Train Fare Rises: Here's what should really be done; And Heathrow's covid test trial that could end 14-day quarantine
A decision to hike train fares by 1.6% in January has been greeted with dismay by those who have been trying to encourage commuters to get out of their houses and back into offices. But the pandemic's...
19 Aug 202013min
M&S job cuts: why working from home hit the retailer so hard. Plus how Michelle Obama "stole the show" at the Democratic National Convention
Marks and Spencer is to cut 7,000 jobs over the next three months, and customers working from home is one of the reasons why. The company says there's been a "material shift" in trading, with its once...
18 Aug 202017min
A-Level exams: Can Gavin Williamson's job survive this? And how Al Murray's saving comedy
With mounting anger from the public, and criticism from within the Tory party, is the education secretary's job at risk following the exams crisis? Gavin Williamson's being attacked by some for taking...
17 Aug 202015min
Fleeing France, the UK holidaymakers getting out before quarantine starts at home; and why Rishi Sunak wants Londoners at their desks
More than 150,000 holidaymakers are scrambling back to Britain from France before tough new quarantine restrictions come into force. From 4am om Saturday, the new rules mean anyone returning from the ...
14 Aug 202015min
How the A-level exam results went so badly wrong, and why it could be "the earliest Christmas ever" for London's West End
Headteachers from across the country are scrambling to launch thousands of appeals against “unfair” A-level results as a storm over the exam system grows. Many students have been left distraught after...
13 Aug 202014min
Exam results: why the government 'must try harder' as confusion reigns; & who is Kamala Harris, Joe Biden's pick for Vice President?
After an exam result shambles in Scotland, it's England's turn - but lessons don't appear to have been learned. The government's u-turned on using a similar algorithm to standardise marking A-levels a...
12 Aug 202015min
UK unemployment spikes as we plunge into Covid recession, and New Zealand faces virus return
After 102 days with no locally transmitted infections, coronavirus is back in New Zealand. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed four cases have been found in Auckland, the country's biggest city, w...
11 Aug 202014min
How the government plans to re-open schools in September safely. And, Simon Callow on pantomime and a "theatrical catastrophe"
Boris Johnson says the country has a "moral duty" to get children back in school this September. But with scientists debating the safety of it, how does the government plan to re-open classrooms witho...
10 Aug 202016min
