News Meeting: Driving test hold-ups and why was Hurricane Helene so damaging?

Jess Winch and guests debate what should lead the news. They discuss the deadliest mainland US hurricane since Katrina, the undecided voters that could swing the American election and the poor state of the driving test system in the UK.

Guests:

• Steve Hayes, CEO and editor at The Dispatch
• Patricia Clarke, reporter at Tortoise
• Katie Riley, Tortoise’s Data Editor

Host: Jess Winch, news editor at Tortoise.

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Email: newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.com

Producer: Casey Magloire

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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