Summary
The writer and comedian shares his experiences of anti-semitism on the football stands and on Twitter. Adam is joined by the BBC's James Gallagher and economist Stephanie Flanders to talk healthcare and the health of the economy. And also, the legendary BBC Radio 4 Newsreader, Neil Sleat (who is leaving the BBC), has one final bulletin... just for us!
Producers: Alix Pickles, Ben Weisz, Danny Wittenberg, Jack Suddaby Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, we're recording this episode of newscast at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon, |
| 0:08.6 | which means it's time for the newscast news headlines |
| 0:11.6 | with radio forward news reader Neil Sleet who's leaving the |
| 0:15.1 | BBC after many years of doing this so we wanted to give him a bit of a send-off. Oh, BBC News at whatever o'clock you happen to be listening to this. |
| 0:37.0 | Antiques experts are excited by a rare artifacts unearthed at the home of the |
| 0:47.4 | any questions presenter Chris Mason. A stress ball in the shape of Theresa May |
| 0:52.3 | was found in a toy box by a junior member of the Mason |
| 0:55.4 | household. |
| 0:56.4 | One auction house, said the squishy former Prime Minister, could be worth pennies. Backbench MPs have called on the BBC's political editor Laura Koonsberg to use |
| 1:06.8 | fewer varies when she describes things as either very very very very huge or very very very, very, very, very, very, very important. |
| 1:15.8 | Ms. Kunsberg said she'd consider the recommendations very, very, very carefully. |
| 1:21.5 | The BBC's medical editor Fergus Walsh has disappointed international super-fans, after several of them asked |
| 1:27.2 | whether they could quarantine at his home close to Heathrow Airport. |
| 1:31.5 | The so-called Windsor Bureau was seen as an attractive alternative to being |
| 1:35.3 | locked up in a hotel with no room service or spa. The veteran broadcaster |
| 1:40.5 | suggested they try contacting Bradley Walsh instead. |
| 1:45.0 | BBC Newscast News. |
| 1:47.1 | Well that's the pretend news about newscast. |
| 1:49.5 | We'll hear more from Neil a bit later, I think. |
| 1:51.6 | Here is the real news from newscast. |
| 1:54.2 | Newscast. |
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