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Mar 2021
25m 23s

Tug Life

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Jane Garvey is back and, fortunately, the Suez Canal has reopened too! Chris Mason joins Jane for a chat outside Westminster to talk about the easing of lockdown restrictions in England. And we talk through what's happening in UK sex education classes, in light of recent claims of sexual abuse in schools.

Today’s Newscast was made by Ben Weisz with Danny Wittenberg, Alix Pickles and Ben Cooper. The Studio Director was Emma Crowe. Sam Bonham was the Assistant Editor and Dino Sofos was the Editor.

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