Summary
Ed Sheeran wins Shape of You copyright case... Sinéad Garvan, entertainment reporter, and Dr Hayleigh Bosher, an intellectual property expert, chat it all through with Alex Forsyth. What could the judgement mean for the music industry? And, from today employers and employees will start paying more National Insurance to help fund the NHS and social care. We're joined by the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Paul Johnson, to examine the impact on people's budgets. Today’s Newscast was made by Ben Cooper and Cordelia Hemming. The studio director was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, have you ever said something and then immediately regretted it? |
| 0:09.0 | Or perhaps even worse, have you posted something online and then wished you could go back and change it? |
| 0:15.5 | Well, now you might be able to tweak some of your social media posts. |
| 0:20.0 | Here's the story in 240 characters. |
| 0:22.9 | Twitter has said they're working on an edit button. |
| 0:25.3 | It will allow users to change tweets after they've been posted. |
| 0:28.6 | Elon Musk, the Tesla boss, asked his followers in a poll whether they wanted it |
| 0:32.6 | and some said yes, although Twitter says they were already working on it. |
| 0:38.0 | And Elon Musk has just joined the Twitter board too, which as you might imagine has caused quite a stir. |
| 0:43.8 | It's been a pretty busy week and I think it's going to be a pretty busy newscast too. |
| 0:48.1 | Newscast. |
| 0:49.1 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:50.7 | It will take some time before we figure out what our new normal is. |
| 0:54.9 | Now if that is the argument then we are going into unprecedented territory. |
| 0:59.3 | Combined with contract tasting, contact tasting, |
| 1:02.9 | testing, tracing food. |
| 1:04.9 | Yes, yes, yes. |
| 1:06.5 | I'm vegan so of course I don't like meatball. |
| 1:09.6 | Next slide please. |
| 1:10.6 | Blair, Blair, Blair, Lewis, Lewis, Lewis. |
| 1:15.3 | Hello, it's Alex Forsyth here, sitting in the studio for Adam, who is away. |
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