Summary
How illegal vaping is threatening the health of school children.
BBC chief political correspondent Nick Eardley is hosting today's Newscast. He’s joined by health editor Hugh Pym and celebrity doctor Michael Mosley to talk through the problems around illegal vaping, both inside and outside the classroom.
Jim Gamble, who was heavily involved in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, dials in to discuss a possible development in the long-running case.
We hear breaking news from BBC politics reporter Jonathan Blake that Boris Johnson has been referred to police over further potential Covid rule breaches.
And, the BBC’s Tomos Morgan gives us the latest on the Cardiff riots.
Today’s Newscast was presented by Nick Eardley. It was made by Ben Carter with Rufus Gray and George Dabby. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The series producer was Tim Walklate. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, this is all a bit new to me. I'm just having a look at the draft script. It says |
| 0:10.3 | today's presenter, Scottish, gets up early to talk about politics. It says gingerish |
| 0:16.2 | here. I think it probably means strawberry blonde. Yeah, I suppose there are some similarities. |
| 0:22.2 | Adam's still away, so you're stuck with me today. Nick Erdley, the BBC's chief political |
| 0:27.2 | correspondent, and yes, that is Adam's old job. The plan was to not talk about politics |
| 0:34.3 | on newscast today, but something is cropped up just as we were recording is Boris Johnson. |
| 0:41.9 | Let's speak to the man I normally sit beside in the office actually, political correspondent |
| 0:46.0 | Jonathan Blake. Hi, Jonathan. Hello, Nick. What is going on? Well, this story broke on |
| 0:50.2 | the Times online earlier, and it focuses on claims that Boris Johnson has been referred |
| 0:57.1 | to the police regarding events in his ministerial diary, both at Downing Street and at Checkers, |
| 1:04.6 | the former Prime Ministers and serving Prime Ministers country residents. Now, it seems |
| 1:10.2 | that lawyers who were preparing Boris Johnson's defence and submissions for the forthcoming |
| 1:16.1 | public inquiry into the UK government's response to coronavirus were going through his diaries |
| 1:20.9 | and saw entries which raised concerns because they potentially may have, whether that's to do |
| 1:28.3 | with who was invited or the circumstances or the timing, may have potentially breached restrictions |
| 1:34.1 | which were in place at the time. So that information was referred by officials at the cabinet office |
| 1:40.1 | to the police, both the Metropolitan Police in London and at TEMS Valley Police which covers |
| 1:45.5 | where Checkers is and the Metropolitan Police confirming to us at the BBC that they have been |
| 1:52.7 | in receipt of some information relating to possible breaches of COVID regulations. This is a bit |
| 1:58.8 | of a main flaw. The government has referred Boris Johnson to the police. What's coming out of |
| 2:04.9 | the cabinet office? What are they seeing about it all? It is odd in that respect and it's come to light |
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