Summary
Rishi Sunak has defended granting 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences, and said the government will fund a carbon capture project in the north east of Scotland.
Scotland editor James Cook and climate analyst Sepi Golzari-Munro join Alex Forsyth to discuss what it could mean for the nation, and for the whole of the UK.
The BBC’s Good Morning Scotland presenter Martin Geissler’s interviewed the prime minster this morning. He also joins to reflect on his exchange which went viral.
And weather presenter Elizabeth Rizzini comes into the studio to explain why the weather’s so rubbish at the moment.
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Today's Newscast was presented by Alex Forsyth. It was made by Chris Flynn with Alex Collins, Hayley Clarke and Darin Graham. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, it's Alex Forsythe here, |
| 0:06.5 | sitting in for Adam, who's having a couple of days off. |
| 0:09.0 | And a little bit earlier, I was making my way from Westminster |
| 0:13.0 | where I was working on Monday morning |
| 0:14.9 | across to the BBC Studios in Broadcasting House, |
| 0:17.6 | which is newscast HQ. |
| 0:20.0 | And in that really short journey, |
| 0:22.0 | I just got completely drenched. |
| 0:24.0 | So thankfully, wore my trainers |
| 0:25.7 | so I didn't have wet feet and had a brolly. |
| 0:27.3 | But I mean, I was like, crikey, it's July. |
| 0:29.4 | What is going on with the weather? |
| 0:30.9 | And to tell us, what is going on with this weather, |
| 0:33.6 | we've got Elizabeth Ritzini, |
| 0:35.0 | who's a BBC weather presenter, hello. |
| 0:36.9 | Hello. |
| 0:37.7 | So I know it's good for drought and water supplies |
| 0:40.6 | and maybe ducks, but why is it so bad |
| 0:42.7 | for people that want a bit of summer sunshine? |
| 0:44.2 | Oh my goodness, it's bad for parents as well, |
| 0:46.7 | particularly when you've got to entertain your children |
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