Summary
Are bank accounts being closed because of people's political views?
It’s a claim made by former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who’s at the centre of the story that’s led to the resignation of NatWest CEO Dame Alison Rose.
Dame Alison admitted she had made a mistake in speaking to the BBC about Farage's relationship with the bank.
BBC global trade correspondent Dharshini David is on to talk though her tenure, and Today programme presenter Nick Robinson, who’s just interviewed Farage, also joins the conversation to put it into political context.
And trainer enthusiast and collector Kish Kash talks all things trainers with Adam following the news of some rare Apple computer trainers going on sale for $50,000.
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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Miranda Slade and Alexander Collins. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The editor is Daniel Wittenberg.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, later on in this episode in newscasts, |
| 0:07.1 | we're gonna do an item of shoes news, |
| 0:09.2 | because believe it or not, |
| 0:10.3 | there've been quite a lot of news stories this week |
| 0:12.4 | related to trainers. |
| 0:14.0 | And I thought that would be an interesting world |
| 0:15.5 | to learn more about. |
| 0:16.8 | To provide inspiration, I posted a picture |
| 0:18.8 | of the trainers I'm wearing today on the newscast discord, |
| 0:21.9 | where you can talk about everything related to the podcast. |
| 0:24.6 | And I thought it'd be quite fun to see |
| 0:26.4 | just what everyone's got on their feet today. |
| 0:28.5 | And then Texas Pete replied very quickly, saying, |
| 0:30.8 | I'm not sure asking for feet picks on discord has ever gone well. |
| 0:34.8 | A little reference to a certain subgenre of social media content. |
| 0:39.4 | Anyway, please feel free to go on there |
| 0:41.8 | and post what shoes you're wearing, |
| 0:43.5 | whether they're trainers, sneakers, |
| 0:45.8 | brooks, slippers, whatever, you name it. |
| 0:49.8 | But don't worry, there'll be plenty of news news |
| 0:51.6 | on this episode of newscast as well. |
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