The Coal, the Cold and the "Coup"

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Government faces backlash following controversial coal mine approval. Adam gets instant reaction from Chris Mason, following news that the Cumbria coal mine has been approved, despite concern from some about its climate impacts. Also, with all the cold weather warnings, the BBC’s James Gallagher tells us how the cold affects our bodies, and Scotland’s national clinical director, Professor Jason Leitch, gives his health advice on how to stay safe and warm in the coming days. This episode of Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming and made by Tim Walklate with Cordelia Hemming, Chris Flynn and Cat Farnsworth. The technical producer was Mike Regaard and the assistant editor was Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.9	Hi newscasters, it's Chris Mason here.
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0:20.9	Anyway, on with today's latest episode.
0:23.7	Hello, one of the big unresolved things in British politics has been whether there will
0:27.4	be a new coal mine built in Cumbria.
0:30.9	Now it's not a coal mine to dig coal out the ground to put into power stations to make
0:34.6	electricity, it's a bit more complicated than that.
0:37.4	And conveniently, someone who's followed every twist and turn of this saga and it has been
0:41.6	a saga is Chris Mason.
0:44.1	Hello.
0:45.1	Is this coal mine going to get built?
0:46.4	Yeah, well, the government would like it to be built.
0:49.7	So we've had a decision that they want to see this mine in West Cumbria near Whitehaven
0:55.1	built or if you build a mine or do you dig it?
0:57.7	It does, anyway.
0:58.7	Dig a mine.
0:59.7	And the argument, as you say, is that this is what's known as metallurgical coal.
1:03.6	This is the stuff that you need to make steel.
1:06.8	It would also bring the government argues lots of well-paid long-term private sector jobs
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