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Nov 2023
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Covid inquiry: Talking "chickenpox parti...

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Ex-civil service chief apologises for suggestions made during the pandemic.

To help analyse the latest at the Covid inquiry, Adam is joined by health correspondent Jim Reed and Emma Norris from the Institute for Government. 

And Adam talks to Professor Ed Hawkins, who's on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, about why this year is set to become the hottest year on record.   You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere.   Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Alex Collins, Gemma Roper and Sam McLaren. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

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