
22/11/2017
Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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0650
TheÌýformer Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts -Ìýwho raised university tuition fees to £9000 - has written aÌýdefence of the value of higher education in the world today. He joins us in the studio.
0653
The Chancellor Philip Hammond delivers his first Autumn Budget later today. Paul Johnson is director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
0709
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has resigned, bringing an end to 37 years of rule and sparking jubilant celebrations in the nation's streets.ÌýGarikayiÌýMushambadopeÌýis part of the team behind the documentary ‘Mugabe: Hero or Villain’, and Albie Sachs is an anti-apartheid lawyer.
0730
Philip Hammond is due to deliver the Budget later today, with the expectation of a drive to build lots of new houses. Anastasia Nesvetailova, is professor of political economy at City University London and Rupert Harrison is a former adviser to George Osborne.
0740
The Ashes - the most revered cricket contest in history - begins this evening (midnight GMT) in Brisbane with a 'slightly depleted' England side taking on Australia. Matt Root is father of the England cricket captain Joe Root.
0750
A court in the Hague will deliver its verdict this morning in the case of the former Bosnian Serb military commander General Ratko Mladic. Hasan HasanovicÌýescaped Srebrenica and survived the 100km journey to the free territory of Tuzla now known as the "Death March".
0810
We look ahead to the Chancellor’s Budget. Ross Hawkins reports, Kamal Ahmed is our economics editor, Laura Kuenssberg is our political editor and Simon Jack is our business editor.ÌýÌý
0820
After 37 years of rule, Robert Mugabe has resigned as president of Zimbabwe. Thomas Mapfumo is an anti-Mugabe musician.
0830
Today in the Hague, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia will issue its verdict on Ratko Mladic. Nick Thorpe reports and Jeremy Bowen is our middle east editor.
0845
Nearly a week after the disappearance of an Argentine submarine in the southern Atlantic, the navy has said that it's worried about oxygen levels inside the vessel. Stewart Little is a former Royal Navy submariner.
0850
Robert Mugabe has resigned as president of Zimbabwe with immediate effect after 37 years in power.ÌýChristina Lamb is chief correspondent at the Sunday Times.
0852
Supreme Court Justice, Lord Anthony Hughes has launched the first of a series of scientific guides for UK judges. Sue Black is the director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Dundee.
ÌýAll subject to change.
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- Wed 22 Nov 2017 06:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4