About this episode

The episode discusses food safety warnings regarding runny eggs, a queue at Snowdon, and features various news topics including a film screening and a young museum curator.

The Food Standards Agency has warned young children, older people and pregnant women to avoid runny eggs in cafes and restaurants after an outbreak of salmonella, and Bex, Eve and Joe talk through the advice. There’s also a queue forming at the summit of Snowdon, a Spider-Man screening in Colombia emptied by a foul smell, 11-year-old museum curator Anderson Taylor as hero of the week, and a big debate on whether UK airports should get bigger. Plus the breakthrough shortlist for The Week Junior Book Awards, Isaac Hamilton-McKenzie on this week’s Book of the Week, Jamaal Target: Phantom Agent, and your chance to win a copy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Bex, Eve, Joe

Topics covered

• food safety
• health advice
• Snowdon
• film screening
• museum curation
• airport expansion
• book awards

Keywords

• salmonella
• runny eggs
• Snowdon queues
• museum curator
• book awards
• UK airports
• Spider-Man screening

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Food Standards Agency

Books & works: Jamaal Target: Phantom Agent

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