The Kids Are Alright!
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Top doctors recommend more teens get the jab. Chris Whitty and his fellow Chief Medical Officers say healthy children aged between 12 and 15 should be offered one dose of a Covid vaccine. As Fergus Walsh tells us, it’s now up to ministers to decide. We also hear from a headteacher about whether it could help reduce disruption to education.
Meanwhile, North Korea has tested a new long-range cruise missile capable of hitting Japan, according to its state media. The BBC’s Seoul Correspondent Laura Bicker joins us to explain why this one could be significant, as well as why she’s watching Kim Jong-Un’s weight so closely.
Today’s Newscast was made by Caitlin Hanrahan with Danny Wittenberg and Georgia Coan. The studio manager was Michael Regaard and the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts Hello, normally for me on a Saturday night |
| 0:07.1 | in front of the TV, you're watching a box set, or something on one of the streaming services |
| 0:12.8 | or I player. Or maybe you've spent 20 quid on watching a film instead of going to the cinema |
| 0:18.5 | and you're going to be disappointed. Anyway, I was not disappointed when late on Saturday |
| 0:23.3 | night, I tuned in for this. She's done with an ace. She's down on the floor. |
| 0:29.0 | Emma Renekano is the US Open Champion at the age of 18. She came through qualifying. |
| 0:36.0 | She has not dropped a set, 20 straight sets of tennis. She cannot believe it, but believe |
| 0:42.4 | it, she must have fairy tale in New York. Emma Renekano is the US Open Champion for |
| 0:48.1 | the straight set, 6'4", 6'3", win. Yeah, everyone remembers where they were when it |
| 0:54.6 | happened. Emma Renekano beating Layla Fernandez, of course, to win the US Open and to become |
| 1:01.0 | the first British woman to win a major singles tournament in 44 years. I've got that right. |
| 1:08.6 | I'm never very good with these sporting milestones, but that's it. Also watching it was tennis |
| 1:13.6 | player and friend of Emma Renekano and part of Radio 5 Lives tennis commentary team. Naomi |
| 1:20.2 | Brody. Hello, Naomi. Hi. How are you? Good. Thanks. Where were you? What was it like when |
| 1:24.8 | you were watching it? I was watching it from home. Yeah, just so incredibly excited. I was |
| 1:29.0 | actually in for BBC Breakfast super early the next morning. I know the feeling. I know the |
| 1:34.0 | feeling. A horrific alarm. I think it was 4am or something. So I was glad that she finished |
| 1:38.6 | in two sets. Yeah. This is obviously the most high profile, high pressure, high stress |
| 1:44.8 | match Emma's ever played. Have we learned any more about what makes her tick or makes her |
| 1:49.4 | so good having now observed her in this setting? I think she's done exactly what I already |
| 1:55.4 | knew she was capable of, but she's just done it so quickly. I think that's the only thing |
| 1:59.5 | that surprised people who already knew how good Emma was and could be. It's just that |
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