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The international students going hungry in the UK
The plight of the international students who pay thousands for the prestige of a British education but are now left relying on food banks.
Children make the most of the snow in lockdown Britain
As Storm Darcy brings heavy snow to much of the country, causing a fair bit of disruption, many families have been out making the most of it
‘Having memorials that validate and legitimise the lives of people who did terrible things is inappropriate’ – Historian David Olusoga
We spoke to historian and broadcaster David Olusoga, the author of Black and British: A Forgotten History
Alex Salmond refuses to appear at inquiry into handling of complaints against him
The former first minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, has refused to appear tomorrow at an inquiry into the handling of complaints against him.
Salmond refusal to attend inquiry into handling of harassment allegations ‘unedifying’ for Scottish Parliament, says SNP MP
We spoke to SNP MP Kenny MacAskill, who served in Alex Salmond's cabinet as justice secretary when he was first minister.
‘We’ve got lots of tricks up our sleeves’ to combat Covid variants, says Prof Sir John Bell
We spoke to Prof Sir John Bell, from the University of Oxford
PM ‘very confident’ about UK’s vaccines as over-70s urged to get jab
A small-scale trial found that the Oxford jab appears to have little impact on mild or moderate cases of the South African variant, but scientists say they're working hard to have a booster jab ready by autumn.
Snow a welcome distraction for families in parts of England
Heavy snow and bitterly cold weather are sweeping parts of the country – with amber warnings of snow across east and southeast England. Forecasters have warned of “significant disruption” into Monday – as Storm Darcy brings st...
‘Whichever vaccine you’re offered, take it,’ urges a member of the government’s virus advisory group
We were joined by Professor Peter Openshaw, an immunologist at Imperial University, who’s also a member of the The New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group advising the government on the threat posed by new and emerging viruses.
Oxford vaccine found to be less effective against South African Covid variant
If we can’t eliminate Covid, at least we can stop people getting dangerously ill: that’s becoming the focus of the experts behind the mass vaccination drive as it emerged that the Oxford jab could be less effective at preventing the new S...
Head of the Soil Association says healthy food habits need to be taught in schools
Chief Executive of the Soil Association, Helen Browning, who also runs a farm producing beef, dairy and pigs as well as cereals, joined us from Wiltshire.
An Astrophysicist’s case for eating less meat
It’s been a turbulent year for our food supply system. From panic buying to free school meals, the pandemic has placed enormous strains on food producers and retailers, not to mention the impact of Brexit. But is there an opportunity now to cha...
‘It’s important we don’t squander the gains of this lockdown by easing restrictions early,’ warns clinical epidemiologist.
We were joined by Dr Deepti Gurdasani in Cambridge, who is a clinical epidemiologist at Queen Mary University of London.
Vaccine chief ‘optimistic’ all over-50s to be offered a vaccine by May
The chairman of the UK’s vaccine taskforce has said he’s very optimistic that all 50-year-olds will be offered a jab by May. And the necessity of the roll-out success was underlined with the news that a covid outbreak in a care home in ...
Did council official Jackie Weaver actually have the authority?
The Zoom recording has made a star of Jackie Weaver for the way she ruthlessly dealt with councillors she considered to be disruptive.