Summary
What is it and how worried should we be? James Gallagher has the latest, as 11 cases of monkeypox are confirmed in the UK.
Sue Gray’s Partygate report is expected next week. Adam is joined by Alex Forsyth and former Downing Street Director of Comms, Craig Oliver, to talk it through.
And what do you get when you mix politics with theatre? A Tony Blair rock opera, apparently! Harry Hill and his writing partner, Steve Baker, tell all.
Today’s Newscast was made by Alix Pickles and Cordelia Hemming. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, so, friend of the podcast, Frank Gardner, |
| 0:07.6 | the security correspondent. |
| 0:09.2 | I've now realized he's just such a globe-traitor, |
| 0:11.7 | so I followed him on Instagram so I could see his travels, |
| 0:15.5 | and he's just been in Estonia, |
| 0:17.4 | and so it's been great seeing the combination |
| 0:19.3 | of scenery, high-powered events, |
| 0:21.5 | and cocktails that he's been drinking. |
| 0:23.1 | So I thought he'd had a lovely time, |
| 0:24.8 | but then on our sister podcast, Access All, |
| 0:27.9 | presented by Nikki Fox. |
| 0:29.7 | I heard that actually he had a bit of trouble |
| 0:31.6 | when he landed back in the UK to do with how the airport |
| 0:36.2 | handled his wheelchair. |
| 0:37.7 | Here's what happened. |
| 0:38.8 | I was flying back from Estonia via Helsinki on Finair. |
| 0:42.2 | The airline was great. |
| 0:43.2 | Got to heat throw once again. |
| 0:45.2 | You know, I'm stuck on a plane at heat throw, |
| 0:47.4 | and it does seem that disabled passengers are a lower |
| 0:51.4 | or the lowest priority. |
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