Summary
We mark the death of EastEnders legend June Brown, who played Dot Cotton. She was 95.
In its latest report, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says we need to cut emissions immediately and use technology to suck CO2 from the atmosphere. One of the authors, Gregory Nemet, tells Lewis Goodall that there’s reason to be optimistic.
And, as the cost of living continues to rise, we hear from one woman who’s been unable to heat her home for more than three weeks.
Today’s Newscast was made by Alison Gee, Cordelia Hemming, Chris Flynn and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | So we had some sad news today. |
| 0:06.5 | June Brown, the actress who of course played the legendary dot-contin, |
| 0:10.8 | the icon that is dot-contin, has died at the age of 95. |
| 0:15.5 | I'm told that apparently she appeared in no fewer than 2,884 episodes of EastEnders, |
| 0:21.0 | just to meet you, watch most of them. |
| 0:22.4 | Even Lady Gaga. |
| 0:24.0 | Even Lady Gaga knew who she was. |
| 0:25.5 | This is the moment that they met on Grand Norton's show. |
| 0:28.5 | Here's the thing, are you familiar, Lady Gaga, with EastEnders? |
| 0:32.8 | No, don't say yes, Donnie. |
| 0:34.3 | If you're not, you're not, and I don't blame you. |
| 0:36.5 | LAUGHTER |
| 0:38.6 | I am. Yes. |
| 0:40.8 | I actually am a very big fan of yours. |
| 0:43.0 | I just don't want you to watch a lot of television. |
| 0:44.8 | No, I don't. I don't want you any. |
| 0:46.7 | LAUGHTER |
| 0:48.0 | Well, in terms of my day job on News 9, |
| 0:50.1 | I'm glad not the whole audience is of that opinion, |
| 0:52.5 | but nonetheless, I'm sure she always came to have, as I remember, |
| 0:55.3 | but I'm going to quote something from the bible, sort of, you know, |
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