Summary
"I’m keen to make London the world’s sporting capital.”
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, chats to Adam on today's special Newscast. He says he wants to see police on the tube enforcing the use of face masks, he explains why he's expanded the Low Emission Zone in London and he also chats through how he's been inspired by Olympic bronze medalist, Sky Brown, to take up skateboarding! Also, 16 and 17 year olds will be able to get their jab soon! Is Sadiq supportive?
Today’s Newscast episode was made by Maz Ebtehaj with Caitlin Hanrahan, Natalie Ktena, Danny Wittenberg and Alix Pickles. Emma Crowe is the studio director. Sam Bonham and Emma Close are the assistant editors.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, because it's August, we've got a bit more time to do other stuff on newscast. |
| 0:10.7 | So we've got a real treat today, a nice long chunky, as we like to say in the newsroom, |
| 0:15.6 | interview with the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, which covers all sorts from climate change to |
| 0:21.5 | COVID to the Tube to whether he's going to take up skateboarding or not because |
| 0:26.1 | of the Olympics. |
| 0:27.1 | We'll also of course bring you an update on some of today's news as well on this edition |
| 0:31.5 | of Newscast. Newscast. |
| 0:33.0 | newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:35.0 | It will take some time before we figure out what our new normal is. |
| 0:39.0 | Now if that is the argument, then we are going into unprecedented television. |
| 0:43.4 | Combined with contact tasting tracing. |
| 0:48.3 | Tracing. |
| 0:49.3 | Yes, yes, yes. |
| 0:50.3 | I'm a vegan, so of course I don't like meatballs. |
| 0:53.7 | Next slide please. |
| 0:54.7 | Blair, Blair, Blair, Blair, lose. |
| 0:59.7 | Hello, it's Adam in the studio, and it feels a little bit deserted today because it feels like everyone else has gone to Scotland. |
| 1:05.9 | Everyone's there. Kieur Starmer's there and Boris Johnson is there too. |
| 1:09.9 | And I asked a white hole source this morning. What's the purpose of the Prime Minister's trip to Scotland? |
| 1:14.1 | And they said, you wouldn't ask that question if he was going to Lancashire or Teesside. |
| 1:19.4 | And as part of that whole thing of just making it look like Boris Johnson is just as entitled to be in |
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