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With infection rates rising, the economy looking precarious and different parts of the UK taking their own paths, what options does the prime minister have to reduce coronavirus cases? In this episode of the Sky News Daily podcast, host Jonathan Samuels is joined by Professor Christina Pagel, scientist, mathematician and member of the independent SAGE committee; Dr Simon Clarke, associate professor in cellular microbiology at University of Reading; and Kate Andrews, economics correspondent for The Spectator to discuss the "circuit breaker" strategy that was advised by SAGE and dismissed by the government a month ago. Plus, Sky's West of England correspondent Dan Whitehead talks us through the Welsh "firebreaker" lockdown. Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer – Emma Rae Woodhouse Interviews producer - Oli FosterArchive - Simon WindsorMusic - Steven Wheeler

After months of talks attempting to secure a post-Brexit trade deal, how has fishing come to decide the UK’s political future? Northern Ireland, immigration and the budget have all been sticking points in Brexit negotiations - but one that neither side seems willing to budge over on, is fishing. In this episode on the Sky News Daily podcast, Dermot Murnaghan speaks to Jeremy Percy, a former fisherman and now chairman of the New Under Tens Fishing Association. They discuss the situation from the perspective of the British fishing industry. Also joining Dermot is Natasha Bowler, Sky’s Brussels producer who explains the politics behind the fishing disputes. Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer - Emma Rae WoodhouseInterviews producer - Oli FosterArchive - Simon WindsorMusic - Steven Wheeler

Rape is a sensitive issue and one that is not easy for many of us to discuss.It’s even harder for those who experience the crime - which is difficult to prosecute.But with the lowest conviction levels on record in England and Wales, it prompts an uncomfortable question: Has rape become the perfect crime? Bonny Turner and Sam Thompson shared their stories with our 'Off Limits' digital series.We hear their experiences on this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast after neither case made it to court.Sky's Laura Bundock is also joined by senior producer Liv Moloney, who worked on the documentary - as well as rape survivor Winnie M Li and lawyer Luke Gittos, to discuss the complexities of rape investigations.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer – Emma-Rae Woodhouse Interviews producer - Oli FosterArchive - Simon WindsorMusic - Steven Wheeler

Two deaths, two countries, twenty-seven years apart. The racial killing of two men that brought people to their feet and demand for change. In this episode of the Sky News Daily podcast, host Noel Phillips talks to George Floyd’s son and one of his close friends to mark what would have been his 47th birthday. He also speaks to Neville Lawrence, father of Stephen Lawrence who was murdered in south east London 27 years ago. They discuss what changes his son’s killing triggered across the public sector and what is still yet to be done.Daily podcast team: Podcast producer - Annie Joyce Podcast producer - Nicola Eyers Assistant producer – Emma Rae Woodhouse Researcher - Rob Fellows Interviews producers - Tatiana Alderson Interviews producers - Megan Coutts Archive - Simon Windsor Music - Steven Wheeler

On Monday, Boris Johnson outlined a new COVID alert system for England aimed at slowing the spread of the virus in hotspot areas.The prime minister briefed the nation once again on his plan, hours after the government’s scientists explained the data behind the decision.Documents published after Mr Johnson was flanked by his chancellor and England’s chief medical officer in Downing Street, then revealed a ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown for the country had been recommended to ministers by scientists.So is the three-tier approach the right one? And will it be enough to stave off a second COVID crisis here?Pub owner Matthew Farrell in Liverpool talks to the Sky News Daily podcast about the impact on his business and personal life.Plus, Dermot Murnaghan is joined by Sky’s Inzamam Rashid in Liverpool and virus expert, Dr Ria Lina to take a closer look at the new measures and discuss the politics as well as the ‘science’.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer – E

Investigative journalism requires time and resources.Mainstream media organisations sometimes collaborate with others, such as the likes of Bellingcat and Lighthouse Reports, to examine evidence in order to reveal the truth about a story. Sky News did just this recently, as we carried out a joint investigation into the UK arms trade. We revealed British-made riot shields are being used by some US police, including during Black Lives Matter protests.But does our government know how many weapons the UK actually sells abroad?On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast, our defence correspondent Alistair Bunkall is joined by some of those involved in the investigation to share the findings, as well as discuss how this type of journalism works and the techniques used.Sky's Victoria Elms is a digital news producer, Annique Mossou is a trainer and researcher for the online investigative journalism site Bellingcat, and Leone Hadavi is what is known as an 'Open Source Intelligence' investigator and analyst.Daily pod

