Summary
Iceland boss spills the beans on shopping habits and why they’re threatening to boycott Brazilian food. And what is going on in the races to become mayor? The BBC’s Kathryn Stanczyszyn and James Vincent take us through this week’s local elections around the country.
Today’s Newscast was made by Maz Ebtehaj with Danny Wittenberg and Georgia Coan. The Studio Director 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. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello. |
| 0:05.7 | I have to say I'm quite enjoying the Al fresco socializing. |
| 0:08.2 | It's a little bit cold and I got rained on last night, |
| 0:10.9 | but it is nice to be out and drinking and socializing again. |
| 0:15.9 | But I hadn't realized that all this Al fresco stuff |
| 0:19.1 | could be a real pain for some people |
| 0:21.5 | until I saw a tweet from Katie Peneck, |
| 0:24.5 | who is a wheelchair user, |
| 0:26.2 | and she got herself filmed, |
| 0:28.9 | going through Soho in London, |
| 0:32.1 | just showing all the obstacles |
| 0:33.7 | that have now been thrown up in her path as a result. |
| 0:36.5 | And Katie's here now, hello Katie. |
| 0:38.2 | Hi Adam, how are you? |
| 0:39.3 | Good, thanks. |
| 0:40.2 | So your tweet has now had 1.5 million views on the video. |
| 0:44.6 | For people who haven't seen it, |
| 0:45.8 | the few people in the world who've not seen it, |
| 0:47.5 | just describe actually what's in it. |
| 0:50.0 | So this is a video of me in my wheelchair |
| 0:53.2 | going down the streets of Soho. |
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