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Today: 07/07/2012

07/07/2012

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Debating social care, plus the latest on the floods and Murray's chances of victory.

Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Debating social care, plus the latest on the floods and Murray's chances of victory.

0735
Torrential rain has been causing disruption as a month's rain fell in parts of the UK within one day yesterday. The number of flood warnings - meaning flooding is expected - reached more than 60 in England, and 145 flood alerts were in place across the UK last night. Pete Fox from the Environment Agency surveys the extent of the flooding.

0753
The government is expected to outline plans to cap the cost of social care in England. Simon Gillespie, chairman of the Care and Support Alliance, comments on the news.

0810
The response to the false terror alert on a bus on the M6 has been seen as an over-reaction on the part of police and security services. Was it a heavy handed response from police getting too twitchy in the run up to the Olympics? Or given that there were other arrests this week when weapons were found in a car - was it entirely proportional? Dr Tim Brain is a former chief constable of Gloucestershire. Jodie Blackstock is from the civil rights group Justice.

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