Summary
Pub-lic serving broadcasting from Adam’s local. On the day that lockdown eases in England, Adam and Laura recap what the latest measures mean for our daily lives. We also talk to a travel boss who answers our questions about when we might be reunited with our relatives and/or sun loungers overseas.
Today’s Newscast was made by Sam Bonham with Danny Wittenberg and Ben Cooper. The Studio Director was Weidong Lin. Dino Sofos is the Editor.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.8 | Hello, or should I say, cheers. |
| 0:08.4 | I'm having my first pint. |
| 0:10.0 | Well, it's the middle of the afternoon, so it's only half a pint in a pub in England since the 11th of December. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm at the pub on the corner down the road from my house. |
| 0:22.0 | I'm sat in the sun, sitting the shade I think maybe a bit cold. |
| 0:25.1 | It was also sort of sleeting about three hours ago so I'm glad the weather's improved. |
| 0:31.6 | The drink cost 2 pounds 75 which seems quite steep when you're used to drinking at home from the shop |
| 0:38.7 | I've checked him with my COVID app |
| 0:41.6 | Everywhere's looking quite kind of spic and span and nearly every table well |
| 0:47.1 | nearly every table in the sunshine is full. |
| 0:51.0 | Trying to work out if anyone's had their haircut today as well or been to the gym. |
| 0:57.0 | I don't see much evidence of haircuts. Everyone's hair is quite long. |
| 1:02.0 | Unfortunately, because I'm very disorganized I haven't actually arranged to |
| 1:05.1 | meet anyone for a drink so it's just you and me. For this episode of newscast I'll better drink up. Head to the studio. |
| 1:14.0 | Well, carried on my wander towards the newscast studio. |
| 1:21.0 | Got my mask on now. and I'm at Oxford Circus right in the |
| 1:25.8 | centre of London and it is rammed. Like really busy shopping weekend rammed even though it's a Monday afternoon and there's a massive |
| 1:38.2 | queue outside a famous sport where a shop so much traffic I haven't seen it like this for ages it's basically |
| 1:47.6 | completely transformed. But also there's just kind of this is going to sound so cheesy. |
| 1:56.8 | Happiness in the air. |
| 1:59.5 | I just hope there's not a lot of COVID |
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