Coronavirus: What's Boris Johnson's strategy really about? And, how the country changed during 6 months of lockdown
Are divisions in the cabinet the cause of muddled messaging and seemingly contradictory guidelines being issued by the government on coronavirus? Senior editor of the Economist, Anne McElvoy joins us ...
23 Sep 202014min
New coronavirus lockdown rules: everything you need to know; & how doctors are preparing for a second wave
Boris Johnson has revealed a swathe of new coronavirus restrictions, as the country tries to fend of the infection's apparent revival. There are curfews on bars, strict new face mask policies, even th...
22 Sep 202014min
As UK infections surge, what’s in store for a new lockdown?
The UK’s top health officials have warned that if the rate of coronavirus infections continues unabated, we could hit 50,000 per day by mid October. By mid-November, they say that could mean Britain r...
21 Sep 202012min
UK lockdown: is a second Covid lockdown coming? And why adoptions went up during the pandemic
Heath Secretary Matt Hancock has put the country on notice for a national social lockdown, saying: “I fear more people will die.” But our political editor Joe Murphy says restrictions this time could ...
18 Sep 202014min
Coronavirus testing: NO tests available in London as cases rise; and is JK Rowling's new novel really "transphobic"?
The full scale of the Covid testing crisis in London has been exposed by an Evening Standard investigation which found appointments were not available to book online. Our reporter Rachael Burford trie...
17 Sep 202012min
Coronavirus testing: What's really going on inside the labs?; & even British Airways admits it's "fighting for survival"
Ministers are under pressure to rethink the system of “outsourcing” for processing coronavirus tests as spare capacity in NHS laboratories goes unused. The chaos facing people trying to get Covid chec...
16 Sep 202016min
Coronavirus track and trace: can system take the strain? And forget Venus, scientists seek life on Mars from Dorking.
With universities returning, joining the school pupils already back at classes, and the increasing numbers of those going to the office, the UK’s track and trace system is under strain. One expert’s t...
15 Sep 202010min
Rule of six: would you shop your neighbour? And David Cameron’s Brexit warning to Boris Johnson
At the start of lockdown we stood with our neighbours and applauded key workers in the NHS. Now we are being told to report the people next door to the police. Policing minister Kit Malthouse says peo...
14 Sep 202012min
