Summary
Who is the new health secretary and what's his plan? Sajid Javid is back at the top of government after a weekend of change in the cabinet. His task? To help get the country out of this pandemic... Adam and Laura talk to his former aide about whether Sajid will be up to/for the job. And also, we hear from our diplomatic correspondent, Paul Adams, about some classified military documents that were found at a bus stop in Kent.
Today's Newscast was made by Sam Bonham and Danny Wittenberg. Emma Crowe is the studio director and Dino Sofos is the editor.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, you know those moments when people send you something from social media |
| 0:09.4 | and they say, oh, you'll be crying by the end of this clip and you think, yeah right. Well, today there was one, and it was the opening day of Wimbledon when the whole of center court paid tribute to Sarah Gilbert, the godmother of the AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine. |
| 0:26.4 | Throughout this coming fortnight, the club's chairman has invited to the Royal Box, individuals and representatives of organizations who have |
| 0:35.8 | contributed so much in the nation's response to the pandemic and who have helped to make |
| 0:42.1 | this Wimbledon possible. |
| 0:44.0 | Today, they include leaders who have developed the anti-Covid vaccines. So the camera zooms in on Sarah Gilbert who's sitting there looking all |
| 0:57.5 | modest NHS |
| 1:00.6 | then with cheers grow. |
| 1:03.0 | And then a guy stands up and then a guy stands up and then everyone stands up. And then everyone stands up. |
| 1:14.0 | And she looks really chaffed. |
| 1:18.0 | And then to make it even more emotional, |
| 1:21.0 | we get some real live commentary of Andrew Potter not |
| 1:23.6 | commenting on his dogs but commenting from a tennis match. |
| 1:27.0 | Well the rise on center courts, one of the biggest cheers you will ever here in the |
| 1:31.4 | sporting stadium for those who have contributed so much during |
| 1:37.0 | the pandemic and efforts to counter it and manage it who sit in the Royal Ops today. |
| 1:46.0 | Oh, it was all going on there and it was actually amazing and there wasn't a dry eye in my house. |
| 1:53.0 | On with today's newscasts, Will will be picking up the story of what exactly happens to the |
| 1:57.8 | former House Secretary Matt Hancock. |
| 2:01.1 | Newscast. Newscasts from the BBC. It will take some time before we figure out what our new normal is now if that is the argument then we are going into unprecedented territory combined combined with contact testing tracing. |
| 2:15.0 | Yes, yes, yes. |
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