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Mind the Gap

18 Nov 2021

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There are accusations of betrayal as the HS2 rail extension to Leeds is scrapped. Train enthusiast, David Brewer, who has visited all the railway stat...

MPs’ booster jobs

17 Nov 2021

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There's been a heated row in parliament today about MP's taking on second jobs... Adam and Laura chat it through. The BBC's Sima Kotecha and her mum, ...

Fresh Airbnb

16 Nov 2021

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Are we going through the biggest change in travel since the invention of the aeroplane? The boss of Airbnb pops in on Newscast... Adam bumps into the ...

Louis Theroux

15 Nov 2021

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When Adam met… one of his heroes he talked to him about life in lockdown, good interview techniques and how to make a hit podcast! As well as Louis ...

Coalplay

13 Nov 2021

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A global climate deal has been agreed in Glasgow... and here's our episode on how it happened. Adam and Rebecca Morelle talk it all through as the fin...

COP26: Endgame

12 Nov 2021

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We're still assembled in Glasgow as the climate summit reaches its climax. After two weeks of intense talks, negotiations are continuing over a final ...

High Drama Sharma?

11 Nov 2021

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Alok Sharma needs to turn up the drama to get COP where it needs to be, says Ed Miliband. Instead of ‘No Drama Sharma’, the former Labour leader t...

Secretary Pete!

10 Nov 2021

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We chat with Pete Buttigieg, the US transportation secretary about today's draft COP26 climate change agreement, life as a working parent in the US an...

A Cox Up?

09 Nov 2021

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Sir Geoffrey Cox MP has been working remotely from the Caribbean... Laura is in the back of a cab (again) to explain what it all means for the Governm...

Elonomics

08 Nov 2021

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The Tesla billionaire asks the Twittersphere for tax advice. But what’s the real story behind this latest move from Elon Musk? Adam mulls over the l...

Forces of Nature

05 Nov 2021

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The next generation of climate activists take centre stage… with Greta and co leading the way. Adam chats to climate activist, Mikaela Loach, about ...

Amber Warning

04 Nov 2021

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Ex-cabinet minister Amber Rudd at COP. The former home secretary – and energy secretary at the time of the last historic climate conference – join...

COP Gear

03 Nov 2021

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A high speed podcast looking at the day's news... Adam chats to the F1 driver, Nico Rosberg, about whether petrolheads will ever become electroheads. ...

Gas-gow

02 Nov 2021

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World leaders are talking conifers, cash and cows. But is it all hot air? Laura K and Rebecca M explain all the comings and goings at the COP26 Climat...

Emissions Impossible?

01 Nov 2021

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We're looking for Leonardo Dicoprio at the Glasgow climate conference... Adam and Laura are chatting to Christiana Figueres, who was responsible for o...

COPs to do

31 Oct 2021

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World leaders are arriving at the Glasgow climate conference (including the Prime Minister of Sweden, who's on this special Sunday episode). Adam and ...

Climate Actually

29 Oct 2021

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We’re just a podcast, sitting in front of Richard Curtis, asking him some questions. The rom-com hitmaker – famous for Four Weddings, Notting Hill...

Ask Reeves

28 Oct 2021

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The shadow chancellor’s take on the BudgetThe fallout from the Budget and spending review continues, as the IFS today says millions of people will b...

Spenny Lane

27 Oct 2021

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Budgets, booze and The Beatles...Rishi Sunak made some big announcements in his Budget and Spending Review today. His speech included changes to Unive...

"Spreadsheet Phil"

26 Oct 2021

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Let's play Budget Bingo with the Former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond... Adam is back and chatting to the man they used to refer to as "...

The One With Naga

25 Oct 2021

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Could we BE any more across the day's news? On the podcast we're talking about the plans for National Living Wage, greenhouse gases hitting record lev...

I'm A Celeb… Get Me On Newscast

22 Oct 2021

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Giovanna Fletcher and Vernon Kay chat with Victoria Derbyshire about life on I'm a Celeb last year, breaking the rules on reality TV, and plans for th...

Newscats

21 Oct 2021

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Covid cases top 50,000 in the UKThe number of new coronavirus cases recorded in the UK reached 52,009 today, going over 50,000 for the first time sinc...

A Call for Arms

20 Oct 2021

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Government tells everyone to get their Covid jabs…The Health Secretary says coronavirus is still a threat, but he’s lined up a new antiviral drug ...

Heat Pump It Up

19 Oct 2021

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We’ve got ourselves a net zero plan for greenhouse gases.Victoria Derbyshire is today’s guest presenter… She chats to Chris Stark, who advises g...

