Covid track and trace app delayed: a test user’s experience; & Biologist Erin Bromage on the risks of easing lockdown.
The UK's track and trace app, which was due to launch around now, appears to be being delayed. It's supposed to form a major part of the country's fight back against coronavirus, by alerting people wh...
20 Maj 202016min
Shakespeare’s Globe ‘critically vulnerable': what’s really at stake? Plus how summer holidays could return.
Standing on the South Bank, the Globe theatre is one of London’s most iconic landmarks, as well as being an international cultural giant. Now it’s under very real threat. It says the coronavirus pande...
19 Maj 202016min
How a 17th-century sword fight could shape post-coronavirus economy
John Law was a 17th century banker who murdered a rival in London, escaped jail and ended up in Paris where he bankrupted France, arguably causing the revolution. How can his story influence decisions...
18 Maj 202015min
Coronavirus care home deaths hit 12,000 - and could be higher. Plus, transport pressure on Sadiq Khan
Horrific figures revealing 12,000 deaths from coronavirus in care homes in England and Wales since the crisis began have re-ignited appeals for staff and patients to get better protection from the inf...
15 Maj 202014min
100% accurate antibody test: is it the ‘game changer’ Boris Johnson has claimed? Plus, how schools will keep kids safe when they return.
A new antibody test for covid-19's been called a "game changer" by the Prime Minister, but is he overstating its impact? It can tell if someone's had the virus, but that doesn't necessarily mean you'r...
14 Maj 202014min
Second Covid peak in 'days' warns leading scientist mapping genome to find vaccine
Why are some people so badly affected by Covid-19 while others barely notice they're sick at all, and how can we use that to fight the virus? That's what teams of scientists are trying to find out as ...
13 Maj 202017min
Back to work, says Boris - but how do we get there?
The country is being told to get ready to go back to work, but no-one seems to know how people are supposed to get there. Social distancing appears impossible on trains, cycling or walking is impracti...
12 Maj 202017min
New lockdown messaging criticised - but could Boris have done better? Plus France travel deal explained.
The government is facing a backlash after changing its coronavirus messaging from "stay at home" to "stay alert”. But could ministers really have done any better? Marketing consultant Neil Taylor, who...
11 Maj 202016min
