Summary
Laura K is back on the day the Tory leadership ballot closes.
And another battle is being drawn between the release of Lord of the Rings prequel (The Rings of Power) and the Game of Thrones prequel (House of the Dragon), so we get got two super fans (and politicians), Labour MP Jess Phillips (Thrones) and Tory MP Rob Halfon (Rings), to fight it out.
Also, Danny Shaw, ex-BBC Home Affairs Correspondent, explains why Cressida Dick, ex-Met Police Chief, is back in the news.
Today’s Newscast was made by Tim Walklate with Cordelia Hemming, Alix Pickles and Daniel Wittenberg. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
Thank you to the following companies for use of the Thrones and Rings clips: 1:26 Pictures (House of the Dragon) Home Box Office (HBO) (House of the Dragon) Amazon Studios (The Rings of Power) Harper Collins Publishers (The Rings of Power) New Line Cinema (The Rings of Power) Tolkien Enterprises (The Rings of Power) Warner Bros. Television (The Rings of Power)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:05.2 | Hello! |
| 0:06.4 | News reaches us of another Covid lockdown marriage. |
| 0:10.6 | It's from Rachel, who you're able to say, when lockdown started, my mum and her partner |
| 0:14.5 | Alistair had only been together about five months. |
| 0:17.3 | But when they heard Matt Hancock say, make your choice and stick with it, they took him |
| 0:20.9 | at his word and moved in together. |
| 0:22.8 | It went well, they got married on the 4th of August this year, and the reception my mum |
| 0:26.8 | gave a toast to Matt Hancock for giving them the nudge to move in together. |
| 0:31.1 | Who knew Matt Hancock was so good for marriage? |
| 0:34.6 | Well Rachel, I hope you raised a glass to Jenny Harris because she was the one that gave |
| 0:39.1 | the initial advice to test the strength of your relationship using the lockdown rules. |
| 0:43.3 | And we've heard so many examples of Jenny Harris' marriages amongst newscasters. |
| 0:48.7 | We got in touch with Dame Jenny again to pass on the joyful news, and this was her reaction. |
| 0:54.2 | Hello newscast, it's Jenny Harris back on air briefly. |
| 0:58.3 | After doing my interview with Adam and Fergus Walsh earlier in the week, I've been listening |
| 1:02.0 | into the last couple of podcasts, and as a scientist, I am of course absolutely delighted |
| 1:08.2 | to find there is real evidence of the couples that have found love following some public health |
| 1:13.4 | advice I gave at number 10 earlier in the pandemic. |
| 1:17.8 | Newscasters passed on to me the names of those couples who now count themselves as Dame Jenny's |
| 1:22.8 | marriages. |
| 1:23.8 | So I'd like to give my very warmest congratulations to them all, especially to Sarah and Alistair, |
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