Dawn Of The Threads
Meta will launch a Twitter rival app on Thursday.\n \nAdam is joined by Shiona McCallum, BBC tech reporter, and Vivian Schiller, the former head of news at Twitter, to talk about the effect they expect it to have on our online lives.\n \nChris Mason is also on with the latest as the police reopen an investigation into a 'jingle and mingle' event at Conservative HQ while Covid restrictions were in place.\n \nAnd, business editor Simon Jack has been investigating what\u2019s going on with Nigel Farage\u2019s bank accounts, after Mr Farage claimed an account of his was shut for political reasons. We hear what he\u2019s found.\n \nYou can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere\n \nToday's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Alex Collins and Rufus Gray. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The news editor was Damon Rose.