29/06/2017
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0650
Dame Katherine Grainger, the incoming chair of UK Sport, says she has
"huge concerns about athlete welfare". The 成人快手鈥檚 sports editor Dan
Roan reports.
0655
A "striking and apparently unique" square monument has
been discovered within the famous stone circle at Avebury, archaeologists have
said. Dr Nick Snashall is the National Trust archaeologist for Stonehenge and
Avebury.
0709
Retired Court of Appeal judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick has been chosen to lead
the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, sources say. Our legal
correspondent Clive Coleman reports.
0712
Theresa
May's minority government has survived its first test of the new Parliament by
defeating a Labour amendment to the Queen's Speech. Labour had called for an
end to the public sector pay cap, and the recruitment of extra police and
firefighters. Debbie Abrahams is the shadow work and pensions secretary.
0715
Gatwick Express trains are set for disruption as drivers' union
ASLEF introduces an overtime ban for its members. Stewart Wingate is chief
executive of Gatwick Airport.
0720
The
National Crime Agency says it's increasingly concerned about violent Albanian
crime groups which it says are exerting "considerable control" over
the UK drug trafficking market. Matthew Horne is deputy director general of the
NCA.
0730
The Northern Ireland Assembly will meet at
midday today to elect the First and Deputy First Ministers if the DUP and Sinn
Fein reach a deal on power-sharing. Peter Hain is the former Northern Ireland
secretary.
0740
President Xi has arrived in Hong Kong for celebrations to mark the 20th
anniversary of the return of the former British colony to China but not
everyone will be celebrating. Our China editor Carrie Gracie reports.
0750
A report by the Royal Society and British Academy has called for a new
supervisory body to ensure intelligent machines serve people rather than the
other way round. Professor Ottoline Leyser is the chair of the Royal
Society Science Policy Advisory Group and co-chair of the report. Matthew
Hancock is the digital minister.
0810
When China took control of Hong Kong, it promised the "one
country, two systems" formula would guarantee the island a high degree of
autonomy. Twenty years on, many residents increasingly fear China is
interfering in the city's affairs. His Excellency Liu Xiaoming, is the chinese
ambassador to the UK.
0820
Scientists have installed sensors across the Olympic Park in East
London to map the population of bats there. Kate Jones is a researcher from
University College London.
0825
Michael
Bond, the creator of beloved children's character Paddington Bear, has died at
the age of 91. Robert Alley is the illustrator of the Paddington books and
close friend of Michael Bond.
0830
Today marks three years since a so-called caliphate was declared in
Mosul. Sir Michael Fallon is at a meeting with NATO Defence Ministers today. In
notes briefed ahead of it he said that UK aircrew have now hit over 700 targets
in support of operations to liberate Mosul since last year. Michael Clarke is
former director general of RUSI.
0840
The British grass court season is now in full swing with Eastbourne this
week and then the holy grail of tournaments, Wimbledon, beginning on Monday.
Andy Murray is the defending champion and Jo Konta is a genuine threat in the
women's singles鈥 but it's not just our top players under pressure. Our
correspondent Simon Mundie reports.
0850
The sixth biennial Manchester International Festival starts today.
The festival describes itself as the 鈥渨orld鈥檚 first festival of original, new
work and special events鈥. John Mcgrath is the festival director and Sharmeen
Obaid-Chinoy is the two-time Academy award-winning filmmaker.
0855
The mighty oak has been central to English history and culture for
centuries. But precisely why does England have more ancient oaks than anywhere
else in Europe put together? Aljos Farjon is a research fellow at Kew Gardens and author of
Ancient Oaks: In the English Landscape and Alice Thompson is the Times
columnist.
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