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Dec 2021
36m 5s

Christmas Prioritrees

BBC News
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Chris Whitty sends clear message on festive parties as Omicron surges: stay at home unless it really matters. Adam, Laura and Fergus reflect on a gloomy No 10 press conference...

And, what did the COP26 President really think of what happened in Glasgow? We find out from the man himself, Alok Sharma.

Today’s episode of Newscast was made by Sam Bonham with Ros Jones, Georgia Coan, Maia Lowerson and Ben Cooper. The studio manager was Michael Regaard.

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