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News Meeting: Rising water bills and the future of the Archbishop of York
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News Meeting: Rising water bills and the future of the Archbishop of York

Giles Whittell and guests discuss calls for Stephen Cottrell to step down over his handling of a sexual abuse case, failures of the UK’s privatised water industry, and ABC News’s $15 million defamation settlement with Donald Trump.

The News Meeting · The Observer

December 16, 202430m 22s

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Show Notes

Giles Whittell and guests debate what stories should lead the news. They discuss calls for Stephen Cottrell to step down over his handling of a sexual abuse case, failures of the UK’s privatised water industry, and ABC News’s $15 million defamation settlement with Donald Trump.


Guests:

  • Pete Apps, Inside Housing contributing editor and Orwell Prize winning author
  • Basia Cummings, editor at Tortoise
  • Stephen Armstrong, reporter at Tortoise 


Host: Giles Whittell, deputy editor at Tortoise


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Producer: Casey Magloire


Executive producer: Rebecca Moore 


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