National Emergency Alert Test: Newscast In COBR

国家紧急警报测试:COBR新闻播报

Newscast

2025-07-08

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As the government announces a new test of the emergency alert system, Newscast is invited to COBR. Adam and Chris become the first people ever to broadcast from COBR as they interview Pat McFadden the Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster. They discuss a new test of the emergency alert system, what it’s really like during meetings of national security and how the government is preparing for future crises. 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. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Get in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a whatsapp on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren. . The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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  • Hello, Chris and I are today making podcasting, nay broadcasting history, aren't we?

  • We are, yeah,

  • because we are going to and are reporting from a spot where in 20 plus years of reporting on Westminster,

  • I reckon barely a couple of months has gone by without me referring to where we are,

  • but without ever... having stepped through the door or multiple doors.

  • And where we are is the cabinet office briefing rooms in Whitehall where ministers and officials gather when there's a crisis.

  • And we always call it COBRA in the media, but we've been told by all the cabinet officials,

  • there's no such thing as COBRA, just call it the cabinet office briefing room.

  • So that's where we are.

  • So we're in, yeah, just explain the facility we're in.

  • So we are in right now, aren't we, what effectively feels like a boardroom.

  • And I'm sitting at the head of a rectangular table with a semicircular end.

  • And it turns out, I've discovered, I am sitting in the chair's seat.

  • Which is quite often the prime minister.

  • So the prime minister or a senior minister or whoever it might be.

  • And then we've got what?

  • We've got three flat screens down one side of the room and a couple down the other.

  • Massive video wall at the end.

  • A red microphone sign that looks like the sort of thing you'd see outside one of our...