Summary
On the day the chancellor defends his budget plans, we are joined by Radio 4’s Evan Davis and Laura to help us pick through the detail. And we bring back Sarah Smith and Nick Eardley as Nicola Sturgeon gives evidence at the inquiry into her government's unlawful handling of harassment complaints against Alex Salmond.
Producer: Georgia Coan Episode Editor: Rick Kelsey Assistant Editor: Emma Close Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello. |
| 0:05.8 | Have you heard the news that Baroness Dolly of Dollywood in the United States has had |
| 0:09.8 | the vaccine that she used some of her showbiz millions to actually fund the development |
| 0:14.6 | of? |
| 0:15.6 | So I'm very happy that I'm going to get my Moderna shot today. |
| 0:19.6 | And I wanted to tell everybody, I think you should get out there and do it too. |
| 0:23.2 | I haven't changed one of my songs to fit the occasion. |
| 0:26.4 | She goes, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, I'm begging of you, please don't hesitate. |
| 0:34.5 | Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, because once you're dead, then that's a bit too late. |
| 0:42.7 | Literally everyone has done that joke, but no one has done it as well as Dolly Parton, |
| 0:47.7 | herself. |
| 0:48.7 | I love how she says Moderna. |
| 0:51.3 | Anyway, I hope you love what we've got for you in this edition of newscast because |
| 0:55.0 | it has been a day with a lot of newscast newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:00.6 | What is this virus? |
| 1:01.9 | How does it spread? |
| 1:02.9 | How do we protect ourselves and our loved ones? |
| 1:05.4 | No one's got to have ****ing clue what Brexit is. |
| 1:08.1 | There have been 3304 974 thousand tests carried out across the UK. |
| 1:15.4 | The reason we could never be who we wanted is you kept your knee on our neck. |
| 1:22.0 | We're not out of the woods yet. |
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