Summary
There'll be no new restrictions in England before Christmas Day, says Boris Johnson...
Adam and Chris chat through the days news. The BBC's Jim Reed explains what we know (and what we still don't know) about the latest Omicron data and Simon Jack runs through what the government's £1bn fund means for businesses around the country.
Also, Louise, from the Oxford Playhouse, lifts the curtain on how her industry is coping right now.
Newscast was made by Sam Bonham with Ros Jones and Alix Pickles. The studio manager was Emma Crowe
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts Hello, we're recording this episode of |
| 0:06.3 | Newscast on the shortest day of the year. So this is the shortest introduction to an episode |
| 0:10.1 | of newscasts of the year. Newscasts from the BBC that will take some time before we figure |
| 0:16.3 | out what our new normal is. Now if that is the argument then we are going into unprecedented |
| 0:22.1 | territory. Combined with contract tasting, contact tasting, tracing through. Yes, yes, yes. |
| 0:29.8 | I'm vegan so of course I don't like meatball. Let's next slide please. Blair Blair Blair, |
| 0:35.8 | lose, lose, lose. Hello it's Adam in the studio. And it's Chris in the spare room at home. |
| 0:42.8 | Oh having been in the Radio 2 Jeremy Vine studio at lunchtime. Yeah, there's been a lot of fun. |
| 0:47.6 | It means you got to say the immortal words. That was Ian Duncan Smith and now Michael Booblay. |
| 0:54.0 | Yes, the wonderful juxtapositions of Radio 2. Yeah. And from Chris Mason to Jim Reid, |
| 0:59.0 | BBC Health Correspondent. Hello Jim. My guys yes, stuck self isolating in South London |
| 1:04.8 | I'm afraid after catching COVID last week. So I'm in my 10 year old daughter's room just to |
| 1:09.2 | explain the sort of fairy lights on one side of the room and a big box saying Juliet rules |
| 1:14.4 | opposite me. And how are you? I'm feeling I'm feeling all right actually first couple of days. |
| 1:18.8 | I know there's lots of people going to be listening to this that way worse than I will ever be or |
| 1:22.6 | have ever been. But first couple of days were pretty rough but since then it's just been like |
| 1:26.7 | a bit of a bad cold really but actually it's interesting because I mean I was just looking at the |
| 1:30.3 | figures on that we get sent through the BBC every day. And Lambeth how's the high where I am in |
| 1:35.2 | Lambeth? How's the highest rates COVID rate of anywhere in London? So 2.6% to 0.7% of everyone in |
| 1:42.2 | Lambeth is tested positive in the last week which those rates are phenomenal so I am I am |
| 1:46.6 | part of that I'm afraid. No Jim you've been doing a roaring trade and getting leaked |
| 1:51.1 | minutes from sage before they published on the government website. What do you think about |
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