Remembering Sir David

18 Oct 2021

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The Queen agrees to make Southend a city in honour of the Conservative MP, Sir David Amess, who was stabbed to death in his constituency in Essex on F...

Sir David Amess Killed

15 Oct 2021

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The Conservative MP has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex. As politicians on all sides pay tribute to one of their colleag...

Prince William does Newscast

14 Oct 2021

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It’s a Royal Boxset! Adam sits down with Prince William at Kensington Palace to watch his landmark BBC One series about the challenges facing the pl...

Another Brexit Deal?!

13 Oct 2021

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The EU’s got a new plan for Northern Ireland, getting rid of most checks on British goods... So Katya and Adam are bringing (1/2 of) Brexitcast back...

The Covid Report

12 Oct 2021

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A report by MPs says the UK’s early response to Covid-19 was one of the country’s worst public health failures. Professor Sir John Bell joins Adam...

Beam Me Up Bezos

11 Oct 2021

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William Shatner, aka Captain Kirk, is going into space for real. He’s swapping the Starship Enterprise for Jeff Bezos’s space travel company, Blue...

The Big Issues

08 Oct 2021

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John Bird, co-founder of The Big Issue, warns of the risk of mass homelessness at a time when prices are going up. He tells us he wants the government...

Unfriendly Fires

07 Oct 2021

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Energy bills could rise furtherMartin Lewis says for the first time ever, he is telling consumers to do nothing! He explains to Laura, Adam and Chris ...

What’s Tina’s Turnover?

06 Oct 2021

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Music legends are selling off the rights to their music for millions... And with Tina Turner being the latest, music man, Chris Cooke, explains how it...

Sarah Everard: The Inquiry

05 Oct 2021

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Police face a moment of reckoning...   The government has announced an inquiry into the "systematic failures" that led to the murder of Sarah Everard...

Opening the Pandora Papers

04 Oct 2021

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Exposing £££ secrets of some of the world’s richest people... The Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents that reveals hidden ...

Meet Your Greens

01 Oct 2021

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The newly-elected Green Party co-leaders, Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, come straight to the Newscast studio to talk about the future of the party a...

Sarah Everard

30 Sep 2021

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Met Police chief under pressure to quit.As Sarah Everard’s murderer is given a whole life sentence, the Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick is und...

Keir to stay

29 Sep 2021

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Labour's leader, Sir Keir Starmer, faced heckles during his first in-person conference speech… Comedian Susie McCabe shares some tips on how to deal...

The R Kelly Trial

28 Sep 2021

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He could spend the rest of his life behind bars... As R Kelly awaits sentencing, Jim DeRogatis, the music journalist who was one of the first people t...

Phil McCann!

27 Sep 2021

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Filling up on Labour conference, Germany elections and HGV news. Shadow cabinet minister, Andy McDonald, has quit Labour’s frontbench with a scathin...

Petroldread

24 Sep 2021

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People are talking about the UK's fuel queues.Driver shortages, an energy crisis and rising inflation... But are we really heading towards a new "Wint...

What Are Labour Essaying?

23 Sep 2021

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Labour’s internal wranglings ahead of party conference John McDonnell talks to Laura, Adam and Chris about Keir Starmer, internal party politics and...

UNGA-standing what’s going on

22 Sep 2021

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World leaders look at their climate commitments at the UN General Assembly.As President Xi Jinping announces that China will stop building overseas co...

The PM on the Train

21 Sep 2021

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Behind the scenes with Boris Johnson stateside. Laura explains what’s going on at the UN General Assembly in New York City. And, it was 20 years ago...

Pain In The Gas

20 Sep 2021

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Energy prices have gone up… but the government says there is no chance that the lights will go out. The BBC's Simon Jack explains what it all might ...

Len McCluskey

17 Sep 2021

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Len McCluskey, the outgoing Unite union leader, chats to Adam about Labour’s chances at the next general election, and why he still wants Sir Keir S...

At Whitt’s End

16 Sep 2021

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John Whittingdale reflects on losing his job.In his first interview since getting the sack, former Culture Secretary John Whittingdale tells Laura and...

Promotion, Demotion, Commotion

15 Sep 2021

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In… out… shake it all about! On a busy day in Westminster, Laura and Adam discuss the latest moves around the cabinet table as Boris Johnson reshu...

Whitty Minaj

14 Sep 2021

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The government announces England's pandemic plans for winter. Fergus and Vicki are here with Adam to go through the ‘Plan A’, which includes boost...

The Kids Are Alright!

13 Sep 2021

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Top doctors recommend more teens get the jab. Chris Whitty and his fellow Chief Medical Officers say healthy children aged between 12 and 15 should be...

