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It's National Sickie Day today and although some of us would call in sick in favour of a duvet day, for some, there may be a more serious reason for taking absence from work. Our reporter Anviksha Patel spoke to Dr Jill Miller, Research Adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, who carried out some research to find out the real causes of unexplained sickie days. Jill began by explaining what her results revealed.

Employers should increase the number of older people in the workforce by one million over the next five years to plug a growing skills shortage prompting a new initiative to encourage people aged between 50 and 60 to remain in the workforce. So what advantages would this offer? That's the question our reporter Tom Hill put to the Government's Business Champion for Older Workers Andy Briggs.

Sarah Pennells was joined by Editor in Chief at Money.co.uk Hannah Maundrell. Today on the agenda, they discussed how companies are being urged to hire more people aged 50-69. Plus they look into the PM's plans to increase the number of affordable rental homes. All these stories and more on The News Review.

Randgold's share price is up almost 5% after the miner announced a record year and raised its dividend by 58%, while Ryanair maintains its outlook despite profits falling. For this and more of the day's company news, Ed Bowsher was joined by Ken Odeluga of City Index.

Labour MPs have been told to cancel leave and be prepared for a three-line whip as the party enters another difficult week in which it will push for a series of amendments before a final vote on the Brexit bill. Sarah Pennells was joined by Peter Catterall - Reader in the History Department of the University of Westminster to discuss the reaction to the content of the Brexit White Paper.

Joining us to discuss what the main market headlines of the morning are is Share Radio's very own Juliette Foster. Starting with budget airlines - Ryanair has released its Q3 results, and we also have traffic stats from EasyJet. In gold mining - Randgold Resources has reported its Q4 results this morning. And we also have numbers for one of the leading global diamond producers - Gem Diamonds.

John Feeney, Managing Director, Commercial Real Estate at Lloyds Banking Group, joined Juliette Foster on Share Radio Breakfast to talk about the call from top business leaders for urgent infrastructure investment. Industrial strategy is a hot topic at the moment, and infrastructure seems to be at the heart of it. So how is the UK's national infrastructure fairing up against that of other developed countries?

The Business of Film with film critic, James Cameron Wilson looking at the biggest winners and losers at the box office this week, including Sing, T2 Trainspotting, Hacksaw Ridge and much more.

Two weeks ago today, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States . In the meantime, America has seen the travel ban, a pick for the Supreme Court, and today new sanctions against Iran. How has the Oval Office been treating President Trump? Share Radio's Simon Rose was joined on the line by Dennis Goldford, Professor of Political Science at Drake University in Iowa.

The Share Radio Evening Show teams up with the FT Money Editor Claer Barratt to talk Serious Money - the personal finance and investment highlights of the FT Money section. On this edition, Claer and Share Radio's Simon Rose talk about 'active investing'. They discuss Merryn Somerset Webb's column on Trump, how cautious savers have lost £100bn of investment returns over past decades, and a clamp down on quick-fire trading.