As the government extends its lockdown for at least another three weeks, Labour’s new leader Sir Keir Starmer says he thinks Dominic Raab has been reluctant to sign-off on an exit strategy, with Boris Johnson off sick. Adam, Laura, Chris and Fergus are joined by Katya to discuss how measures are being eased in Europe. And we hear about the new CPAP machines that could revolutionise treatment for those with Covid-19. Producers: Frankie Tobi, Ed Chivers, Ione Wells and Alicia Burrell Editor: Dino Sofos
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
0:05.0 | Right, it's been another tough week, practically, emotionally, news-wise, |
0:11.0 | but there has been a rhythmical high point. |
0:17.0 | I mean I think throughout this some people are doing |
0:21.0 | interesting and fun things with all the time they've got on their hands. |
0:26.4 | And sometimes that also makes other people smile. |
0:29.5 | My favorite thing was somebody who had a pair of drumsticks this week. |
0:32.1 | Yeah, it was Owine Wynne Evans, who is the news presenter in Manchester, and he's here now. |
0:38.0 | Hello! |
0:40.0 | And Owine came to global prominence when he drum |
0:43.2 | along with his drum kit to the BBC News theme tune. |
0:46.3 | What inspired you, a wine, to do that? |
0:49.2 | Oh, it was just so bizarre, you know. |
0:51.0 | I just thought, I'm working from home at the moment for |
0:53.2 | northwest tonight, so I'm kind of doing the weather from, you know, either here in the |
0:56.8 | dining room, I'm up there in the garden, which is a bizarre concept in itself. |
1:01.6 | And I thought, I get the drum set up because I'm at home a |
1:04.4 | bit more and we just have this idea you know why don't I play the BBC news theme on the |
1:10.0 | drums because we've had all these kind of you know viral sort of videos that people |
1:13.6 | are raving to it and then I stuck a weather forecast in front of it and then posted it and then |
1:18.9 | here we are but it's just been you know a totally unexpected |
1:23.4 | so for 4 million booms now and |
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