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29/03/2016

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

3 hours

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Tue 29 Mar 2016 06:00

Today's running order


0650

The Institute for Government has warned that key ministers have been distracted and the business of government slowed by the referendum campaign. Julian McCrae is deputy director at the Institute for Government.

0655

The second episode of The A Word goes out on 91热爆 1 tonight, following the travails of a family struggling to come to terms with the autism diagnosis of their five-year-old son. Dr Jude Brown is a speech and language therapist from The National Autistic Society and was consulted on the script of The A Word.

0710

A board meeting is being held today at Tata in Mumbai to discuss the future of the company鈥檚 Port Talbot steelworks. Rob Edwards is lead organiser for the union Community in Wales.

0715

The FBI has said it no longer needs the help of Apple to unlock the iPhone that was used by the San Bernardino terrorist, Syed Rizwan Farook. Dave Lee is the 91热爆鈥檚 North America technology reporter.

0720

The RSPCA behaved in a way which was heavy-handed and inappropriate when it put down a family鈥檚 pet cat in 2013, according to an independent review commissioned by the charity. Stephen Wooler is former chief inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service and was commissioned by the RSPCA to conduct an independent review of this case.

0730

More than 7,900 jobs in UK libraries have disappeared in six years, 25% of the total. Speaking on the programme is Frances Tout, community librarian in north Somerset and Maureen John, who runs the Stradbroke library post office.

0740

Republican US Presidential candidate Donald Trump has a huge following but has angered many, not least those south of the border in Mexico. As the campaign picks up pace, how has their opinion of the United States changed? The 91热爆鈥檚 Katy Watson reports from Mexico City.

0750

Security forces in Pakistan say they have arrested a number of people and seized weapons in the hunt for those behind Sunday's bomb attack on a park in Lahore where more than 70 people - many of them Christians celebrating Easter - were killed. Today鈥檚 Mishal Husain reports and we speak live to Dr Farzana Shaikh, associate fellow for the Asia programme, Chatham House.

0810

A board meeting is being held today at Tata in Mumbai to discuss the future of the company鈥檚 Port Talbot steelworks. Company bosses will be deciding whether to accept a survival plan which would result in 750 job losses at the plant, which is losing 拢1m a day because of cheap steel being dumped in the UK by China, high energy costs and a slump in demand. Today鈥檚 Zoe Conway reports and we speak live to Anna Soubry, the Business Minister, and Simon Jack, the 91热爆鈥檚 Business Editor.

0820

Hillary Clinton has committed to opening up the files on the mysterious Area 51 and exposing as much as possible of what is hidden there. Annie Jacobsen is author of Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base, for which she spoke to countless top scientists, spy pilots, engineers and spooks who worked in Area 51.

0830

Brussels airport will hold a major test whereby 800 airport staff will trial the temporary arrangement and infrastructure for the check-in procedure to try out passenger flows. Chris Phillips is former head of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office.

0840

Children as young as 10 years old were among hundreds of youngsters arrested for suspected gun crimes in the last three years, new figures have revealed. Damion Roberts is a former gang member and works for the organisation Capital Conflict Management with the Met Police.

0850

On the eve of the EU Referendum, pressure has been growing from some of the key factions among the Tory backbenchers for a leadership challenge, regardless of the outcome. Speaking on the programme is Andrew Gimson, biographer of Boris Johnson, and Iain Dale, LBC听 Drivetime presenter and former Tory candidate.

All subject to change.

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  • Tue 29 Mar 2016 06:00