Now playing Next Culture news Breathtaking: The pandemic medical from inside the NHS A new British drama looks at life inside the nation’s health service during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. 22/02/2024
Now playing Next Travel News Blood and vomit: How are biohazards on planes cleaned? It’s been a summer of biohazardous bodily fluids on planes. Should you be concerned about flying? 21/09/2023
Now playing Next Nature Jolyon Maugham: ‘Laws that permit destruction of the planet are wrong' What legal tools does the Good Law Project founder's new book Bringing Down Goliath give Brits for defending nature? 05/05/2023
Now playing Next United Kingdom Rishi Sunak admits 'mistakes were made' as he becomes UK PM He was formally asked to form a government by King Charles on Tuesday afternoon, making Sunak the UK's 57th prime minister. 25/10/2022
Now playing Next United Kingdom Who is soon-to-be UK PM Rishi Sunak and what does he stand for? Sunak was born in the coastal city of Southampton as the son of African immigrant parents of Punjabi-Indian descent. 24/10/2022
Now playing Next Climate Burnout: Firefighters look back on July's 'gamechanging' heatwave Firefighters in the UK are training with their counterparts in southern Europe to learn how to tackle fires in a heating climate. 07/08/2022
Now playing Next Health news How can you protect yourself from monkeypox? The risk of monkeypox to the general population remains low but it’s important to know how you can protect yourself from the virus. 28/07/2022
Now playing Next Travel News Hong Kong's quarantine hotels are creating mountains of plastic waste A zero-COVID policy means everything from remotes to pillows and food has to be wrapped in plastic. 19/04/2022
Now playing Next China Frustration in Shanghai over COVID-19 lockdown policy As Shanghai and other cities shut down to fight coronavirus outbreaks, China faces sinking economic growth. 18/04/2022
Now playing Next Living Here are some of the inventive ways people are reusing COVID plastics Old tests are being repurposed into sparkly jewellery, plant pot labels and more, but not all of our pandemic plastics are necessary. 28/01/2022
Now playing Next Spain Spanish doctors compensated for lack of PPE at start of pandemic The claim brought by a doctor’s union is the first of its kind to be won in Spain. 12/01/2022
Now playing Next Health news Here’s how scientists and engineers fought COVID in 2021 Vaccines weren’t the silver bullet ending the pandemic we all hoped they would be. The search continued in 2021 for new technological ways to combat COVID. 22/12/2021
Now playing Next Health news Could a nasal spray be the solution to preventing and treating COVID? Trials are underway in the UK on a COVID nasal spray called pHOXWELL which researchers believe is capable of stopping any variant of concern. 27/11/2021
Now playing Next Sweden Sweden's response to pandemic was 'too slow', says commission report Unlike other EU countries, Sweden did not lock down in spring 2020 and only imposed some restrictions during the second wave. 29/10/2021
Now playing Next Series Meet the green entrepreneur helping Londoners quit supermarkets Eco-warrior Ella Shone is tackling plastic pollution in the UK capital with her refill shop on wheels, as part of our ongoing video series 'Green in the City'. 22/09/2021
Now playing Next Travel News After sexual harassment reports, people want quarantine hotels banned As complaints amass against the UK’s quarantine hotels, a law firm has taken legal action to stop them for vaccinated travellers. 15/09/2021
Now playing Next France France's ex-health minister indicted in COVID-19 handling probe Agnes Buzyn, France's health minister when the global COVID-19 pandemic erupted, was on Friday indicted for "endangering the lives of others". 10/09/2021
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT