Summary
Should I stay or should I go? The government’s traffic light system is still causing confusion for holidaymakers. Adam tries to clear it up with Laura. Meanwhile Spain’s Foreign Minister says other EU countries are worried about Brits bringing the so-called Indian variant to the continent. And Home Affairs Correspondent Tom Symonds talks us through one of the most complex cases in history, the murder of Daniel Morgan.
Today’s Newscast was made by Maz Ebtehaj, with Georgia Coan, Alix Pickles and Danny Wittenberg. Emma Close is the Assistant Editor. Dino Sofos is the Editor.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, excitingly this morning when I was on the Today program on Radio 4, |
| 0:09.2 | I kick started a national debate about what the Amber light means on a traffic light because I used it as a metaphor |
| 0:16.3 | to describe the traffic light system the UK has for foreign travel. |
| 0:20.8 | Well I've suddenly just realized this whole idea of the amber list for countries that you can go to but you have to quarantine on your return at home. |
| 0:28.0 | The perfect metaphor is a traffic light because with the amber light some people think it means go, but actually the rules mostly say it means stop. |
| 0:37.0 | You know when you say something, and then you're not totally convinced that you know what you're talking about? |
| 0:42.0 | That was one of those moments |
| 0:43.4 | because I then realized even though I had the world's best driving instructor |
| 0:48.1 | I'm not totally convinced about what the amber light means. But I'm pleased to say we've got another of the |
| 0:55.3 | world's best driving structures on the line just now. It's Noel Gohgen. |
| 0:59.6 | Hello Noel. Hi'm. Right. |
| 1:03.0 | I've started a national debate about what you do when the amber light is on at the traffic lights. |
| 1:07.7 | Put it for me as simply as possible. |
| 1:09.3 | Set me on the right road here. |
| 1:10.8 | What does the amber light mean? |
| 1:12.0 | The amber light means |
| 1:13.0 | prepared to stop. It's just a warning before the red light comes. |
| 1:17.6 | So you must prepare to stop. If you're all the white line, the white stop line, |
| 1:21.4 | then you can continue. But if you're north you must prepare to stop at the lights. |
| 1:25.8 | And the flashing amber? |
| 1:27.8 | Flashing amber, that's prepared to go. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.