Massive increase in Covid testing

Mass testing of secondary school pupils to be rolled out.

Nick Ferrari talks to Health Secretary Matt Hancock after the news that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine gets the go ahead.

Lockdown will end and tiers are back, and Nick speaks to the Professor behind the Oxford/AstraZenica vaccine

Matt Hancock talks about the results of the Oxford vaccine trials, and how will the lockdown be eased over Christmas?

Nick discusses the latest vaccine close to release, and would you let a volunteer inject you with it, and Housing minister Robert Jenrick on whether we may be out of lockdown for Christmas.

Matt Hancock joins Nick Ferrari to tell him about the two new testing labs set to increase Covid-19 testing capacity and will he take the vaccine?

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England's Deputy Chief Medical officer, Jonathan Van Tam says he would tell his own Mum to take the vaccine, and will a £5 covid test help to open theatres and venues?

Health Sec Matt Hancock talks to Nick about the new Pfizer vaccine

Nadhim Zahawi discusses the furlough extension with Nick Ferrari