"I'm feeling anxious because at this point, it can only get worse."Camilla Keyte has been shielding since the beginning of lockdown - her only physical contact was one hug with her mother through a shower curtain in February.Camilla says the pandemic has made her feel helpless, purposeless, and useless.And she's far from alone.Thousands of people from across the UK have reported feeling depressed and anxious because of COVID-19 and experts warn a mental health crisis is imminent.On this episode of the Sky News Daily Podcast, host Sophy Ridge speaks to Sky's home editor Jason Farrell, who has been travelling around the UK ahead of Mental Health Day, to assess the psychological impact the pandemic has had.Joining them is Marjorie Wallace from mental health charity SANE to talk about how people feeling low can access help.Plus, Camilla tells her first-hand story of battling deteriorating mental health during the pandemic.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast prod

The Nobel-style award was first introduced to us at the end of 2019 in a video clip voiced by Sir David Attenborough.The aim of the project: to incentivise change and help repair the planet.Launching the prize, Prince William called it “the most prestigious such award in history”.On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast, Dominic Waghorn is joined by our Royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills, who spoke to the Duke of Cambridge about the ambition and his family’s involvement in environmental campaigning.Plus, Alice Bell, co-director of climate campaign group Possible, helps to examine just how much of a difference the prize could make in solving the world’s greatest environmental problems by 2030.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer – Emma-Rae Woodhouse Interviews producer - Oli FosterArchive - Simon WindsorMusic - Steven Wheeler

In March, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told us that we shouldn't be going to places where we're in close proximity to one another. Places like cinemas.Since then, the cinema industry has had to deal with several months of lockdown, competition from streaming services, and when they could reopen there were few films to show.On this episode of the Sky News Daily podcast, host Jayne Secker is joined by Phil Clapp, chief executive of the UK Cinema Association to talk about Cineworld sites closing. They also discuss the effect that coronavirus has had on the film industry in the long term.Also appearing on the podcast is Sky's Backstage podcast host, Claire Gregory, plus film critic and host of podcast Girls on Film, Anna Smith, to discuss how TV and film makers have adapted to the situation.

"You're a history teacher? You don't look like one."A Year 7 pupil's words to 25-year-old Otis Blaize, who works at a school in south London.He said the black boy smiled with excitement when he replied that he was indeed a history teacher.Why? Because Otis looked similar to him.This Black History Month on the Sky News Daily podcast, Otis shares his own experience of growing up, his aspiration to become a good role model for young people and the importance of the subject.Sky's Gamal Fahnbulleh is also joined by Kimberly McIntosh, columnist at gal-dem magazine and Calvin Robinson - a school governor and former assistant headteacher - as we look at teaching black history and how it is included in the curriculum.

Confirmation on Friday that Donald Trump had tested positive for coronavirus rocked the US and made headlines across the globe.It also prompted a series of questions, including: Where and when did he contract the virus? What impact could it have on November's election? And what more do we really know about the 74 year-old's health after some disparities between updates from his medical team and the White House?On this episode of the Sky News Daily podcast, Dermot Murnaghan is joined by our US correspondent Cordelia Lynch to examine the response to Donald Trump’s stay in a US military hospital and what this could mean for his campaign.Dr Joe Grove, who specialises in viral immune evasion at University College London (UCL), also talks us through the choice of experimental drugs used to treat President Trump.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer - Emma Rae WoodhouseInterviews producer - Oli FosterArchive - Simon WindsorMusic - Steven Wheeler

David Jenkins had been an aircraft assembler at Airbus for nearly a decade but became an economic casualty of the virus pandemic due to the knock-on effects.His family, like thousands of others across the UK, are enduring difficult times as industries including aviation continue to struggle.While firms tighten their belts, so too are households - and in the words of David's wife Louise: "It affects every single part of your life".Louise shares her family's story on the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, as our business correspondent Paul Kelso talks about travelling around the UK following the repercussions of the crisis.Plus, after COVID restrictions were tightened here, we examine the so-called 'Belgian model' with Sky's Europe correspondent Adam Parsons and Brussels correspondent at The Times, Bruno Waterfield.Credits: Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer - Emma Rae WoodhouseSpecialist business producer - Tom BoadleInterviews producer -

On the same day that Martin Luther King pursued his dream in America, a group of Bristolians boycotted buses, changing the face of civil rights in the UK. The campaign led to the Bristol Omnibus Company lifting its “colour bar” on employment, and paved the way for the UK’s Race Relations Acts of 1965 and 1968.On this episode of the Sky News Daily Podcast, host Noel Phillips speaks Roy Hackett, who was part of the 1963 Bristol protests, long-term campaigner for civil rights, Barbara Dettering, and history teacher and boycott enthusiast Tracy O’Brien.Credits:Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer- Emma Rae WoodhouseInterviews producers - Oli FosterInterviews producers - Tatiana AldersonInterviews producers - Megan CouttsArchive - Simon WindsorMusic - Steven Wheeler

