Health leaders call for review to ensure UK is prepared for 'real risk' of coronavirus second wave
After the big announcement, the government’s now delivering the details on how lockdown will be eased on July 4th. Guidance has been dispatched to businesses affected , including things like telling p...
24 Juni 202014min
Lockdown's ending for bars and museums, but will they actually re-open?; & the campaign to end wet markets
MPs were so excited to hear Boris Johnson say pubs will re-open, they shouted "Hallelujah" in the Commons. Museums and art galleries have the green light too. But after more than three months in lockd...
23 Juni 202016min
Reading "terror" attack: has the coronavirus lockdown made it harder to stop terrorism, and Diane Abbott on #WindrushDay
Home Secretary Priti Patel's visited the Reading park where three people were killed and three more injured in what's being investigated as a terror attack at the weekend. 25-year-old Khairi Saadallah...
22 Juni 202013min
Britain’s coronavirus alert level is reduced, but is it the right call? Plus, how the UK’s creative industry can avoid a cultural catastrophe
The last big hurdle to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to switch to step two of the UK’s roadmap to recovery has cleared with the coronavirus alert level dropping. It means pubs and restaurants wi...
19 Juni 202012min
How Dame Vera Lynn became a lasting symbol of hope, plus a warning on childrens’ mental health as they return to school
The ‘force’s sweetheart’, Dame Vera Lynn, has died aged 103. She became a symbol of hope and inspiration for those on the front line of World War Two, and again this year, when the Queen evoked the ly...
18 Juni 202013min
Soho London: how eating outside could save the West End after lockdown
Al-fresco dining is set to bring back the buzz to London’s famed West End. Pubs, cafes and restaurants will spill out onto the streets over the summer, reviving spending and lifting the city’s spirits...
17 Juni 202011min
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 Juni 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 Juni 202014min
