Summary
There are accusations of betrayal as the HS2 rail extension to Leeds is scrapped. Train enthusiast, David Brewer, who has visited all the railway stations in the UK, shares his thoughts about how the money should be spent.
Ireland’s Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, admits to Laura K that he’s frustrated over the situation with trade and Northern Ireland.
And Adam, Laura and Chris explain changes to the cap on the cost of social care.
Today’s Newscast was made by Danny Wittenberg and Sally Abrahams. The assistant editor was Alison Gee and the editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.8 | We are so dedicated to today's main news story, which has changed just to the real network. |
| 0:10.0 | We've all been on trains today. |
| 0:11.8 | We are living the news. |
| 0:14.0 | Living the dream. |
| 0:15.0 | The Laura is getting very excited because she is heading to Cardiff for reasons that will |
| 0:20.1 | become clear in a moment here on newscast. |
| 0:23.6 | I did a little dash to Warrington Bank King in Chesha, little day trips and filming for |
| 0:29.2 | next week. |
| 0:30.2 | Adam, you've scooped a lot of us because you just came to work. |
| 0:34.4 | I did a selfie on my regular computer. |
| 0:36.6 | Here's me passing through Gengscross, which I do probably about 58 times a week. |
| 0:40.4 | Sorry, I didn't really live up to the plane's trains and automobile theme. |
| 0:44.4 | But somebody who's taken this absolutely to the next level though is David Brewer, who |
| 0:49.4 | has been to every train station in Britain, taken a photo of them all, published them in |
| 0:53.8 | a book. |
| 0:54.8 | Hello, David. |
| 0:55.8 | Ah. |
| 0:56.8 | Hi. |
| 0:57.8 | How's the question, David? |
| 0:59.4 | Why? |
| 1:00.4 | Why did I do that? |
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