WEEKLY PROSPECTS - STRICTLY NOT FOR BROADCAST

Here is a list of stories IRN/Sky News Radio is working on for the next week.
Note some of these stories may be embargoed.

FRIDAY October 5

MISSING: Latest on missing April Jones in Machynlleth.

HAMZA: Judgement expected today in the last-ditch legal bids by radical
preacher Abu Hamza and other terror suspects as they attempt to fight
extradition to the USA. 

COVENTRY: A dentist who conned the NHS out of Â£1.4m in fraudulent works,
including claims for dead people, is expecting a hefty prison sentence today. Dr
Joyce Trail used the money to fund a lavish lifestyle which included luxury
holidays to the Caribbean and designer clothes

AUSTRALIA: The final funeral preparations for Jill Meagher are being made in
Melbourne with organisers hoping to ensure her family can mourn her tragic death
in private.

SPORT.

WALES - Chris Coleman announces squad for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers
against Scotland and Croatia (0900).


SATURDAY October 6

STAB MUM: Mother of murdered 17 yr old Jay Whiston - stabbed to death at
Facebook party - is to campaign in schools against knife crime and calls for
tougher sentences and greater police powers to stop and search. Five youths are
on bail pending another hearing on Oct 17th.

BIKERS: Thousands of motorcyclists from around the country making a pilgrimage
to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. 

SOLDIERS: A group of Amputees from the US and UK will join forces to conquer
the Soldier Ride UK Challenge from Saturday, 6th to Thursday, 11th October 2012.
Despite suffering life-changing injuries in the line of duty, the riders will
depart from Sandringham Estate.

SPORT.

FOOTBALL - Full day of action - see IRN Live Sport Advisory for full coverage
details.

RL SUPER LG - Grand final between Leeds and Warrington at Old Trafford (1800).

SUNDAY October 7

CONSERVATIVE: Conservative Party conference. Opening of conference with
conference chairman, Paul Swaddle and Conservative Party chairmen, Andrew
Feldman and Grant Shapps.

SPORT.

PREM LG - 4 matches - see IRN Live Sport Advisory for full coverage details.

MONDAY October 8

CONSERVATIVE: Conservative Party conference. 0900 The UK in Action - Secretary
of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers Secretary of State for Wales,
David Jones Leader of the Scottish Conservatives and Unionist Party, Ruth
Davidson. 1100 The Economy - Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick
McLoughlin. Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne 14.30 Turning
Communities Around - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith
Secretary of State of Communities and Local Government.

OLDBURY: Teenager to appear in court charged with the murder of a 16-year-old
boy who was stabbed outside a party at a social club. Ben Morutare, from
Walsall, West Midlands, was knifed in the leg during a disturbance at the
Smethwick Home Guard and Old Comrades Club in Oldbury Road, Smethwick, during
the early hours of July 28. 

CHELMSFORD: Trial of man charged with 1979 murder. Sally McGrath, 22, was
found naked in a shallow grave in woodland near Peterborough in March 1980 after
vanishing in July 1979. Paul Barry Taylor, 59, originally from Peterborough and
now living in Hampshire, denies murder. He has also denied three counts of rape,
one of buggery, one of attempted rape and one of indecent assault.

ALDRIDGE: Ellie Simmonds open top bus. Paralympic swimming gold medalist Ellie
Simmonds has open-top bus tour round her Aldridge hometown.

LEEDS: Man due to go on trial accused of the murder of his five-year-old son.
Pazeer Ahmed is accused of murdering Haroon Ahmed Bhatti, who was found
dead at his home in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, in January this year.

READING: Plea and case management hearing of Jerome Small, 31, who is charged
with murdering 17-year-old Jordan Maltushi at a nightclub in Reading,
Berkshire.

MEDWAY: Two police officers to appear in court after a man died under police
restraint. PC Maurice Leigh and PC Neil Bowdery are to be prosecuted for
misconduct in public office over the death of 52-year-old Colin Holt in
Gillingham, Kent, in August 2010. 

MANCHESTER: Ellie Goulding album signing. Ellie Goulding performs live and
signs copies of her new album Halcyon, out last month. HMV, 90-100 Market
Street, M1 1PD.

SPORT.

TUESDAY October 9

CONSERVATIVE: Conservative Party conference. 0900 Environment, Energy and
Climate Change Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Owen
Paterson. 0945 International Development Secretary of State for International
Development, Justine Greening. 1100 Mayor of London. 1130 Health and Education -
Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Education,
Michael Gove. 14.30 Home Affairs and Justice - Home Secretary Theresa May.

HUDDERSFIELD: A teenager will be sentenced for posting an offensive Facebook
message about the deaths of six British soldiers in Afghanistan. Azhar
Ahmed, 19, of Fir Avenue, Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, was found guilty of
sending a message that was grossly offensive on March 8.

LONDON: Launch of translation of New Testament into Jamaican patois. Jamaica
High Commission 1 Prince Consort Road, SW7 2BZ. Richard Franklin Bible Society
01793 418223 or 07545 924914.

SPORT.

FOOTBALL - Royal visit to make the official opening of the National Football
Centre at Burton (1100).

CRICKET - Yorkshire open their campaign in cricket's Twenty20 Champions League
(1230 BST).

WEDNESDAY October 10

CONSERVATIVE: Conservative Party conference. 1000 Celebrating the UK
-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Maria Miller 1115 The Prime
Minister David Cameron 1215 Conference ends.

BIRMINGHAM: Charlotte Church joins Hacked Off at a Conservative fringe event.
Church is among invited speakers asking 'What future for the press
post-Leveson?'.

SPORT.

THURSDAY October 11

LONDON: Former detective constable Ryan Coleman-Farrow is due to be sentenced
for faking police records linked to rape and sexual assault cases. He pleaded
guilty to 13 counts of misconduct in a public office on September 12.

US: Presidential debates. A series of four televised debates will dominate the
run-up to the polling date.

LONDON: Roger Moore book signing. James Bond legend appears in store to sign
copies of his new book, Bond on Bond (published October 4). Harrods,
Knightsbridge, SW1X 7XL.

SPORT.

RU CHALLENGE - First European action of the new rugby union season, with
Gloucester playing at Mont de Marsan in Challenge Cup (2030 BST).

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