9/11: 20 Years On

10 Sep 2021

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Inside the President’s War Room. As we mark a major anniversary of the shocking attacks on the United States, the filmmaker Adam Wishart tells us ab...

Politics, Polls and Peaches

09 Sep 2021

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Are social care plans a vote winner or loser? Boris Johnson’s former friend and colleague Nick Boles joins Laura, Adam and Chris from his holiday in...

Hydrogeneration

08 Sep 2021

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Is hydrogen on its way to saving the planet? The government is hoping low-carbon hydrogen can make a big difference to how we sustainably generate ene...

Care Tactics

07 Sep 2021

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Government announces a new Health and Social Care tax... Adam and Laura break down what the new plans are and who will be affected by them. Also, Norm...

LK Today!

06 Sep 2021

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Laura Kuenssberg is back in Westminster as MPs return from their summer breaks. She has a big old catchup with Adam about what's happening in the Hous...

Winner Takes It All

03 Sep 2021

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Abba release 10 new songs and Paralympics GB win more than 100 medals!Adam and Katya reunite with their favourite tribute act, Abalicious! And Channel...

Lorry Seems To Be The Hardest Job

02 Sep 2021

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It’s been a summer of shortages. First it was chicken, then it was milkshakes and beer. We were also short of Newscast episodes for a while. Now com...

Raabsolute Scenes

01 Sep 2021

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Dominic Raab has been questioned by MPs on the UK's withdrawal from Afghanistan, during an appearance at the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. We chat...

Day Zero

31 Aug 2021

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A new chapter begins for Afghanistan. Adam chats with the BBC’s Yalda Hakim and Secunder Kermani, who's in Afghanistan. What's it like on the street...

The Rise of the Taliban

18 Aug 2021

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We're back with an emergency episode on Afghanistan. Chris sits in for Adam and chats with the BBC's Yalda Hakim about the situation in Kabul. Who are...

The SW1 Podcast

13 Aug 2021

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The last eight months in Westminster have been wild. It’s worth a recap.We began the year in lockdown, with the NHS on the brink and the economy shr...

Teacher, Batman, Sunak, Spy

12 Aug 2021

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A case of old-school spying in Berlin? A security guard working for the British Embassy in Germany has been arrested, accused of spying for Russia. Ne...

Behind Taliban Lines

11 Aug 2021

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Why is there a war in Afghanistan?With the Taliban making advances in Afghanistan and US-led forces withdrawing after 20 years in the country, the BBC...

COP-portunity Knocks

10 Aug 2021

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Alok Sharma on Climate, Carbon and COP acronyms. COP26 President Alok Sharma joins Adam to talk all things Climate, Carbon and COP. He takes us deep ...

IPCC Clearly Now

09 Aug 2021

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Climate change report warns of more extreme heat, droughts and flooding. Professor Ed Hawkins, one of the report’s authors, talks us through the fin...

Medicine Cabinet

06 Aug 2021

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Whitty, JVT and Maria Van Kerkhove from the WHOAdam and James chat to Professor Neil Ferguson, who's been working with Maria Van Kerkhove from the Wor...

A Hol New World

05 Aug 2021

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New advice on where to go and where it’s a no. Adam is joined by the BBC’s Transport Correspondent Caroline Davies to dissect the government’s l...

Sadiq Khan

04 Aug 2021

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"I’m keen to make London the world’s sporting capital.”Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, chats to Adam on today's special Newscast. He says he wa...

Lunch, dinner, drinks, dancing

03 Aug 2021

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After 18 months of disruption, how is the UK's hospitality industry holding up?Chef and restaurateur, Yotam Ottolenghi, along with Peter Marks, the ch...

Hard ROC Life

02 Aug 2021

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The Russian Olympic Committee is facing a backlash from fellow competitors who think they shouldn't be at the Games. We hear from the BBC's Sarah Rain...

The Mamas and The Jabbers

30 Jul 2021

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Vaccine take-up is low among pregnant women. And the number of mothers-to-be in hospital with coronavirus has been going up. Dr Mary Ross-Davie from R...

Ex-Factor

29 Jul 2021

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It’s all over for the X Factor after 17 years, so we thought we’d get 2017 winners Rak Su to reminisce. As the number of self-isolation pings sent...

Simone Says

28 Jul 2021

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‘I have to focus on my mental health’ Simone Biles, dubbed the greatest gymnast of all time, has withdrawn from two events at the Olympics. We spe...

The Estate of It

27 Jul 2021

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House prices are through the roof. The race for space has caused the cost of the average property to go up by over 7% in the past year, according to Z...

