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Aug 2023
33m 53s

Disease X

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How to stop the next pandemic One of the UK's most secretive research centres has been looking into Disease X. James Gallagher and Professor Dame Jenny Harries tell us more about how the centre hopes to safeguard the UK against the next pandemic. The BBC's Ellie Price explains what's going on as the first asylum seekers board the Bibby Stockholm housing barge in Dorset. After a tense penalty shootout, the Lionesses have made it to the quarter-finals! Former England goalie Siobhan Chamberlain joins Adam to celebrate. And Marianna Spring has returned to Conspiracyland for the next episode in her series Marianna in Conspiracyland. She tells us about her latest investigation which takes her to Ireland. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Miranda Slade and Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The editor was Damon Rose. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham and Jonathan Aspinwall.

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