Summary
Potentially Dangerous RAAC Concrete found in schools just before the start of term.
Former teacher and a senior analyst for the Times Education Supplement, Gráinne Hallahan explains how widespread the problem is, and who’s picking up the bill. We also hear from a parent whose son’s school is affected.
And, Chris Giles from the Financial Times is on to talk about how a change to the way we measure growth could mean the UK’s economy could actually be doing better than we thought.
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01:34 The concrete problem in schools 18:23 Is the UK’s economy doing better than we thought?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, later on this episode of newscast, we'll be finding out exactly the implications |
| 0:09.2 | of reinforced, autoclaved, a rated concrete rack, the material that is on everyone's |
| 0:14.5 | lips because it's in lots of schools, and it sounds like it might be a bit rubbish. |
| 0:18.7 | But before we get into that, the Met offices in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands have |
| 0:24.5 | released the names that they're going to give storms this autumn and winter. |
| 0:28.3 | Here they are. |
| 0:29.3 | Agnes, Pabet, Kirin, Debbie, Ellen, Fergus, Garrett, Hank, Aisha, Jocelyn, Kathleen, |
| 0:35.0 | Lillian, Mini, Nicholas, Olga, Piet, Regina, Stewart, Tameco, Vincent, Walid. |
| 0:39.3 | Actually, I feel like I've just done the register in a school affected by reinforced, autoclaved |
| 0:43.7 | a rated concrete there. |
| 0:45.2 | The reason they come up with those names, though, is it's a combination of famous scientists |
| 0:49.0 | like Jocelyn Bell and people who actually help these organisations respond to the weather. |
| 0:54.1 | So that's why they have chosen those names. |
| 0:56.7 | If you know anyone with those names, let us know how they feel about the fact that a |
| 1:00.0 | cycle might be coming to us at some point named after them. |
| 1:03.8 | Right, let's see what's coming your way on this episode of Newscast. |
| 1:06.8 | Newscast. |
| 1:07.8 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:08.8 | He got trounced by the former Prime Minister who herself got beaten by a letter. |
| 1:13.6 | At least I didn't slap anybody, which is good. |
| 1:15.8 | Green economy. |
| 1:16.8 | La, la, la, la. |
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