16/10/2017
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ÌýA drive to teach 150,000 young people how to perform CPR begins today. Simon Gillespie is chief executive of the British Heart Foundation.
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ÌýThe Governor of the Bank of England says we're borrowing too much. He’s ordered a review of the way consumer credit is underwritten.ÌýRichard Koch is head of cards at UK Finance.
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ÌýAll schools in the Republic of Ireland will be closed today, as Storm Ophelia closes in. Stephen Murphy is a reporter for RTE’s Morning Ireland.
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ÌýToday Theresa May travels to Brussels to meet with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. Britain's departure from the block will be high on the agenda. John Redwood isÌýMember of Parliament for Wokingham.
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ÌýA report out today says that UK universities now generateÌýanÌýimpact of nearly £100bn for the UK economy and support almost a million jobs.ÌýProfessor Janet Beer isÌýhead of Universities UK and vice-chancellor of Liverpool University.
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ÌýFacebook is set to offer every UK secondary school a team of trained Digital Safety Ambassadors. Will Gardner isÌýCEO of Childnet International and Simon Milner is Facebook’s Director of Policy for the UK and Ireland.
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ÌýThe head of the Financial Conduct Authority has told this programme that there has been a "clear shift" in the general pattern of wealth and indebtedness in the UK, leaving people in greater debt at a younger age.ÌýKit Malthouse is a member of the Treasury Select Committee and Jonathan Reynolds is Shadow Economics Secretary.
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ÌýAstronomers studying gravitational wavesÌýandÌýripples in space are expected to announce today that they have “seenâ€� the event take place using optical telescopes.ÌýDr Karen Masters is anÌýastronomer from the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation.
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ÌýExperts from the AI industry have unveiled new plans to help the UK become a global competitor in the sector. Dame Wendy Hall is a professor of computer science at the University of Southampton and Luciano Floridi is professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford.
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ÌýTheresa May will travel to Brussels on Monday to meet with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, ahead of a decisive EU summit this week. Ken Clarke is a former Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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ÌýPolice are investigating three further sexual assault allegations involving Harvey Weinstein in London, the Âé¶¹Éç understands.ÌýCharles Finch is former head of international motion pictures at the William Morris Agency.
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ÌýHaving been released from his position of National Security Adviser, Sir Mark Lyall Grant is now warning about the complexity of setting up new defence and security arrangements with the EU after Brexit.
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ÌýThe Death of Stalin, a film looking at the aftermath of the leader’s death, opens in UK cinemas this week.ÌýArmando Iannucci is director of The Death of Stalin and Michael Palin plays Molotov in the film.
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ÌýHow do young people deal with debt? What has happened to the habit of saving and good housekeeping?ÌýSharah Jaswal is director of education MyBnk and Lord Willetts was Universities Minister in the Coalition Government.
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