Newscast

The BBC’s daily news podcast, Newscast dives into the day’s big stories so you’re never out of your depth.

Newscast picks the brains of BBC News experts so you’re ready if someone picks yours, covering the latest developments in politics in Westminster and beyond.

Follow the new Labour government led by Sir Keir Starmer. Who will win the race to lead the Conservative Party? Newscast will give you all the best insights from BBC News so you’re across all the day’s top stories.

Newscast is hosted by trusted journalists including Adam Fleming, BBC Political Editor Chris Mason, Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell.

You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers.

Catch Newscast seven-days a week and watch on BBC One at 23:40 on Thursday night or later on BBC iPlayer.

GET IN TOUCH:

You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere

Send us a message or voicenote via WhatsApp to 03301239480

Email Newscast@bbc.co.uk

Or use the hashtag #BBCNewscast

Newscast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Newscast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Global Story, The Today Podcast, and of course Americast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Newscast (and if you’re reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below.

The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd

The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r

Americast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p07h19zz

Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm

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