Summary
The government bans cold calls selling financial products. Adam takes a look at the announcement and the world of scams with Nick Stapleton from the BBC’s Scam Interceptors and cost of living correspondent Kevin Peachey.
BBC deputy political editor Vicki Young looks ahead to Thursdays local elections in England.
And Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, from the Writers Guild of America, talks about the US shows going dark as writers step away from their keyboards for their first strike in 15 years.
Today’s Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Alison Gee with Cecelia Armstrong and George Dabby. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:08.8 | Live from Studio S46, it's newscast with Adam Fleming. |
| 0:17.1 | Thank you, thank you, thank you. |
| 0:18.9 | Now, the reason we have done that is because later on in this episode of newscast, |
| 0:22.9 | we're going to talk about the writer's strike in America, |
| 0:26.4 | which means late night talk shows are probably going to be taken off air |
| 0:31.2 | because they don't have any writers, |
| 0:33.2 | which means we can do a late night talk show gag. |
| 0:36.0 | Please welcome to Analyze the upcoming local elections in England, |
| 0:40.8 | my very first very special guest, |
| 0:43.2 | Deputy Politico-Leader, Vicki Young. |
| 0:51.5 | Thanks so much, Adam, I might cry. |
| 0:53.9 | Have you got a film to promote? |
| 0:56.0 | No, you've got some elections to promote. |
| 0:57.6 | I do, I do. |
| 0:59.1 | It's very exciting. |
| 1:00.4 | Right, so run us down in as glamorous away as possible. |
| 1:03.5 | What's actually happening at the polls in England on Thursday? |
| 1:06.4 | Okay, so this is going to be the local elections, of course, |
| 1:10.5 | more than 8,000 seats will be contested, |
| 1:12.9 | and that's across 230 councils in England. |
| 1:16.3 | So none happening in Scotland Wales, none happening in London. |
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