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Wake Up To Money

Does rail funding need a revamp?

Wake Up To Money

BBC

Business

4.1775 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Felicity Hannah finds out if the private sector should fund a new rail link. And, after the success of the first spacewalk, is the sky the limit when it comes to space tourism?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to quickly tell you about some others.

0:05.2

My name's Andy Martin and I'm the editor of a team of podcast producers at the BBC in Northern Ireland.

0:11.3

It's a job I really love because we get to tell the stories that really matter to people here,

0:16.3

but which also resonate and apply to listeners around the world.

0:19.6

And because the team is such a diverse

0:21.2

range of skills and strengths, we have trained journalists, people who love digging through

0:26.0

archives, we've got drama and even comedy experts. We really can do those stories justice. So if

0:31.8

you like this podcast, head to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories

0:37.1

from all around the UK. BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories from all around the UK.

0:40.3

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:44.4

Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.

0:47.8

Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money.

0:49.5

Coming up, would you support private investment to build better rail links?

0:53.9

We're taking a look at the week's biggest stories, everything from NHS funding to the winter fuel payment cut, and the first ever commercial spacewalk.

1:07.5

We will be looking at the future of space tourism. So would you take a flight into space?

1:13.1

Wake up to Money with Felicity Hannah. Very good morning to you. Welcome to Wake Up to Money on Friday the 13th of September. Lucky for you. We've got a packed show ahead. We've got some fantastic guests to talk to. But I want to talk to you. There's a big

1:27.5

story making all the front pages this morning. The news that a ban on junk food adverts being

1:32.5

shown on telly before 9 o'clock in the evening is going to happen. It's going to come into

1:37.0

force on the 1st of October next year. The government's confirmed that now. And it's

1:41.8

playing differently across the different papers. So the Times

1:44.3

has got junk food adverts banned before 9pm to take weight off NHS. I don't think they're

1:49.7

punning there, but that's what it says. And then the Daily Mail has got a big splash, Nanny Starmer's

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