Hard pill to swallow
Wake Up To Money
BBC
4.1 • 775 Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Sean Farrington hears about why some pharmacies are reducing their opening hours. Elsewhere, nearly half of zoos have reported financial struggles since 2022, and we look ahead to the Bank of England's latest rates decision.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | Oh, hello. You have chosen a BBC podcast, but before you listen to it, we thought you might like our podcast too. |
| 0:12.1 | You might. You might. It is called Sightraught with me, Nick Grimshaw. |
| 0:15.2 | And me, Annie Mack. And we talk about the week in music. |
| 0:18.2 | All the news, all the cultural happenings in the UK and beyond. |
| 0:22.2 | And great guests. |
| 0:23.3 | And it's on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:24.7 | Yes, where you can also enjoy lots of playlists, music mixes and live radio. |
| 0:29.9 | Everything from my six music breakfast show to Radio 3 Unwind. |
| 0:34.5 | But obviously start with our podcast, sidetrack. |
| 0:36.3 | Obviously. |
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| 0:38.2 | So if you like music, listen on BBC Sans. |
| 0:40.9 | Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live. |
| 0:44.2 | Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money. |
| 0:46.2 | Now, despite the Bank of England talking about rates continuing to be gradually cut, |
| 0:50.6 | expectations are that today they're going to hold them. |
| 0:53.4 | So we'll have a look at why that |
| 0:54.9 | might be. Elsewhere, more and more pharmacies are reducing their hours to save costs and the |
| 1:00.0 | price of many familiar drugs is on the up. And a similar story at some of our zoos, as fewer visitors |
| 1:06.1 | are contributing to financial struggles. Wake up to Money with Sean Farrington. |
| 1:11.7 | Good to have you on BBC Radio 5 live right now. |
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