Coronavirus Newscast: Hancock’s Whatsapps

Today, the Bank of England has cut interest rates to the lowest level since early 2023. Chancellor Rachel Reeves calls it "good news for families with mortgages and businesses with loans" - but says there's "more to do". Meanwhile, the Bank now expects no economic growth at the e ...  عرض المزيد

Today, the UK government announced it is set to rejoin the Erasmus study scheme. Victoria is joined Joe Pike to discuss - and they speak to Nick Thomas-Symonds, minister for EU relations about whether it’s worth the £570m cost.Plus, Andrea Egan becomes the new secretary general o ...  عرض المزيد

Americast speaks to the doctor who has served seven US presidents about the US coronavirus response, clashes with Donald Trump and his family being targeted by trolls.

And the team discusses the president's troubled, son Hunter Biden. Just what is on THAT laptop?

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It’s already been the subject of controversy – causing a row over access to Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages – and it hasn’t even begun. On Tuesday the main hearings for one of the biggest public inquiries in British history will finally kick off. We examine the key questions ...

Isabel Oakeshott, the journalist who released former health secretary Matt Hancock's Covid-era WhatsApp messages, joins Caroline Hepker, Lizzy Burden and Stephen Carroll to discuss the form and substance of the revelations. Plus, on the day the government is publishing its Illega ...  عرض المزيد

Mike Robinson, Vanessa Beeley and Charles Malet, David Bell and James Roguski with today's UK Column News. Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-21st-february-2024