorgy Schopflin is the Hungarian MEP for Fidesz.
0810
Today MPs will debate welfare spending in the form of tax credits, Gordon Brown's big idea to help people on very low wages. Zoe Conway reports and Frank Field, MP for Birkenhead, is in the studio.
0820
Is the golden age of the Rom Com over? Screenwriter for the British rom-com 鈥楳an-Up鈥� Tess Morris and programmer for the BFI鈥檚 鈥楲ove鈥� Season, Rhidian Davis, discuss the future of rom coms in modern cinema.
0830
Veteran radio DJ Paul Gambaccini spent a year under investigation by the Met Police鈥檚 Operation Yewtree before being cleared of allegations. He has written a memoir about that year.
0835
Despite huge advances in artificial intelligence, machines have not yet usurped humans. Why not? Tom Feilden reports the answer may have to do with one of our most fundamental qualities: consciousness.
0840
How much is there still to be learnt from the Holocaust? Timothy Snyder鈥檚 new book 鈥楤lack Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning鈥�, offers a new explanation of the Nazi genocide.
0850
Following Jeremy Corbyn鈥檚 victory, how likely is it that we will see another rank outsider become leader of their party in the future? Jim Waterson is the deputy editor of Buzzfeed and Jean Seaton is the official historian of the 91热爆.
All subject to change.
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