Marcus Rashford forces Boris Johnson to u-turn on free school meals; & Royal Ascot goes virtual
Boris Johnson's made a hasty u-turn on providing free school meals this Summer after a campaign by Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford sounded the death knell for the policy. Now, 1.3 million ch...
16 Jun 202011min
How UK shops are innovating for a new normal, plus London’s parks are the new pubs
Shops are reopening across Britain but with a new look. Hand sanitizing stations have been installed, caps on the amount of people allowed through the doors have been imposed. During lockdown, the Off...
15 Jun 202014min
How Britain can recover from a record economic drop, & London Fashion Week goes digital
Britain’s crippled lockdown economy smashed all records in April when the nation’s output plummeted by more than a fifth. The remarkable 20.4 per cent dive in GDP — even deeper than most City forecast...
12 Jun 202014min
Could scrapping 2m rule save restaurants - plus how Holland saved sex in lockdown
After months of pleading from restaurants, bars, theatres and cinemas, the government could be about to reduce the two metre social distancing rule. Communities minister Simon Clarke's been giving int...
11 Jun 202012min
Why can't the world unite to defeat coronavirus? Save the Children talk about their work battling Covid-19 across borders
Coronavirus has never been so prevalent. Although cases are dropping in Europe, they're soaring in both north and South America, while Africa is struggling to control the infection. Data suggests the ...
10 Jun 202013min
Schools out for Summer, why that's bad news for kids; Plus, should we tear down our past?
The government's announced all primary school children in England will not be sent back to classes before the summer break. It follows a backlash from teachers and unions who warned it would be imposs...
9 Jun 202012min
New Zealand is ‘Covid 19 free’: here’s how they did it. Plus, policing protests in a pandemic
New Zealand is declaring itself covid-19 free and lifting almost all of its lockdown restrictions. It follows the recovery of a woman in her 50s who was the last known person in the country to have th...
8 Jun 202016min
Face masks: why did the UK take so long to make them mandatory?
Why has it taken the UK so long to introduce mandatory face mask wearing on public transport? In this special edition of the Leader podcast, we speak to a physician who has been campaigning for the ch...
5 Jun 20209min
