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Ministers consider scrapping self-isolation for double-jabbed NHS staff in England
Ministers are considering plans to allow NHS staff in England to be exempt from self-isolation if they’ve been fully vaccinated, as Covid cases across the country continue to soar - reaching levels last seen in the winter.


Euro 2020 final: England vs Italy build-up live from Wembley
It’s 55 years since the England men’s football team won a major tournament - but that could all change tomorrow night if they beat Italy in the Euro 2020 final.


Government urged to make decision over offering Covid jab to vulnerable children
New research shows just 25 children and young people in England died from Covid during the first year of the pandemic - that's 0.005 per cent of all those who had the virus.


Euro 2020: What would an England win mean for English identity?
With devolution, Brexit and the pandemic splintering the UK, power and identity has become more complicated. But is this a football team carrying the values of its generation - and confounding the culture wars of our time?


Euro 2020: Musician Billy Bragg and commentator Calvin Robinson debate England taking the knee ahead of final
We’re joined from Weymouth by the singer and left-wing political activist Billy Bragg, who speaks about reclaiming England in his new LP called England, Half English, and from Oxford by Calvin Robinson from the right-leaning think-tank Policy Excha...


Welsh protesters call for cap on second homes
Priced out, sold out: in some parts of North Wales almost 50 percent of the housing is a second home.


‘Tragic outcome’ if women are reluctant to approach police after Sarah Everard murder, former chief constable says
We spoke to Sir Peter Fahy, former chief constable of Greater Manchester Police and began by asking how can the public look at this case and trust the police?


Debate: Should UK children be offered the Covid jab?
We spoke to Lorna Fraser, a professor of epidemiology at University of York, and a senior author of one of the largest studies of Covid risk and Adie Caston who's the daughter of a friend of Krishnan’s.


Government urges people not to delete the Covid app
Downing Street is urging people not to ignore or delete the Covid app if it tells you to self isolate, insisting it is still an important tool in the fight against coronavirus.


Policing has a specific problem and it’s down to home secretary and Met Police to fix, says Reclaim These Streets co-founder
We were joined by Anna Birley from Reclaim These Streets, a women's safety organisation working to challenge misogyny and street harassment of women and girls.


Atomic Kittens number one hit ‘Whole Again’ reworked paying tribute to England manager Gareth Southgate
It is perhaps an unlikely song to accompany Englands' run to the Euro 2020 final on Sunday.


Fans in football stadiums for Euro 2020 is ‘irresponsible’ says MEP
We were joined from Brussels by the Belgian MEP Philippe Lamberts.


No quarantine for fully vaccinated people returning from amber list countries to England
Adults who have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus and children will not have to quarantine on their return from amber list countries to England from 19 July. 


5.3m people waiting for operation or treatment with NHS under pressure to handle backlog
Over 5.3 million people were waiting for an operation or routine treatment in May - a record figure for a second successive month, but the numbers seeking treatment are returning to pre-pandemic levels.


‘We need staff in the hospitals to do their jobs’, says NHS Providers’ Saffron Cordery
We spoke to Saffron Cordery, who is the deputy chief executive of NHS Providers.



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