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Classic song re-writes cause discord, Emma Watson's new term for 'single', Twitter bans political ads, police drone plans, NHS DNA tests, and should clapping be banned?

In this episode we dissect John Legend's updated version of a Christmas classic for the #MeToo movement. The threat to classic numbers doesn't stop there as we analyse a new version of the alphabet song, and find out if this is something we should "fret" about? We hear why Emma Watson has coined a new term for being single; will lonely hearts ever get a break? And we examine Twitter’s decision to ban political adverts, as well as discussing what else we’d like to see banned from social media – we’re coming for your food selfies! We examine police plans to use facial recognition drones to search for missing people, and NHS proposals to DNA test newborns – would you want to know what’s in your genetic future? Finally, we get hands on with news that students at the University of Oxford have voted to ban clapping.

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