Summary
And… news if you’re double-jabbed.
Self-isolation is going to be scrapped for the double-jabbed in England and school bubbles are being axed too. Vicki and Hugh are in with Adam to chat it all through, as well as our correspondent in Los Angeles, James Clayton, who knows all about the Mask Wars over the pond.
But even as restrictions ease, concerns about the economy are here to stay. That’s according to Richard Hughes, boss of the Office for Budget Responsibility, who tells us why the government will have to fill a financial black hole as a legacy of Covid.
Today's Newscast was made by Danny Wittenberg and Alix Pickles. The Studio Manager was Emma Crowe. Sam Bonham is the Assistant Editor. Dino Sofos is the Editor.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, the Vaccine Drive in London has all got very Willie Wonka |
| 0:08.4 | because there are some golden tickets up for grabs. |
| 0:11.3 | If you live in London and you book your first COVID vaccine between |
| 0:16.2 | now and Thursday you could win two tickets to the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley. That is the deal being offered by the Mayor of |
| 0:25.7 | London, Sadiq Khan and there are something like 50 runners-up prizes of |
| 0:29.2 | tickets to the fan zone in Trafalgar Square where you'll have the added bonus of me walking past on my way to and from work. |
| 0:36.5 | Although it's on a weekend so it won't be there. So actually you won't win that part of the prize but anyway. |
| 0:41.5 | And also you know what if you are a football fan there's quite a |
| 0:45.3 | good chance that you could go and get your jab at your team's ground so if you support Leeds |
| 0:51.5 | United or Crystal Palace or Colchester United or Huddlesfield FC or Oxygenyid or Middlesbrough FC or Bristol FC, |
| 1:00.1 | then their stadia are vaccination centers. |
| 1:04.0 | Of course, you know my equivalent was going to the Crick Institute, which is a biomedical research place in North London. |
| 1:10.0 | On with this episode of Newscast. |
| 1:12.0 | Newscast. Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:14.0 | It will take some time before we figure out what our new normal is. |
| 1:18.2 | Now if that is the argument, then we are going into unprecedented territory. |
| 1:22.6 | Combined with contact tasting tracing, tracing for you. |
| 1:28.2 | Yes, yes, yes. |
| 1:29.8 | I'm a vegan, so of course I don't like meatballs. |
| 1:33.0 | Next slide please. |
| 1:34.0 | Blair, Blair, Blair, lose, lose. |
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