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Could we BE any more across the day's news? On the podcast we're talking about the plans for National Living Wage, greenhouse gases hitting record levels and Gunther's best moments on Friends, after James Michael Tyler (who played the character of Gunther on the sitcom) died. Adam is still "on a break" so Naga Munchetty is our special guest presenter, chatting with Alex Forsyth, Rory Cellan-Jones...

Giovanna Fletcher and Vernon Kay chat with Victoria Derbyshire about life on I'm a Celeb last year, breaking the rules on reality TV, and plans for the new series. We hear from Scotland’s health minister, Humza Yousaf, about his plans for dealing with Covid this winter. And, how did cinematographer Halyna Hutchins end up being shot with a prop gun on a New Mexico film set by the actor Alec Baldwin...

Covid cases top 50,000 in the UK The number of new coronavirus cases recorded in the UK reached 52,009 today, going over 50,000 for the first time since July. Former health secretary and chair of the Health and Social Committee Jeremy Hunt tells Laura, Chris and Fergus that we can expect a difficult winter unless the Government encouarges more people to get jabs and boosters. Also the WHO’s techni...

Government tells everyone to get their Covid jabs… The Health Secretary says coronavirus is still a threat, but he’s lined up a new antiviral drug that could help speed up recovery time. Fergus talks us through what’s going on… What went wrong in Afghanistan? Former Ambassador to the US and national security advisor, Sir Kim Darroch, explains what happened at today’s committee looking at how we le...

We’ve got ourselves a net zero plan for greenhouse gases. Victoria Derbyshire is today’s guest presenter… She chats to Chris Stark, who advises government on climate change policy, about what Boris Johnson’s plan is for electric vehicles, houses and heat pumps. Fergus pops in for a Covid catchup. And we hear from the boss of Refuge, a charity providing support for women and children experiencing d...

The Queen agrees to make Southend a city in honour of the Conservative MP, Sir David Amess, who was stabbed to death in his constituency in Essex on Friday. Naga (today's special guest host) talks it through with Laura, as well as the BBC's Frank Gardner. And, on the day that former US secretary of state, Colin Powell, dies, we hear from Sir Christopher Meyer, the former British Ambassador to the...

The Conservative MP has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex. As politicians on all sides pay tribute to one of their colleagues, Laura and Alex Forsyth get together with Adam to reflect on Sir David’s life and death, as well as the issue of MPs’ safety. In this episode you can also hear an interview that we recorded earlier this afternoon, with the environmental activist,...

It’s a Royal Boxset! Adam sits down with Prince William at Kensington Palace to watch his landmark BBC One series about the challenges facing the planet. In his Newscast debut, the Prince talks climate change ahead of the Earthshot Prize Awards, which will be awarded for the first time this weekend. Today’s Newscast was made by Natalie Ktena and Emma Close. The sound engineers were Gabby Tewson an...

The EU’s got a new plan for Northern Ireland, getting rid of most checks on British goods... So Katya and Adam are bringing (1/2 of) Brexitcast back! We’re talking about trouble at the ports again, as containers stack up in Felixstowe. Shipping expert, Michelle Bockmann is back aboard to explain what's going on. And former England player, Anton Ferdinand, talks us through why social media companie...

A report by MPs says the UK’s early response to Covid-19 was one of the country’s worst public health failures. Professor Sir John Bell joins Adam and James to look back on the momentous decisions made in March 2020. As the financial fallout from the pandemic continues, the number of job vacancies in the UK has hit a record 1.1million. Why aren’t those jobs filled – and what does it mean for the e...

William Shatner, aka Captain Kirk, is going into space for real. He’s swapping the Starship Enterprise for Jeff Bezos’s space travel company, Blue Origin. Fellow Canadian and astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield tells us what he can expect. Also, the latest on gas prices and why the rise is such a problem for British steel companies. Gareth Stace of UK Steel explains what he wants the government to...

John Bird, co-founder of The Big Issue, warns of the risk of mass homelessness at a time when prices are going up. He tells us he wants the government to spend £1 trillion to fix the problem. First up though, Dr Amir Khan drops by to explain why this year’s flu jab campaign is the biggest ever. Like his boxing namesake, he wants people to get jabbed. And the UK is eating less MEAT but still too mu...

