AstraZeneca: What are experts saying about blood clots and the vaccine?
Our deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil is on the show after the Evening Standard spoke to a leading expert on vaccinations, following concerns the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab could cause blood clots in...
8 Apr 20216min
If you want an al fresco table in London, you’d better book one quickly
The Evening Standard’s Jonathan Prynn joins the podcast as restaurant groups report an enormous demand for al fresco tables. One, the Incipio Group, says it’s taken more than 300,000 bookings for post...
7 Apr 20216min
How covid passports could get London theatres sold out again
Arts correspondent Robert Dex joins us to look at a government plan that could allow theatres to re-open without social distancing as early as this summer. Ministers are looking at how rapid tests and...
6 Apr 20217min
Why kids as young as 5 could be taking part in Covid vaccine trials
The Evening Standard’s deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil joins us to explain why researchers are to begin coronavirus vaccine trials with children. It follows news that youngsters as young as fiv...
1 Apr 20215min
After lockdown, will the savers spend like it’s a new Roaring Twenties?
Are we heading for another Roaring Twenties? After a year in lockdown, it appears the UK has saved quite a lot of money and now the Evening Standard’s Jonathan Prynn says we’re being encouraged to spe...
31 Mar 20218min
A new Covid Vaccine could be here within weeks
The Evening Standard’s deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil joins the show to explain the new Novovax vaccine, that could be released in the UK in April. He says ministers have ordered 60 million do...
30 Mar 20217min
Lockdown's ending and, yes, you can go to the beach today
The Evening Standard's political editor, Joe Murphy, joins the show to tell us how the relaxation of lockdown restrictions "goes further than advertised". Trips to the seaside, the New Forest, favour...
29 Mar 20216min
O2 Business Boss Jo Bertram on life after lockdown
We’re just over one year since lockdown began, and we’re just a few days from it at least starting to come to an end. This week on the Leader podcast we’ve been looking at how the pandemic has affecte...
26 Mar 202112min
