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16/03/2016

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 16 Mar 2016 06:00

Today's running order


0650

A man has been charged with stealing private information, including nude photos and video, after hacking the email accounts of Hollywood celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence. Peter Bowes is the 91热爆鈥檚 Los Angeles correspondent.

0655

Today鈥檚 budget has been trailed as a budget that will 鈥減ut the next generation first鈥, with education reforms already emerging as a centrepiece. Lesley Batchelor is OBE director general of the Institute of Export.

0710

Donald Trump won a decisive victory in the key state of Florida but lost to John Kasich in Ohio. We have been speaking to former Republican hopeful Ben Carson about why so many Americans are backing Trump

0715

Labour have suspended for a second time a member who posted anti-Semitic tweets. This follows days of accusations of anti-Semitism within the party. Speaking on the programme this morning is Jeremy Newmark, chair of the Jewish Labour movement.

0720

Dog owners are being warned about a deadly tick-borne disease that has entered the UK. A fourth case of the life threatening tick-borne disease Babesia has been found in Essex which appears to be a hot spot. Chris Packham is a naturalist and broadcaster.

0730

Today鈥檚 budget has been trailed as a budget that will 鈥減ut the next generation first鈥, with education reforms already emerging as a centrepiece. On the programme this morning is David Finch, Leader of Essex County Council.

0740

Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons returns to the stage to star in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night at the Bristol Old Vic, the theatre where he made his professional debut in in 1969. The 91热爆鈥檚 arts correspondent Rebecca Jones has been to talk to him.

0750

E-cigarettes could be banned in places where children are present in a landmark vote on the Public Health Bill in the Welsh Assembly. Linda Bauld is professor of Health Policy at the University of Stirling and David Rees is chair of the Health and Social Care Committee.

0810

George Osborne will set out 拢4bn in extra spending cuts and announce investment in the UK's infrastructure when he presents his Budget to MPs. Cameron Thorpe is CEO DP of World London Gateway and Catherine Colebrooke is IPPR chief economist.

0820

Today鈥檚 budget has been trailed as a budget that will 鈥減ut the next generation first鈥, with education reforms already emerging as a centrepiece. Speaking on the programme is the 91热爆鈥檚 economics editor Kamal Ahmed, political editor Laura Kuenssberg and business editor Simon Jack.

0825

Sylvia Anderson, who co-created Thunderbirds with her husband Gerry Anderson, has died at the age of 88. She was instrumental in helping to create the show and also provided the original voice of the iconic character of Lady Penelope. Last year Sylvia Anderson spoke to Jim on this programme.

0830

Education will be a key theme in the budget with a plan to extend secondary school lessons and activities at least an hour beyond the 鈥淰ictorian鈥 3.30pm bell. Lucy Powell is shadow education secretary.

0835

Donald Trump has taken another stride towards securing the Republican nomination for the US presidential election, winning three big primaries including the key state of Florida. Speaking on the programme is the Radio 4鈥檚 James Naughtie.

0840

George Osborne will set out 拢4bn in extra spending cuts and announce investment in the UK's infrastructure when he presents his Budget to MPs. Speaking on the programme is Ashleigh Burgess, engineering apprentice, Stephen Allabush, quay crane terminal operative and Emma Grace from the property development office.

0850

JG Ballard鈥檚 High-Rise, published 40 years ago, hits the cinemas this week in a film adaptation directed by Ben Wheatley, the English director. Speaking on the programme is Claire Jamieson, an architecturally trained historian and Peter Flannery, creator of play and later 91热爆 TV series Our Friends in the North, about a group of friends from Newcastle.

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  • Wed 16 Mar 2016 06:00