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Global PPE manufacturer Top Glove hit by Covid-19 outbreak
Producer: Lee Sorrell In Malaysia, there’s been a serious outbreak of Covid-19 among workers at the world’s biggest manufacturer of medical gloves. The company, Top Glove, which supplies the NHS, was the subject of an investigation by this programme in June. We revealed shocking evidence about working and living conditions which put the migrant workforce…
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FactCheck: will the “poorest and neediest” get the coronavirus vaccine in time?
The government has signed up to an international agreement designed to make sure all countries get equal access to coronavirus vaccines at the same time. But it has also said it wants British people to get the new Oxford vaccine first.
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FactCheck: how many people are following the rules on self-isolating?
Sir Keir Starmer says only 11 per cent of people self-isolate when asked to do so. Boris Johnson says this number is “way too low”. Who’s right?
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FactCheck: five key Covid questions the government won’t answer
There are important questions about the coronavirus strategy that government departments simply won’t answer in full.
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Scotland’s to enter five-tier Covid alert level system
Much of Scotland is already under a high level of restrictions which have forced restaurants and bars to close.
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FactCheck: confusion over Covid-19 vaccine plans
There have been mixed messages recently about how a Covid-19 vaccination programme would be handled.
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FactCheck: we shouldn’t rely on official cases per capita to compare local outbreaks
There are no easy answers.
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Channel 4 News scoops fifth Emmy in eight years
Programme’s coverage of ‘Hong Kong: Year of Living Dangerously’ wins International Emmy® For News
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‘The clearly anticipated surge that would happen as schools came back… was not planned for over the summer’: Prof Alan McNally
The microbiologist Prof Alan McNally, who helped set up the Lighthouse diagnostic labs network to support the fight against Covid, joined us from Birmingham.
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FactCheck: conspiracy theory about DNA from Covid tests makes no sense
There is simply no connection between this change in the law – which is all about relieving pressure on police investigating terrorism – and the NHS Test and Trace programme.
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‘This pandemic has its roots in environmental abuses’ – Natural England chair Tony Juniper
Earlier we spoke to Tony Juniper, who is the chair of Natural England, which is the official body that works for the conservation and restoration of the natural environment in England.
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Belarus opposition leader ‘snatched from street’ in Minsk
The leading Belarus opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova has been “snatched from the street” in Minsk and driven away in a minivan.
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FactCheck: what’s the reason for 14-day travel quarantine?
There’s evidence that shorter isolation periods combined with testing could be just as effective as the current regime.
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FactCheck: what do the coronavirus protesters want?
The StandUpX website makes a number of claims which are highly debatable or straightforwardly untrue.
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Team GB sprinter considers stop and search legal action, as scenes of ‘driving while black’ spread across social media
The Metropolitan Police have urged the Team GB sprinter Bianca Williams and her partner to get in touch – and discuss an incident where they were stopped and searched while driving in west London.