Magic Monday

26 Jul 2021

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The Great British Gold Rush!As Team GB pick up three gold medals on a ‘Magic Monday’, Rachel Burden from 5Live’s Olympic Breakfast gives Adam th...

Let the Games Begin

23 Jul 2021

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The Opening Ceremony kicks off the Tokyo OlympicsDid you watch it? Martin Green CBE, the Head of Ceremonies for 2012 London Olympics joins Adam to giv...

Summer Holi-ding

22 Jul 2021

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As MPs go on their holidays, to the sounds of NHS apps pinging, we get an end of term report. Adam and Laura have Liz Kendall MP and Gavin Barwell, wh...

Get Brexit Redone

21 Jul 2021

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The UK wants to rewrite the 2019 Brexit deal rules on trade for Northern Ireland. Our Ireland correspondent Emma Vardy checks in with Adam and Laura f...

It’s hot

20 Jul 2021

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There’s a heat wave, have you heard?Weatherman and iconic pandemic drummer Owain Wyn Evans and James Gallagher join Adam to give us their hot takes....

Panic! At the Disco

19 Jul 2021

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Nightclubs had high high hopes for a living.Two jabs will be needed to get in to a nightclub from September. How do venue owners in England feel, on t...

Strictly Starmer

16 Jul 2021

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Sir Keir Starmer chats to Laura K and a group of ex-Labour voters, all selected by an independent polling company. They talk trust in politicians, emp...

A Chain of Mayors

15 Jul 2021

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Local leaders respond to the PM’s plan to “level up” the country. On the day Boris Johnson set out his plan to “level up” the UK by spreadin...

Vaccine Queens

14 Jul 2021

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The Oxford-AstraZeneca story, told by two of the scientists who made it possible. Fergus and James host the Newscast Vaccine Special and chat to Profe...

Political Football

13 Jul 2021

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Another footballer tackles the government.A tweet from Aston Villa footballer Tyrone Mings criticising the home secretary Priti Patel has turned atten...

They Think Covid’s Not Over

12 Jul 2021

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England’s lockdown rules will end next week but Boris Johnson says people must be cautious. He's also spoken out against the racist abuse received b...

Pingdemic

09 Jul 2021

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Are lots of people deleting the NHS Covid app? The BBC's Technology Correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones, knows what's what. And, as England prepares for ...

Vax Me Up Before You Go-Go

08 Jul 2021

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Quarantine for holiday-makers will be ditched from 19th JulyIf you are travelling to amber list countries you will not have to quarantine on your retu...

Now Den

07 Jul 2021

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The history of England and Denmark. Tonight’s Euro 2020 semi-final is just the latest chapter in a long shared history between England and Denmark. ...

Mask Wars

06 Jul 2021

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And… news if you’re double-jabbed.Self-isolation is going to be scrapped for the double-jabbed in England and school bubbles are being axed too. V...

The Final Lockdown?

05 Jul 2021

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Most of England's Covid laws are likely to end in two weeks... So Fergus and Vicki join Adam and answer some of the day's biggest questions, following...

The Wurst is Over?

02 Jul 2021

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Angela Merkel bids farewell to the UKOn her last official visit before stepping down as Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel discusses travel after l...

Labour wins Batley and Spen

02 Jul 2021

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What does the Batley and Spen election reveal about Labour? Kim Leadbeater, the sister of Jo Cox is the new MP. Jo was murdereed by a right-wing extr...

Match of the Deadline Day

30 Jun 2021

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24 hours of change... Furlough, stamp duty and the footy. 24 hours of change... Furlough, stamp duty, British meat sales in Northern Ireland, settl...

"The Andrew Marr Show"

29 Jun 2021

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…featuring Megan Barton-Hanson!Now it’s really starting to feel like summer! We have the mood around the England v Germany game in the Euros from ...

Javid v Covid

28 Jun 2021

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Who is the new health secretary and what's his plan? Sajid Javid is back at the top of government after a weekend of change in the cabinet. His task? ...

Hands, Face, Embrace

25 Jun 2021

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Matt Hancock says he's "let people down" after getting caught kissing his aide. Will he survive the affair claims? Adam and Vicki discuss what the lon...

Brexitcast Reunion

24 Jun 2021

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Five years since the vote!Laura, Adam, Chris and Katya are back again to look back at the moments that shaped the Brexit process and how they’ve got...

What's All The Fuss Aboat?

23 Jun 2021

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It's all happening aboard a British warship in the Black Sea.There‘s been a bit of a showdown between Russia’s defence forces and a British warshi...

Work Out To Help Out

22 Jun 2021

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Newscast is on a bit of a health kick today... We’re talking about changes in how government is planning on using medical records with the BBC’s T...