Summary
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey on sewage, social care, and election stunts.
Hot off the back of big local elections gains, the Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey joins today’s Newscast hosts, BBC Presenter Tina Daheley and Scotland Editor James Cook.
Chris Mason is in Japan with the Prime Minister for a G7 summit.
And Dr Tamsin Edwards, a climate scientist at King’s College London, responds to news that global warming is set to break a key 1.5C limit for first time.
Today’s Newscast was presented by James Cook and Tina Daheley. It was made by Rufus Gray with Chris Flynn and Joe Wallace. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, newscasters, Chris Mason here. |
| 0:02.2 | Quite another Thursday already. |
| 0:03.4 | So another Thursday newscast, |
| 0:04.8 | when we're on the telly as well, BBC One, |
| 0:07.0 | after question time. |
| 0:08.3 | If you're not already, |
| 0:09.0 | why don't you try subscribing to us, |
| 0:11.1 | following us on BBC Sounds, |
| 0:12.6 | or wherever you find your podcasts, |
| 0:14.2 | and then we'll pop up every time we turn out another episode. |
| 0:18.3 | Thanks a lot. |
| 0:20.4 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:23.8 | Hello, I'm Tina from Radio Two, let loose on newscast. |
| 0:26.9 | I'm James, let loose from Scotland on newscast. |
| 0:29.7 | They've left us in charge against all the odds. |
| 0:31.6 | They have. |
| 0:32.4 | Who decided to do that? |
| 0:33.5 | This is my first time, possibly my last time, who knows? |
| 0:37.1 | Who knows? |
| 0:38.1 | They're very much doubted. |
| 0:39.7 | And because Adam's away, and Chris is away, |
| 0:42.1 | but Chris is somewhere really quite interesting. |
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