Rare Red Warning
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
A rare red weather warning has been issued across parts of the UK, and millions of people are being urged to stay at home as Storm Eunice approaches. Meteorologist Matt Taylor joins Adam, Alex Forsyth and Lewis Goodall, to explain what’s going on and how to stay safe.
Also, West Yorkshire’s mayor, Tracy Brabin, gives us her take on the government’s levelling up plan, emergency funding for buses and why she’d like to take Michael Gove disco dancing.
Today’s Newscast was made by Alison Gee with Danny Wittenberg, John Murphy and Alix Pickles. The editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, I hope you're having a nice half-term. |
| 0:06.8 | Chris Mason was spotted being quite stressed out by his children at |
| 0:10.0 | Topminton Services. Laura's having a few days off as well, |
| 0:13.4 | which means in the studio, I've got some new friends, |
| 0:16.3 | and I'm going to let them introduce themselves. |
| 0:18.0 | Hello, I am Alex Forsyth in the studio near Adam, |
| 0:21.4 | often to be found in Westminster or touring the country. |
| 0:24.3 | I'm Lose Goodall, I'm News Knight's policy editor, |
| 0:27.6 | sort of feel a bit like a supply teacher. |
| 0:30.0 | Also, this is the only... |
| 0:31.0 | Well, everyone knows that you have more fun with a supply teacher. |
| 0:33.4 | But also, they get more stressed out. |
| 0:35.2 | That's true. I'm very stressed. |
| 0:37.4 | Anyway, I'm going to stress you out even more now, |
| 0:39.1 | because you're sitting in chairs that have previously been occupied |
| 0:41.8 | by Laura Kuhnsberg, catcher Adler. |
| 0:44.7 | Oh, I was in a press conference. |
| 0:46.7 | We know that they love a cake, and they love a quiz. |
| 0:49.3 | So I've mixed the two together, |
| 0:51.4 | so we can get to know you better and see what your skills are like, |
| 0:53.6 | with a cake quiz. |
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