Energy bills could rise further Martin Lewis says for the first time ever, he is telling consumers to do nothing! He explains to Laura, Adam and Chris what is going on with energy prices and gives his advice. And Robert Jenrick, former housing minister, says that parliament cannot buckle over planning reforms. He also admits that the cost of living crisis is going to be challenging for all of us....

Music legends are selling off the rights to their music for millions... And with Tina Turner being the latest, music man, Chris Cooke, explains how it all works. And Laura is on a train again... this time breaking down the Prime Minister’s big conference speech. What did he say and, more importantly, what didn't he say? Also, everyone's talking about universal credit, but how does it actually work...

Police face a moment of reckoning...   The government has announced an inquiry into the "systematic failures" that led to the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer. Zoe Billingham, who was recently commissioned by the Home Secretary to write a report on violence against women and girls, talks us through it all.   And, after Facebook, WhatsApp and Insta were hit by the blackout on Monday, Vi...

Exposing £££ secrets of some of the world’s richest people... The Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents that reveals hidden wealth, tax avoidance and, in some cases, money laundering by some of the world's rich and powerful. The BBC's Andy Verity takes us through it all.. And Adam is back on the road again! This time he's at the Conservative party conference in Manchester, talkin...

The newly-elected Green Party co-leaders, Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, come straight to the Newscast studio to talk about the future of the party and the planet, plus blues dancing and chickpea curry. And before that, Australia is relaxing its strict pandemic border policy. We speak to Newscaster Sharon, who's living in London but is desperate to reunite with her family in Sydney. Today’s Newsc...

Met Police chief under pressure to quit. As Sarah Everard’s murderer is given a whole life sentence, the Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick is under pressure to resign. The chair of the Home Affairs select committee Yvette Cooper joins Laura, Adam and Chris to discuss what needs to be done to protect women and girls. Plus former M16 chief Sir Alex Younger talks about the current threats to Brit...

Labour's leader, Sir Keir Starmer, faced heckles during his first in-person conference speech… Comedian Susie McCabe shares some tips on how to deal with it, and Adam, Laura, and Chris catch up on how it went. Also, criminology professor, James Treadwell, talks us through the history of protesting. It's after climate change activists, Insulate Britain’s, defiance of a court order by blocking part...

He could spend the rest of his life behind bars... As R Kelly awaits sentencing, Jim DeRogatis, the music journalist who was one of the first people to break the allegations 20 years ago, talks us through the history and implications of the case.    And as Netflix reveals its viewing figures to much fanfare at an industry conference, technology journalist Stuart Miles sits down with Adam to flick...

Filling up on Labour conference, Germany elections and HGV news. Shadow cabinet minister, Andy McDonald, has quit Labour’s frontbench with a scathing attack on Sir Keir Starmer on the eve of his major speech to the Brighton delegates. He’s accused the Labour leader of making the party “more divided than ever” and breaking promises to members over working conditions. Adam and Laura are on the confe...

People are talking about the UK's fuel queues. Driver shortages, an energy crisis and rising inflation... But are we really heading towards a new "Winter of Discontent" (like the one in 1978)? To find out, we’ve got the BBC’s political reporter from back in the day, Nick Jones.   And the killing of 28-year-old primary school teacher, Sabina Nessa, in south-east London, has reignited the conversati...

Labour’s internal wranglings ahead of party conference John McDonnell talks to Laura, Adam and Chris about Keir Starmer, internal party politics and how to win the next general election, ahead of the Labour party conference. But the big question is, will he be taking his trombone? And Laura spills the beans about her trip across the Atlantic and how Boris Johnson was received by the UN and in part...

World leaders look at their climate commitments at the UN General Assembly. As President Xi Jinping announces that China will stop building overseas coal-fired power plants during his address, Nick Mabey, Chief Executive of climate change think-tank E3G, explains how it feeds into the upcoming COP26 conference in Glasgow. With households facing a perfect storm of higher bills at home and at the ch...

Behind the scenes with Boris Johnson stateside. Laura explains what’s going on at the UN General Assembly in New York City. And, it was 20 years ago that a young African boy was murdered and dumped in the River Thames but the police still haven’t solved the case. The BBC’s Angus Crawford, who has followed the murder mystery since the very start, talks Adam through the investigation. Today’s Newsca...