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Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk Radio. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin.

Some of you might be old enough to remember that that was the way listen with mother used to

start. And this week we are going to adopt that kind of vibe. Cool, calm and connected. It looks

like we're going to be here for a while. Only yesterday, Jenny Harry's, the Deputy Chief

Medical Officer for England, admitted that it might be six months before we have any kind of normality back so we might as well get used to the way we are living now and enjoy it

all weekend I've been seeing weird and wonderful ways that people are passing the time

so I'd quite like you to get involved and tell us what those things are watching

Colombo doing quizzes making jigsaws and even talking to one another let's get

some of your tips on how

to keep yourselves busy while whiling away the hours. Do try and keep them clean, please. Today,

we will take stock of what is happening around the world, why China's casualty numbers are now

being questioned, and what is likely to be the next move for the government. As ever, we want to hear

your experiences, your stories, and of course what you are seeing and hearing out there because you are our eyes and ears and you are as important as anyone else out there. One of the things that we have seen is people behaving better. One of the things we've also seen is some police officers behaving rather overzealously, you might say. And one of the other things we've seen is people just more and more

getting used to being distant from one another, not being as close as they would normally be,

people actually thinking about it as you walk along a street, people actually thinking about it

as you meet them in public places. 0344-49-1,000. Coming up, we will talk to Royal Author Charles

Ray on the news that President Donald Trump has refused to pay for the security costs of Harry and Megan now that they have moved to California.

And it might be cold out there, but the clocks have gone forward and spring is also in the air.

So for the homeschooling section of the show today, we're going to talk gardens and gardening with our resident expert, Mr James Max.

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And as usual, of course, we are live streaming on YouTube, on Facebook and on Twitter.

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