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The News Quiz - 16th September

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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Is There a Comma in Waiting Lists?

Scientists claim the optimal technique for baby soothment is five minutes walking around, five to eight minutes sitting down and then lie them down again. Health Secretary Theresa Coffey has begun her efforts to deal with various NHS crises by telling staff to stop using what wrongly? Not defibrillators, isn't it? Which have increasingly been used as a quick way of making cheese toasties by under pressure staff. It's if they can afford the cheese, Andy. You have an 8-6-4-1 coffee asked staff not to use the so-called Oxford comma. The controversial punctuation mark often used after the penultimate entry in a list,. which can cause confusion and is much

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