Happy 5th Birthdaycast!
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
The biggest rail strikes in 30 years are going ahead after last-minute talks went nowhere. Chris and Laura are back with Adam to think through what it means for passengers and the government.
They’re also here to mark the podcast’s birthday with a look at what’s next in the UK’s relations with Europe, plus a trip down Brexitcast memory lane.
And a newer friend of the podcast, the BBC’s disinformation reporter Marianna Spring also joins us to talk about her Panorama documentary looking at the role social media played in the murder of a 13-year-old boy called Olly.
Today’s Newscast was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Cordelia Hemming and Alix Pickes. The technical producers were Dave O’Neill and Cassie Galpin. The assistant editor was Alison Gee. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.2 | Hello, we're recording this episode of newscast late on Monday afternoon, and we've just |
| 0:08.7 | got the confirmation that the rail strikes are going to take place across England, Wales |
| 0:13.8 | and Scotland on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of this week. |
| 0:19.9 | That's that dispute between the RMT Union and the train operating companies and network |
| 0:23.9 | rail. |
| 0:24.9 | And if you're listening to this a bit later, this podcast may be the strikes have already |
| 0:29.1 | started and you know what the disruption is like, but at the moment we're just sort |
| 0:33.1 | of guessing just how tricky it's going to be for everyone. |
| 0:36.7 | And to help us paint a more detailed picture of what it might be like, we've got the legendary |
| 0:41.8 | voice of travel on radio to Sally Bozeman. |
| 0:44.8 | Hello, Sally. |
| 0:45.8 | Hello, Adam. |
| 0:46.8 | How's it going? |
| 0:47.8 | How long are you? |
| 0:48.8 | I'm good, thanks. |
| 0:49.8 | How is it this week being a Travican travel guru when there's lots of potential chaos and |
| 0:54.7 | disruption and uncertainty around? |
| 0:56.4 | Well, it's a little bit busy, but you never know till the actual day what the problems will |
| 1:01.6 | be. |
| 1:02.6 | No, Sally, we couldn't get you back on newscast without you doing a trade-barc travel |
| 1:06.4 | bulletin for us. |
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