italy s political parties have been holding their final campaign rallies ahead of sunday s parliamentary election. giorgia meloni s right wing brothers of italy party now on bbc news, it s newscast. chris, what are you doing on the 18th of october? the 18th of october? what day of the week is that? i know they say a week is a long time in politics a month must be a lot for you. exactly! i can t even think about the labour conference, which starts this weekend. it seems an eternity away, so the 18th of october, i have no idea. you tell me what am i doing, adam? you have got a diary invite on your phone calendar for castfest the first inaugural castfest where in the bbc radio theatre in central london we are going to bring together newscast, ukrainecast and americast fora massive, mammoth, live podcasting recording. it s going to be amazing, and hopefully you re going to be there. i did know about this, i just didn t know when it was. i think it was probably in this t
of our social medias or go on the bbc news website, you will find the details of how to get tickets, and you ll be able to see such luminaries as victoria derbyshire, justin webb, sarah smith, gabriel gatehouse and, yeah, me and chris if chris can remember to turn up. anyway, that s going to be in the glamorous radio theatre at the bbc. welcome to just the normal newscast kind of cupboard. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam in the studio. hello, it s alex in the studio. and it s chris in the street. what street? just a random street? i m in south london. just recovering from a little trip that i have done with the prime minister. it just seemed to flow, saying in the street after you said the studio. yeah, you didn t say studio 79bcd, did you?