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01/08/2017

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

3 hours

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Tue 1 Aug 2017 06:00

Today's running order


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Scientists have called for tougher laws to prevent women feeling that they must wear high heels in jobs against their will.ÌýHeather Morgan is social scientist and health services researcher, at the University of Aberdeen.

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Portsmouth Harbour is finally ready for the Royal Navy’s largest ever aircraft carrier. HMS Queen Elizabeth is currently undergoing sea trials and will arrive in her new home later this year. Captain Iain Greenlees is head of infrastructure at Portsmouth Naval Base.

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A new study published today reveals thatÌýDoctors in Birmingham have increased the number of pancreatic cancer patients eligible to undergo life extending surgery by a fifth byÌýreducing the average wait time.ÌýKeith Roberts is aÌýconsultant liver and pancreas surgeon.

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Centrica are announcing their half-yearly figures today. The company announced it would freeze bills for six months earlier this year with the period due to end in the month of August. Iain Conn is chief executive of Centrica, owners of British Gas.

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What will happen to British agriculture when we leave the EU?ÌýWarwick Lightfoot is director of research at policy exchange and Tim Breitmeyer is deputy president of the Country and Landowners’ Association.

0720

The Bank of England has been asked by the chairman of the treasury select committee to reveal how city firms are preparing financially for a cliff-edge Brexit. Dr Gerard Lyons is chief economic strategist at Netwealth Investments and Stephen Jones is chair executive of UK Finance.

0740

The new editor of UK Vogue Edward Enninful is the first male and the first black editor of a major British fashion title, taking over from Alexandra Shulman, who announced in January that she was leaving after 25 years in charge. Susie Lau is fashion blogger and Anna Murphy is Fashion Director at the Times.

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White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has been fired after fewer than 10 days in the post. Jon Sopel is our North America editor.

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CentricaÌý have announced their half-yearly figures this morning the company previously announced it would freeze bills for six months earlier this year due to end in August. Simon Jack is our business editor and Alan Whitehead isÌýShadow energy and climate change minister.

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The American actor and playwright Sam Shepard has died aged 73. He had been suffering from motor neurone disease. John Malkovich is academy award-nominated actor and Lindsay Posner is a theatre director.

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Suggestions that freedom of movement will continue after the UK leaves the EU are wrong, Downing Street has said. On Friday the chancellor Philip Hammond warned full controls could take "some time.ÌýJacob Rees-Mogg is conservative MP for North East Somerset.

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Verdi’s Requiem will be performed by Opera Holland Park tonight in memory of the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster. James Clutton is director of opera at Opera Holland Park.

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The US government has branded Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro "a dictator" and frozen any US assets, after he held a controversial poll. Katy Watson is our correspondent in Venezuela.

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Last week Richard Dawkins argued on Today that humans should apply rational thought when trying to solve the world's problems and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby responded on Monday that acting out of love and through emotion is an important part of what makes us humans. Dr Hannah Fry is a mathematician and Elizabeth Oldfield is director of the christian think-tank ‘Theos’.

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  • Tue 1 Aug 2017 06:00