The Covid Inquiry Podcast: 'I wasn't the decision maker'
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Cash to self-isolate would have saved lives, Covid inquiry told
[ad_1] Covid inquiryDido Harding said she had repeatedly urged greater financial support payments during the pandemicIf the UK had spent more money helping people to self-isolate during the pandemic then fewer people would have been infected or died, the former head of NHS Test and Trace has said.Baroness Dido Harding, who was in charge of the programme in England, told the Covid inquiry she repeatedly argued to increase financial support,
Boris Johnson wanted authoritarian Covid rules, inquiry hears
[ad_1] PA MediaLord Patrick Vallance, former government chief scientific adviser, gave evidence to the inquiry in west LondonBoris Johnson pushed for a more "ruthless, authoritarian approach" towards people who refused to self-isolate during the pandemic, according to documents seen by the Covid inquiry.The instinct of policy makers was to favour "punitive measures" over financial support, wrote Lord Patrick Vallance who spoke to the PM throughout the crisis and appeared alongside
The US factory that lays bare the contradiction in Trump’s policy
[ad_1] Faisal IslamEconomics editor, ArizonaBBCAmong the cactuses in the desert of Arizona, just outside Phoenix, an extraordinary collection of buildings is emerging that will shape the future of the global economy and the world.The hum of further construction is creating not just a factory for the world's most advanced semiconductors. Eventually, it will mass produce the most advanced chips in the world. This work is being done in the US
Soviet-era spacecraft ‘likely’ to have re-entered Earth’s atmosphere
[ad_1] Maddie MolloyClimate & science reporterGetty ImagesThe Soviet Union launched a number of missions to explore Venus – this probe was from an earlier flightPart of a Soviet-era spacecraft is likely to have re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after being stuck in orbit for more than half a century, the European Space Agency said. Kosmos 482, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, never made it out of Earth's
The truth about life on other planets and what it means for Earth
[ad_1] Pallab GhoshScience correspondentBBCListen to this article on BBC SoundsThere are some scientific discoveries that do much more than advance our knowledge: they create a shift in our psyche as they show us the scale of the Universe and our place in it. One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on another world, a
The neighbourhood that could hold the secret to fixing the NHS
[ad_1] Nick TriggleHealth correspondentBBCListen to this article on BBC SoundsMinisters, health staff and the public gathered in London last week for a summit to discuss the 10-year NHS plan in England. It was the final roadshow in a nationwide tour to help set out the strategy the government says will rescue the "broken" NHS, which has a waiting list of nearly 7.5 million patients and public satisfaction of just 21%
Matt Hancock criticises ‘wholly naive’ and ‘hostile’ Covid inquiry
[ad_1] Matt Hancock has defended government deals to buy personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic, saying the country was in a "desperate situation" at the time.In a bad-tempered session at the Covid inquiry, the former health secretary repeatedly criticised the line of questioning describing it as "naive", "hostile" and "inappropriate".He said he was "not at all surprised" when a so-called VIP lane for PPE suppliers with a political connection
Nasa astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth
[ad_1] Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Greg BrosnanBBC ScienceWatch: Astronauts return to Earth after extended stay in SpaceAfter nine months in space, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally arrived back on Earth.Their SpaceX capsule made a fast and fiery re-entry through the Earth's atmosphere, before four parachutes opened to take them to a gentle splashdown off the coast of Florida. A pod of dolphins circled the craft.After
The major question thrown up by Labour’s benefits plans
[ad_1] Faisal IslamEconomics editorBBCIn the next 24 hours and then over the following fortnight up until the Spring Statement, the government is going to talk a lot about a broken welfare system that is failing the people who use it, the economy and taxpayers.Taking a tough call on fixing it goes against the instincts of much of the Labour Party and has already sparked an internal backlash that could rise