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Sep 2023
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“It’s made me feel disgusting, it’s made me feel vile".

Political correspondent at PoliticsJoe Ava-Santina speaks about the comments made about her by GB News presenter Laurence Fox. He and Dan Wootton have both been suspended by the broadcaster.

And, the UK's largest untapped oil field has been approved by regulators. Adam speaks to the country manager for Equinor Alex Grant, one of the main stakeholders and Scotland Editor James Cook.

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Today’s Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Gray with Sam McLaren. The technical producer is Ben Andrews. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

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