
08/08/2015
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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Today's Running Order
0705
The Afghan capital Kabul had a bloody day yesterday after being hit by a series of attacks that have killed at least 40 people and injured hundreds of others. Philip Palmer is our correspondent in the city.
0710
A man who killed twelve people and wounded seventy others in a shooting at a cinema in the US state of Colorado in 2012 has been spared the death penalty. We hear from聽district attorney聽George Brauchler, the聽lead prosecutor, and Robert Sullivan, the grandfather of聽Veronica Sullivan,聽Holmes' youngest victim. David Willis is our correspondent in Los Angeles.
0715
More than 300,000 households in Lancashire have been told to boil drinking water after contamination with a microbial parasite. We hear from the people affected, as well as Kate Brierley, acting deputy director for health protection for Public Health England in Cumbria and Lancashire.
0720
The refugee crisis on the Greek islands of Kos, Chios and Lesbos off the coast of Turkey is total chaos, according the UNHCR. Vickie Hawkins, executive director of MSF UK, speaks on the programme.
0730
A Sudanese man has been charged after allegedly walking nearly the full length of the Channel Tunnel towards the UK. Charles Penny is the former deputy engineering director for the tunnel.
0740
The body of five-time Formula 1 world champion Juan Manuel Fangio has been exhumed in Argentina. Two men, now in their 70s, are trying to find out if he was their father. Ignacio de los Reyes reports from Buenos Aires for us this morning.
0740
The Premier League season starts today: Chelsea will begin their defence of the title with a home game against Swansea, and it's a historic day for Bournemouth FC, who play their first ever game in the top division of football. We hear from Neil Meldrum, deputy editor of the Bournemouth Echo.
0750
Next week the ballots will be sent out to Labour party members and affiliate members to vote on the next leader and deputy leader. Stella Creasy is Labour MP for Walthamstow and candidate for Labour deputy leadership.
0810
The demise of Kids Company has raised questions over how the charities manage their finances. Speaking on the programme is Paul Marshall, the chairman of ARK Schools and a philanthropist who decided against investing in Kid's Company, and Peter Kyle, Labour MP for Hove and former deputy chief executive of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations.
0820
In 1964 as the Beatles' fame reached its height John Lennon released In His Own Write, a collection of nonsense writing and illustrations. We hear from renowned Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn, as well as Jonathan Glew, director, writer and performer of In His Own Write, which makes its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe tonight.
0830
Following a series of attacks in Kabul which killed at least 40 people, we speak to Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General's special representative for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. Also on the show is Johnny Mercer, Conservative MP for Plymouth Moor View, who did three combat tours of Afghanistan, and Afzal Ashraf, a counter-insurgency expert at the Royal United Services Institute and ex-security advisor to the Iraqi and Afghanistan governments.
0840
The historian and poet Robert Conquest, who died this week aged 98, was a writer who carved out a reputation as a chronicler of the Stalinist era. One of his closest friendships was with the writer Kingsley Amis and we have been speaking about Conquest to his son - the novelist Martin Amis.
0845
Following last month鈥檚 ruling that neglect played a part in the deaths of three Army reservists, The Times is reporting this morning that SAS selection tests are to be changed to protect them from dangers such as extreme temperatures. Professor George Havenith is an expert in environmental ergonomics and heat-related illness at Loughborough University, and was one of the key witnesses at the inquest looking into the deaths of the three reservists.
0850
England are on the verge of regaining the Ashes after another dominant display against Australia on day two of the fourth Test at Trent Bridge. We hear from Kathy Lette, an Australian author living in London, and former England cricketer Matthew Hoggard.
All subject to change.
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- Sat 8 Aug 2015 07:00成人快手 Radio 4