Summary
Adam is joined by Laura Kuenssberg and Hugh Pym to chat the ins and outs of London's move into England’s highest Covid tier this Wednesday. Dr Naomi Forrester-Soto assures us we probably don't need to worry about the “new variant” of coronavirus. And as blood donation rules for gay and bisexual men are to be relaxed across the UK, Dr Joseph Heskin explains why this is a big moment - both as a doctor, and as a new potential LGBT donor.
Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producers: Ben Weisz, Georgia Coan Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, well it's not a very happy Monday, is it? |
| 0:06.7 | As we record this at 638 on Monday evening, |
| 0:10.6 | there is a new variant of coronavirus which perhaps maybe spreads a bit more easily |
| 0:16.8 | than other variants. It certainly seems to be spreading quite rapidly in London |
| 0:21.8 | in the southeast of England. |
| 0:23.4 | Talking of London, the capital is going to go into the highest level of restrictions, |
| 0:27.8 | Tier 3, from early on Wednesday morning, and that's happening earlier than the actual normal review of the tier |
| 0:35.0 | system which is going to happen later in the week. So there's plenty to talk about and |
| 0:40.3 | maybe to get reassured about on this edition of Newscast. |
| 0:44.0 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:46.4 | What is this virus? |
| 0:47.7 | How does it spread? |
| 0:48.9 | How do we protect ourselves and our loved ones? |
| 0:51.3 | No one's got to have a fucking clue what Brexit is. |
| 0:54.0 | There have been 300,000 and 34, 974,000 tests carried out across the UK. |
| 1:01.3 | The reason we could never be who we wanted is you kept your knee on our neck. |
| 1:08.0 | We're not out of the woods yet. |
| 1:11.0 | Hello, it's Adam in the studio. |
| 1:15.0 | Hello, it's Hugh in the new broadcasting house just off the newsroom. |
| 1:18.0 | And it's Laura at home. |
| 1:20.0 | Obviously we're going to talk about the bombshell of London going into tier 3 |
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