Science

With Covid-19 cases thought to be doubling every seven days and the possibility of stricter regulations nationwide, joining us are three experts from science, economics and business to discuss what might happen in the next few weeks.

The latest daily UK figures show that there have been 4,368 new Covid cases, and the latest 24-hour death figure is 11.

We were joined at the Frampton Marsh reserve by Beccy Speight, who’s chief executive of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and by the environmental economist Dr Matthew Agarwala

Earlier we spoke to Tony Juniper, who is the chair of Natural England, which is the official body that works for the conservation and restoration of the natural environment in England.

Environmental catastrophe is not just someone else’s problem, it is happening right here in Britain too.

We spoke to Dr Ben Santer, a climate scientist based in California’s bay area.

In California, Oregon and Washington – dozens of large and aggressive fires have forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and destroyed entire towns.

Extinction Rebellion protesters have descended on Parliament Square in central London to kick off 10 days of civil disobedience, demanding government action on the climate crisis.

We were joined by Prof Sir John Bell, who’s the Regius professor of medicine at Oxford University, and is part of the team developing a coronavirus vaccine.

Researchers in Hong Kong say they have found the first case of someone who has already recovered from coronavirus getting infected a second time.

More than 50 years ago a businessman was given a piece of one of Stonehenge’s famous sarsen stones, after part of the core was removed during repair work.

With new figures showing the number of coronavirus cases in England is not going down, wearing a face covering has now been made compulsory

A new study is investigating the effect of conditions like obesity and diabetes in an effort to find out why some people get so ill from coronavirus – while others barely have symptoms.

Chef and food writer Thomasina Miers co-founded the Wahaca restaurant group and has campaigned for a healthy eating strategy. 

As part of efforts to protect against a second wave of the disease, Boris Johnson is set to announce a new strategy to tackle obesity