Summary
More than a million NHS staff in England are to receive a 5% pay rise, after health unions backed a pay deal with the government. Adam and Chris are joined by health editor Hugh Pym, as well as Unison head of health Sara Gorton, who chairs the joint NHS union group.
And as the BBC launches an emergency pop-up radio service for Sudan, we hear from presenter of the first edition - Omar El Tayeb.
Journalist and podcaster Zach Stafford is also on to talk us through why, or whether, The Met Gala matters. Today’s Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Cecelia Armstrong and George Dabby. The technical producer Emma Crowe. The news editor was Damon Rose.
With thanks to Met Gala 2023/Vogue for the audio of Doja Cat meowing in the interview with Emma Chamberlain.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, so the latest news from the United Nations about the conflict in Sudan is that more |
| 0:09.7 | than 100,000 people have fled since the fighting broke out between rival factions in the military |
| 0:16.8 | on 15th April. |
| 0:18.4 | Now to help the people of Sudan, the BBC World Service has launched a pop-up radio service |
| 0:24.1 | on shortwave radio to give people crucial information and also a bit of a morale boost |
| 0:30.8 | while all this is unfolding. |
| 0:32.8 | It launched on Tuesday and this is the first thing that people heard when they tuned in |
| 0:38.2 | on their shortwave radios on Tuesday. |
| 0:40.2 | The third news is Greenwich. |
| 0:44.2 | Welcome to the first episode of the first episode of the BBC World Service. |
| 0:50.2 | And that first edition was presented by my colleague Omar Al-Tayib. |
| 0:56.3 | Who's here? |
| 0:57.3 | Hello. |
| 0:58.3 | So what other stuff was in the episode then? |
| 1:01.3 | What were you telling people? |
| 1:03.1 | We concentrated on the humanitarian situation, on tips, on survival, on how pregnant women, |
| 1:11.6 | for example, deal with pregnancies and childbirth on how children interact with a war situation, |
| 1:23.0 | etc. |
| 1:24.8 | As well as a bit of news, but it's not an easy program. |
| 1:29.2 | It's an informative program to inform people, to entertain them. |
| 1:35.8 | And we used for the sixth year traditional Sudanese song, Good Music. |
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