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Too early or about time? Lifting covid restrictions debate
We speak to Professor Dinesh Saralaya, a Consultant Respiratory Physician who ran the Novavax trials at Bradford Royal Infirmary and helped lead the hospital's response to the pandemic. 


Freedom or folly? Bradford responds to end of Covid restrictions
With England's restrictions now about to be scrapped altogether -we've been back to speak to some of the people in Bradford who we've followed throughout the pandemic. 


Music entrepreneur Jamal Edwards dies at 31 of sudden illness
Tributes have been paid to the music and YouTube mogul Jamal Edwards - who has died at the age of 31 after a sudden illness.


Third major storm in a week brings widespread flooding
The third major storm in a week has brought more widespread flooding and travel chaos to large swathes of the country - with Matlock in Derbyshire inundated after the River Derwent burst its banks, forcing a local hospital to close. 


Covid restrictions lifted despite scepticism from medics and scientists
Our Health and Social Care Editor Victoria Macdonald explains the potential health implications of the government lifting all Covid restrictions in England - despite scepticism from many medics and scientists.


Johnson announces end of Covid restrictions in England
So this is what it's like for a nation to live with Covid - as the Prime Minister announced the end to all mandatory restrictions in England - a plan Labour dismissed as 'half baked'.


The Queen’s “age puts her at a risk” despite being triple vaccinated, says Professor Linda Bauld
I spoke to Linda Bauld, Professor of public health at Edinburgh University.


Queen tests positive for Covid
Just weeks into her Platinum Jubilee year, the Queen has tested positive for Covid. 


Andrew Garfield speaks on challenges of fame and pain of grief
He's perhaps best known for his role as the life saving superhero Spiderman but in his new film, Tick Tick… Boom, Andrew Garfield plays a struggling composer tortured by the fact he can't prevent his friends dying one after the other. 


Thousands left without power in wake of Storm Eunice
Tens of thousands of homes have been left without power in the wake of Storm Eunice as forecasters said more wet and windy weather could hamper efforts to restore supplies. 


‘The prospect of war in Europe is very, very real‘, says Defence Select Committee chair
A short time ago I spoke to the Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood, he's chair of the Commons Defence Committee and is at the summit in Munich.


World leaders gather in Munich to avert Russia-Ukraine war
Heavy fire in the east of Ukraine today has killed two soldiers, a reminder that the country has long been in a permanent state of war. 


Storm Eunice: ‘More storms to come as a result of climate change’, says Environment Agency director
We spoke to John Curtin, the Executive Director of Operations for the Environment Agency and began by asking him if he could give a sense of what the situation was like across the country.


Storm Eunice: Second storm in a week blasts North of England
For some parts of the UK, Storm Eunice is the second storm this week - and another weather warning has been issued by the Met Office this evening.


Storm Eunice: Disruption not seen since ‘Beast from the East’, says rail operator
We spoke to Rachel Heath, the Head of Operations Delivery for the Wales and Borders region of Network Rail, and started by asking why they decided to close down their entire network as Storm Eunice battered the region.



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