The Gathering Stormont

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Can Rishi Sunak sell his deal to Northern Ireland’s political parties? Adam is joined by Mark Carruthers, BBC Northern Ireland’s politics presenter, to trace the Prime Minister’s trip across the region. Meanwhile in Westminster, Chris has the latest on Rishi Sunak’s meeting with the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers. Plus, The Independent’s flight-free travel editor Helen Coffey explains how the aviation industry’s climate ambitions have had their wings clipped in a new report. Today’s Newscast was made by Tim Walklate with Madeleine Drury, Cordelia Hemming and Mora Morrison. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The senior journalist is Daniel Wittenberg.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.9	Hello, exciting news for Tully, Addicts and Tully nerds.
0:09.3	Do you remember the famous BBC One balloons in the 90s and early 90s and between the
0:14.6	programs when they were introducing what was coming next?
0:17.5	You'd get that red and gold balloon that was serenely floating over landmarks like the
0:22.4	fourth rail bridge in the Angel of the North and you're just like, this is a channel
0:26.1	I want to watch.
0:27.6	Well, that balloon vanished and it was lost to history for many years.
0:33.3	But today we learn it's been found by the Bristol Blund Club, yes, the other BBC and
0:39.3	they're bringing it back and the plan is that from this summer it will be appearing at
0:42.6	Blund festivals around the country so you might see it back in the skies near you.
0:48.1	Now somebody who knows all about TVIdense is Graham Anderson, who's one of the BBC
0:53.6	One Announcers and he's in Glasgow, hi Graham.
0:56.2	Had him hello, yes I am and it is a pleasure to speak to you.
0:59.6	How are you?
1:00.2	I feel very badly spoken next to you.
1:02.8	I feel like I feel like I'm an Elecution Lesson.
1:05.2	Not at all, not at all.
1:07.1	Do you introduce newscast, by the way, when we're on TV?
1:09.3	I do, I do.
1:10.6	So I'm part of the nation's team-based Pacific King Glasgow, the BBC One Scotland presentation
1:17.2	team. We have a fantastic group of broadcasters.
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