It’s the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet, but should countries be doing more to help end the human loss, suffering and devastation?Millions of Yemenis continue to face hunger and starvation after five years of conflict.Sky’s special correspondent Alex Crawford and our team worked with Ahmed Baider, a producer in Yemen, to investigate the situation at a time when coronavirus has exacerbated the ongoing problems.Ahmed gives us his own personal story on this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast, hosted by Dermot Murnaghan.We’re also joined by Alex and Sky’s foreign news editor Zein Ja’Far as we examine and discuss what the team uncovered during their deployment.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer – Emma-Rae Woodhouse Interviews producer - Oli FosterArchive - Simon WindsorMusic - Steven Wheeler

Four years ago, Richard Ratcliffe’s wife was arrested and detained in an Iranian prison, charged with spying - which Nazanin has always denied.Ever since then, her devoted husband has campaigned tirelessly for her release.Richard has met with the foreign secretary, given countless interviews to the media and held hunger strikes outside the Iranian embassy in London.But just as the end of her sentence draws close, new charges were brought against the mother-of-one. Could this scupper the chance of the couple being reunited anytime soon?On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast, Richard speaks to our diplomatic editor Dominic Waghorn about what the past four years has been like for him and their young daughter Gabriella, how Nazanin is coping and reminisces over when they first met.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer - Emma Rae WoodhouseInterviews producer - Oli FosterArchive - Simon WindsorMusic - Steven Wheeler

Thousands of students are being forced to self-isolate in university accommodation across the country, and with no guarantee yet they’ll be home for Christmas. On the latest episode of the Sky News Daily podcast we're joined by four students from the Glasgow School of Art who are isolating together in separate rooms of their new home – despite only meeting a few weeks ago. Plus, we hear from the Vice Chancellor at the University of Portsmouth about what they're doing to overcome the inevitable spread of coronavirus among their students. Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer – Emma Rae WoodhousePodcast producer - Ana BatesInterviews producer - Oli FosterInterviews producer – Reece DentonArchive - Simon WindsorMusic - Steven Wheeler

Measuring just 5ft in height, the late Supreme Court judge was both small in stature and softly spoken.But the Brooklyn-born woman – known affectionately as the "Notorious RBG" – was a towering giant for gender equality and civil rights throughout her life.On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast, Jayne Secker speaks to Christopher Scalia – the son of former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia - and opera singer, Lawrence Brownlee, as they share their personal stories and fondest memories of the 87-year-old who passed away earlier this month.We are also joined by our US correspondent Cordelia Lynch, as we look back at Justice Ginsburg’s life and discuss her legacy.Subscribe to the Daily podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, SpreakerDaily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer – Emma Rae WoodhouseInterviews producer - Oli FosterInterviews producer – Reece DentonArchive - Simon WindsorMusic - Steven Wheeler

On Thursday, the government came at the coronavirus crisis from two angles. First, from the financial side - The Chancellor announced his winter economy plan outlining measures to replace the furlough scheme. Then things got technical with the launch of the NHS Test and Trace app in England and Wales.In this episode, Sophy Ridge is joined by business correspondent Helen-Ann Smith to dissect and analyse what was unveiled in Rishi Sunak's statement in the House of Commons.Rowland Manthorpe, Sky News technology correspondent talks us through how the new contact tracing app works and the debate over its effectiveness.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersAssistant podcast producer - Emma-Rae WoodhouseInterviews producers - Oli FosterInterviews producers - Tatiana AldersonInterviews producers - Megan CouttsArchive - Simon WindsorMusic - Steven Wheeler

Less than a day after Boris Johnson addressed the nation with a new set of restrictions, the UK reported its highest number of coronavirus cases since May. In order to decide exactly which measures to use, the government had to weigh up factors - crucially, how to suppress the virus but also stop the UK from falling into an economic crisis.In this episode, Sophy Ridge discussed this with GP and health campaigner Dr Louise Irvine, and Alfie Stirling, director of research & chief economist at the New Economic Foundation.Sky’s economic editor Ed Conway also joins us to analyse the data and examine what lies ahead.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersAssistant producer: Emma WoodhouseInterviews producers - Oli FosterInterviews producers - Tatiana AldersonInterviews producers - Megan CouttsArchive - Simon WindsorMusic - Steven Wheeler

On 23 August, the 29 year-old became another black American man to be shot by police in the United States.He survived but his father revealed his son had been left paralysed from the waist down.Three of Jacob’s sons witnessed the shooting and the family say they have been left traumatised.What will be the lasting impact on their young minds? How might it shape their own future relationship with police officers? And will we see real change?On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast with Noel Phillips, we are joined by Sky’s James Matthews and Andy George, Interim President of the National Black Police Association in the UK.Warning: Contains some strong language and the sound of gunshots.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersAssistant podcast producer – Emma-Rae Woodhouse Interviews producer - Oli FosterInterviews producer - Hollie AthertonInterviews producer - Tatiana AldersonInterviews producer - Megan CouttsArchive - Simon WindsorArchive - Robert FellowesMusic - S