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WhatsApp Wagatha?

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02/09/22

29m

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Vardy’s "nasty" messages were not about Rooney, apparently... Victoria Derbyshire sits in for Adam and chats to the Guardian Media Editor, Jim Waterson, about all things "Wagatha Christie".

Prof Peter Openshaw (who advises the Government on Covid) tells us what he thinks about Boris Johnson’s surprise plan to scrap all the Covid rules very soon.

LBC radio host and West Ham fan, Iain Dale, takes us through what happened since the Kurt Zouma cat video was posted online.

And... Laura is on the move, again, talking partygate....

Today’s Newscast was made by John Murphy with Alix Pickles and Georgia Coan. The studio director was Mike Regaard and the assistant editor was Sam Bonham.

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On the day of the PM’s diplomatic trip to Nato, Laura’s in Brussels joining Chris and Politics Live’s Jo Coburn to tell us how the talks on Ukraine and Russia are going.

And Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy tells us what it was like being with the Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, when they were mobbed by protesters.

Today’s Newscast was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Sally Abrahams and Alix Pickles. The editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.

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