20/02/2016
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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NHS 111 helpline: Is it safe for young children?
Duration: 03:27
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Osborne: Gove has wanted to leave EU 'for decades'
Duration: 01:16
Today's running order
0710
David Cameron has said he will campaign for Britain to stay in the European Union with all his heart and soul, after agreeing a deal for what he called "special status". Norman Smith is the 91热爆鈥檚 assistant political editor and Rebecca Harms is German MEP from the Alliance 90/The Greens party.
0715
One of Britain鈥檚 most senior paediatricians in the country is calling for a review of the non-urgent 111 service. She says the line might not be "safe and effective" for diagnosing illness in young children. Neena Modi is president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
0720
The road to the White House passes through South Carolina today, where the next Republican primary contest is being held. Donald Trump has been leading in the polls, though Ted Cruz has been closing in. His message seems to be resonating strongly in the conservative south, as the 91热爆鈥檚 correspondent Nick Bryant reports.
0725
American air strikes in Libya yesterday, targeting IS group, are reported to have killed a Tunisian extremist linked to the attack that killed 30 British tourists in Sousse last year. PJ Crowley was the State Department spokesman in the runup to the intervention in 2011.
0730
After months of diplomacy and two days of intense negotiations in Brussels, the Prime Minister has said he has secured the reforms he'd promised - and staying in the EU now offers "the best of both worlds".听 Hilary Benn is Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
0735
Grassroots campaigners for Leave were promised a surprise special guest speaker at a big event in Westminster last night. When it was revealed to be George Galloway, quite a few walked out. Speaking on the programme is Kate McCann, senior political correspondent at The Telegraph who was there.
0740
Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, has died aged 89. Michael Freedland is a broadcaster and author who interviewed Lee in 1978.
0750
On Friday evening the local authority in the French town of Calais issued an eviction order to the thousands of migrants living in the southern part of the so-called Jungle camp. Thomas Fessy is the 91热爆鈥檚 correspondent in Calais.
0810
David Cameron has said he will campaign for Britain to stay in the European Union with all his heart and soul, after agreeing a deal for what he called "special status". Anne-Marie Trevelyan is Conservative MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed.
0820
In the past 24 hours we have learned about the deaths of two world-famous authors. Harper Lee died yesterday and Umberto Eco died on Friday, but his death was not announced until midnight. James Naughtie reports from Edinburgh.
0830
David Cameron has said he will campaign for Britain to stay in the European Union with all his heart and soul, after agreeing a deal for what he called "special status". Speaking live on the programme is the Chancellor George Osborne.
0840
The stakes are increasing in the standoff between Apple and the US Department over an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino killers. Speaking live on the programme is a technology journalist Rupert Goodwins.
0850
After months of diplomacy and two days of intense negotiations in Brussels, the Prime Minister has said he has secured the reforms he'd promised - and staying in the EU now offers "the best of both worlds".听 Speaking live on the programme is Laura Kuenssberg, the 91热爆鈥檚 political editor, and Guardian columnist Matthew D鈥橝ncona.
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