Summary
Boris Johnson has been pictured drinking at an event in Downing Street during lockdown. Marianna Spring’s sitting in for Adam today and she’s joined by Chris Mason to analyse what these latest developments mean for the prime minister.
Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard are back in court this week. Julia Jacobs, culture reporter at New York Times, gives us the lowdown on what they’re saying about each other, allegations of abuse and their marriage.
And as 36 more cases of monkeypox are discovered in the UK, Marianna and Fergus Walsh assess some of the misinformation being spread online about the virus.
Today’s Newscast was made by Tim Walklate, with Alix Pickles and Cordelia Hemming. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The assistant editor was Alison Gee.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, so when I woke up this morning, there was some big news. Challenge Anika, a staple |
| 0:10.3 | of 90s BBC TV, is going to be returning to our screens. I am unfortunately too young to remember |
| 0:16.8 | the original series when it was on the telly, but I'm told that the show involved Anika Rice |
| 0:21.5 | traveling around in a blue lorry, completing charitable challenges, persuading people, |
| 0:27.1 | companies to donate their time and resources. This is how Anika Rice announced the news in a video |
| 0:33.1 | on her Twitter earlier today. The reference there to Lycra is because Anika used to run around |
| 1:00.0 | in a Lycra jump suit. And since the program is going to be back on Channel 5, it got me thinking, |
| 1:06.1 | could I do some challenges set by you, newscasters, contribute to challenge Anika? Maybe Anika, |
| 1:13.4 | maybe not? We could call it Challenge Mariana or even Challenge Mariana. So if you've got an |
| 1:21.6 | idea of a challenge for me and please don't make them too difficult, you can email your idea to |
| 1:26.9 | newscastatbbc.co.uk or you can send me a DM on Twitter. I'm at Marianna Spring. And in the meantime, |
| 1:34.8 | on with today's newscast. Newscast from the BBC. It will take some time before we figure out |
| 1:41.8 | what our new normal is. Now if that is the argument, then we are going into unprecedented |
| 1:47.2 | territory combined with contract tasting, contact tasting, tracing through. Yes, yes, yes. I'm vegan, so of course I don't like meatball. Next slide please. |
| 1:58.9 | Blair Blair Blair, lose, lose, lose, lose. Hello, it's Marianna Spring in the studio sitting in for Adam today. |
| 2:07.8 | And it's Chris at Westminster. Now we record this episode of newscast at half past six |
| 2:14.4 | this evening and there's been yet another development over the party gate affair. Chris, are we still |
| 2:19.2 | calling it that? Tell us what's happened. We are. We're calling it party gate unless it involves |
| 2:23.8 | Keir Starmer and Angela Rainer, the Labour leader and deputy, respectively, in which case it becomes |
| 2:28.3 | biagate because remember they're still under investigation by. Doom can stab you the rear |
| 2:32.4 | about a do just over a year ago in an MP's office when they were out campaigning. But yeah, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.