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May 2024
51m 27s

Czech-ing the Mail

Bbc Radio 5 Live
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Will Bain hears how Royal Mail has a takeover bid accepted from a Czech billionaire. Elsewhere, BHP's takeover bid for mining rival Anglo American collapses and the Evening Standard transitions to a weekly paper.

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