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The Malawi music student who became a Covid hero
In this special edition of the Leader podcast we’re in Malawi to look at how a 24-year-old music student has become a hero in the country’s fight against Covid-19. Maggie Mkandawire had to return to her home village from the capital Lilongwe ..… -
Simon Calder on what’s really happening with international travel
Leading travel journalist Simon Calder joins the podcast to try to explain what the government’s doing with international travel, as the UK opens up its borders but other countries keep theirs all but closed to Brits. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab’s… -
England’s opening up borders to more US travellers, when will America do the same?
England’s opening up its borders to double-jabbed US and EU travellers, now will other countries let our tourists in? We speak to travel expert Paul Charles who suggests Washington’s unlikely to budge soon on its current restrictions against UK pas… -
Will the pandemic really be over ‘by October’?
The Evening Standard’s political editor Nicholas Cecil takes a look at the stats as one of the country’s leading epidemiologists says the pandemic will be “largely over by October”. Professor Neil Ferguson, who was one of the scientists behind the … -
Why was London hit so badly by flooding?
As a huge clean-up begins following a night of flooding in parts of London, people are wondering how one of the world’s leading cities can be hit so badly by rainfall. Evening Standard reporter Rachael Burford’s been looking at that for the newspaper… -
Jeanette Winterson: Could AI ever write its own original story?
We know it can order groceries when your fridge is empty, turn on the lights in your house, even drive a car but could AI ever be smart enough to become an author? Computing pioneer Ada Lovelace thought it wouldn’t happen because machines can only … -
Just how bad is the ‘pingdemic’?
Our Political Editor Nicholas Cecil reveals how shoppers are being urged not to panic buy as staff at supermarkets are forced to self-isolate after being alerted by the NHS app. The “pinging” crisis is growing with Boris Johnson being urged to..… -
Is a record year for teen knife deaths in London inevitable?
As the Evening Standard reveals a 7-year-old was caught taking a knife into his primary school to “stab another boy at afterschool club,” our investigations editor David Cohen tells us how we here. In a special report, he’s identified five reasons … -
How Wally Funk’s put a sexist wrong right with her historic space flight with Jeff Bezos
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has made history with the successful launch of his New Shepard rocket in West Texas. Among those onboard with him was the flight pioneer Wally Funk, who at 82 has become the oldest person to ever venture into space. On the… -
How 'the fizz went out of Freedom Day'
The Evening Standard's political editor, Nicholas Cecil, tells us how the response to 'Freedom Day' has been more muted than ministers expected. Although nightclubs opened up at one minute past midnight, when most so...
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