Do we still need Covid ‘bubbles’ in our schools?
Around 375,000 pupils in England were at home last week because someone in their school bubble had tested positive for coronavirus. From that number, the Department for Education says just 4% of those...
29 Jun 20218min
Why wasn’t Matt Hancock Fired? And 9 other questions about his resignation
Political editor Joe Murphy joins the show to look into the questions mounting following the resignation of Matt Hancock as health secretary.He tells us senior Conservative and Labour MPs are calling ...
28 Jun 202110min
Race to Freedom: why Londoners are being encouraged to get a jab this weekend.
Health editor Ross Lydall says a huge effort’s underway this weekend to get more Londoners vaccinated, especially younger adults.About 1.8m first doses and 1.2m second doses have to be administered ov...
25 Jun 20217min
Can you throw your facemask away on July 19th?
Compulsory mask-wearing in England will be ditched within weeks but the Evening Standard’s deputy political editor, Nicholas Cecil, says you may want to hold onto one for a while yet.Environment Secre...
24 Jun 20215min
Does Turing on the £50 note change anything for the LGBT+ community?
We’re joined by the CEO of PinkNews, Benjamin Cohen, to talk about Alan Turing appearing on the Bank of England’s new £50 note.The scientist and wartime code-cracker is the first LGBT+ person to ever ...
23 Jun 202111min
Holiday freedom ‘in weeks’ for double jabbed
Travel consultant Paul Charles joins the podcast to discuss reports that the government’s considering giving double-vaccinated Britons the go-ahead for summer holidays in Mediterranean resorts without...
22 Jun 20217min
Freedom beckons for double-jabbed, but lockdown won't end early
Our deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil tells us how health secretary Matt Hancock has raised the hopes of people who have had two doses of a Covid vaccine. He says wants to see a new system where ...
21 Jun 20214min
Vaccine ‘Super Saturday’ and will Euro 2020 stay at Wembley?
Deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil explains why Uefa is threatening to take the Euro 2020 out of the UK.The British government’s in talks with football’s governing body which wants 2,500 delegates...
18 Jun 20215min
