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Apr 2022
33m 3s

Newscastround

BBC News
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Celebrating 50 years of Newsround... Adam chats through some of the highs (and lows) of the programme with his fellow ex-presenters, Julie Etchingham and Krishnan Guru-Murthy, as well as current presenter, De’Graft Mensah.

And we talk energy bills with the BBC's Simon Jack and Claer Barrett, Consumer Editor at the Financial Times...

Today’s Newscast was made by Cordelia Hemming, Chris Flynn and Ben Cooper. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.

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