Summary
As the crisis deepens in Ukraine and the West seeks to wean itself off Russian oil and gas, Adam takes a deep dive with Russia analyst Angela Stent, and her husband Daniel Yergin, a global energy expert. The couple are also put through Newscast’s Mr and Mrs quiz.
Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe has spoken publicly for the first time, saying her case could have been resolved six years ago.
And Jonathan Van-Tam takes Chris Whitty to the football.
This edition of Newscast was made by Tim Walklate with John Murphy and Alix Pickles. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, plenty of Covid about and Covid news about, don't I know it? |
| 0:09.5 | If you're aged over 75 or you're in a carer home or you've got a weakened immune system |
| 0:13.1 | in England, you can now get your Covid booster jab for the spring. |
| 0:17.9 | Official figures show that infection rates are rising in all age groups. |
| 0:21.8 | And in Scotland, a number of people in hospital with Covid has reached its highest total since |
| 0:26.7 | the start of the pandemic with 2128 patients in hospital with the virus. |
| 0:33.6 | But having said all that, it does feel quite different because Jonathan Van Tam, the |
| 0:39.4 | Deputy Chief Medical Officer, had time to go and see his beloved Boston United with |
| 0:44.6 | Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty on Saturday. |
| 0:47.5 | And conveniently for us, Scott Dalton, our colleague from BBC Radio Lincolnshire was there |
| 0:51.9 | too. |
| 0:52.9 | Jonathan, you are here with a treating your work colleagues today. |
| 0:58.5 | Yes, yes. |
| 0:59.5 | We've heard so much about Boston United and what a fantastic club it is. |
| 1:04.7 | I think they all just wanted to see it for themselves and with me kind of moving on, this was |
| 1:09.7 | one of the last opportunities for them to do that. |
| 1:12.1 | It's like a leaving do. |
| 1:14.0 | It's sort of a leaving do. |
| 1:15.5 | Yeah, it's one of several, but yes it is a leaving do I suppose. |
| 1:19.4 | And well, I suppose you could have several, couldn't you, I hope. |
| 1:22.0 | Yeah, yeah, I hope so. |
| 1:23.4 | And you've brought Chris with you as well. |
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