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The World Tonight Episodes

  1.

    UK coronavirus infection rate creeps back up

    The "R number" now sits at between 0.7 and 1

  2. Top US scientist warns on impact of Coranavirus

    A scientist removed from a key role in the search for a vaccine, has a sober warning.

  3. Thousands return to work in England after lockdown rules relaxed

    Rest of UK under tighter restriction. What will the pandemic do to the Union ?

  4. Chancellor extends furlough scheme

    Treasury plans to pay wages of millions of workers till end of October

  5. Boris Johnson defends plans to ease coronavirus lockdown

    48 page document sets out details of steps to re-open schools and work places

  6. UK marks 75th anniversary of VE Day

    Queen: "the streets are not empty, because they are filled with love"

  7. Public urged to stick to lockdown over bank holiday weekend

    Govt says easing of restrictions on Sunday will be “limited and carefully monitored”

  8. Sir Keir Starmer asks the PM "how on earth it had come to this ?"

    Boris Johnson admits several failings in the government's coronavirus strategy

  9. “Professor Lockdown” quits

    Neil Ferguson resigns from SAGE after reports he flouted social distancing rules

  10. More than £6 billion pledged in global push for covid vaccine.

    Online summit led by EU and co-hosted by UK is snubbed by USA

  11. Target of carrying out 100,000 coronavirus tests a day is reached

    Health Secretary Matt Hancock describes it as "incredible achievement"

  12. PM: Britain is "past the peak" of the coronavirus outbreak

    Boris Johnson says it would be "useful" for the public to wear face masks

  13. Clearer picture of UK coronavirus outbreak emerges

    Care home deaths added to daily total – figure now stands at over 26,000

  14. Scottish Government recommends face coverings in public spaces

    First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says it is not a substitute for social distancing

  15. Boris Johnson back in Downing Street -- after recovering from coronavirus

    PM declares he won't risk "huge loss of life" by relaxing lockdown too soon

  16. Transport Secretary reviewing idea of screening passengers arriving at UK airports

    Heathrow airport calls for common internationally agreed measures

  17. Hancock: "Test, track and trace"

    Govt extends testing programme for coronavirus in England to all essential workers.

  18. Disruptive social distancing for another 12 months

    Chief medical advisor says “wholly unrealistic” for measures to be relaxed soon

  19. Government criticised for not taking up PPE offers from UK firms

    Health secretary, Matt Hancock, said not all of them had been credible

  20. RAF plane flying to Turkey to collect shipment of 400-thousand gowns

    Is the govt coronavirus communications strategy fit for purpose ?

  21. Total covid-19 deaths for city of Wuhan revised upwards

    Officials in China deny a lack of transparency in their reporting

  22. UK nationwide lockdown to last at least another three weeks

    Government says "irresponsible" to say when or how restrictions could be lifted

  23. Matt Hancock tackles concerns about coronavirus in care homes

    Health Secretary promises more testing - and more deliveries of gloves and masks

  24. Warning that virus could shrink UK economy by a third

    Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts huge hit to GDP if lockdown lasts 3 months

  25. UK lockdown enters 4th week

    Raab confirms he expects no relaxation of measures for now

  26. Matt Hancock insists “herculean” effort is being made to get PPE

    Complaints that vital kit still not reaching health workers who need it

  27. Dominic Raab says it's too early to lift restrictions on people's movements

    Boris Johnson moves out of intensive care

  28. Downing Street to provide update on the coronavirus lockdown next week

    Chancellor Rishi Sunak says public should focus on the "here and now"

  29. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab deputising for the PM

    Raab says entire cabinet united around Boris Johnson's plan for tackling epidemic

  30. Prime Minister taken to intensive care

    Number Ten says his condition deteriorated this afternoon

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