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Jul 1, 2021 · 7 min
Sadiq Khan: ‘We’re throwing the kitchen sink, appliances and myself’ at London’s vaccine rollout.
Evening Standard health editor Ross Lydall speaks to the Mayor of London who says “remarkable” progress with the vaccine roll-out has put London in prime position to reopen safely on July 1. Official NHS England figures suggest that, at current rates o...
Jun 30, 2021 · 10 min
Why are anti-vaxx attacks on NHS workers ‘on the rise’ and what’s being done?
The Evening Standard’s revealed health workers and volunteers on the front line of the vaccine roll-out in London are being physically and verbally abused by anti-vaxxers.Council leaders and the capital’s top nurse shared details of a number of inci...
Jun 29, 2021 · 8 min
Do we still need Covid ‘bubbles’ in our schools?
Around 375,000 pupils in England were at home last week because someone in their school bubble had tested positive for coronavirus. From that number, the Department for Education says just 4% of those affected had the infection.Geoff Barton, the gen...
Jun 28, 2021 · 10 min
Why wasn’t Matt Hancock Fired? And 9 other questions about his resignation
Political editor Joe Murphy joins the show to look into the questions mounting following the resignation of Matt Hancock as health secretary.He tells us senior Conservative and Labour MPs are calling for answers over how often Mr Hancock used a priv...
Jun 25, 2021 · 7 min
Race to Freedom: why Londoners are being encouraged to get a jab this weekend.
Health editor Ross Lydall says a huge effort’s underway this weekend to get more Londoners vaccinated, especially younger adults.About 1.8m first doses and 1.2m second doses have to be administered over the next three-and-a-half weeks to bring Londo...
Jun 24, 2021 · 5 min
Can you throw your facemask away on July 19th?
Compulsory mask-wearing in England will be ditched within weeks but the Evening Standard’s deputy political editor, Nicholas Cecil, says you may want to hold onto one for a while yet.Environment Secretary George Eustice says the Government’s aiming to...
Jun 23, 2021 · 11 min
Does Turing on the £50 note change anything for the LGBT+ community?
We’re joined by the CEO of PinkNews, Benjamin Cohen, to talk about Alan Turing appearing on the Bank of England’s new £50 note.The scientist and wartime code-cracker is the first LGBT+ person to ever be given the honour, and he’s also being remember...
Jun 22, 2021 · 7 min
Holiday freedom ‘in weeks’ for double jabbed
Travel consultant Paul Charles joins the podcast to discuss reports that the government’s considering giving double-vaccinated Britons the go-ahead for summer holidays in Mediterranean resorts without having to quarantine on their return.The Health Se...
Jun 21, 2021 · 4 min
Freedom beckons for double-jabbed, but lockdown won't end early
Our deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil tells us how health secretary Matt Hancock has raised the hopes of people who have had two doses of a Covid vaccine. He says wants to see a new system where the double-jabbed won't have to self-i...
Jun 18, 2021 · 5 min
Vaccine ‘Super Saturday’ and will Euro 2020 stay at Wembley?
Deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil explains why Uefa is threatening to take the Euro 2020 out of the UK.The British government’s in talks with football’s governing body which wants 2,500 delegates to be allowed to fly into the country for the sh...
Jun 17, 2021 · 8 min
This virus has a game plan: get ready to fight, says Covid expert
There’s a lot of talk about how vaccines are going to end this global pandemic that we’re embroiled in – but is that true? In today’s episode Dr. David Nabarro, the World Health Organisation’s special envoy on Covid-19, spoke to Ros...
Jun 16, 2021 · 5 min
Sadiq Khan on how London’s targeting 100k Covid vaccines a day
The mayor of London took a walk through the city centre with the Evening Standard’s health editor Ross Lydall and discussed the urgency behind getting more people in the capital vaccinated.A total of 3.62 million more doses are needed in London by t...
Jun 15, 2021 · 6 min
The damage done by a delay to lifting lockdown
The Evening Standard’s Jonathan Prynn joins us to discuss the economic impact of pushing back ‘Freedom day’ by four weeks.He’s been speaking to hoteliers, restauranteurs and pub landlords who fear the delay will be the final nail in the coffin for b...
Jun 14, 2021 · 12 min
LinkedIn’s UK boss on how business changed during lockdown
Janine Chamberlin, LinkedIn’s UK country manager, tells us how users of the website have changed their behaviour and attitudes over the course of Britain’s lockdown. In a fascinating interview, she tells us which sectors were hardest hit by the rest...
Jun 11, 2021 · 9 min
How UK and US Covid vaccine donations will help the world
The UK and US are to donate more than 600 million Covid-19 vaccine donations between them as part of global efforts to control the pandemic.In this special report, we speak to doctors and other leading experts around the world to look at what kind o...
Jun 10, 2021 · 7 min
How the environment’s become so key at the G7
Boris Johnson’s meeting Joe Biden face-to-face for the first time since the US election as the G7 summit gets underway in Cornwall. The two have much to discuss, and disagree and several areas, but they’re united in their vows to tackle climate chan...
Jun 9, 2021 · 9 min
How Harry & Meghan’s daughter’s name became another row
The Evening Standard’s royal editor, Robert Jobson, tells us what’s been happening at Buckingham Palace and in LA as Harry and Meghan threaten legal action over a story about their daughter’s name. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are hitting back at ...
Jun 8, 2021 · 6 min
“Holiday at home” – but look out for the UK’s own Covid hotspots
A cabinet minister’s advising people to “holiday at home,” following the rush to get Brits back from Portugal when that country was downgraded to amber from the UK’s green list.Environment secretary George Eustace says he won’t be leaving the countr...
Jun 7, 2021 · 7 min
Portugal’s airport chaos and pressure on the UK to hold a coronavirus inquiry early
As our exclusive poll shows the public wants the coronavirus inquiry to start early, we speak to our political editor Joe Murphy and ask if the chaos in Portugal’s airports will add to the pressure. He tells us that anything that increases people’s “se...
Jun 4, 2021 · 7 min
How urban farms are supercharging school dinners
Securing the future sources of our food, especially in cities, sprouts some critical issues: cost, pesticides, genetically modified crops, delivery miles and ensuring children can access nutritious, fresh fruit and vegetables.During lockdown, a trip...