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Obeying lockdown, flight arrivals, and is this wave of the epidemic waning?

Does the data show this wave of the epidemic is waning in the UK? Plus who respects lockdown, who breaks it, and why?

More than 35,000 people in the UK have now officially died from Covid-19, but does the data show this wave of the epidemic is waning? We ask who respects lockdown, who breaks it, and why?

Our listeners are astounded by how many people allegedly flew into the UK in the first three months of the year - we’re on the story. We look at the performance of the Scottish health system on testing. And some pub-quiz joy involving a pencil.

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28 minutes

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  • Wed 27 May 202009:00
  • Fri 29 May 202016:30
  • Sun 31 May 202020:00

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