How worried should we be about Strep A?

12/14/22 • 30 min

Strep-A has killed 16 children and caused panic among parents. The situation has been exacerbated by a lack of vital antibiotic supplies. In this week’s podcast, we take a look at what went wrong – and what it tells us about our Government’s response to infectious diseases in a post-pandemic world.

Joining us to lift the lid on what has hampered the response is i Policy Editor Jane Merrick, who has broken a series of stories during the outbreak about the scramble to supply the vital antibiotics needed to parents of sick children. i Reporter Alannah Francis also joins us to tell us about the frontline medical staff and families that have been swept up in the chaos.

Read Jane's coverage here: https://inews.co.uk/author/jane-merrick

Here are Alannah's reports from the frontline of the outbreak.

https://inews.co.uk/news/strep-a-mother-girl-symptoms-infection-pharmacy-antibiotics-2017441

https://inews.co.uk/news/antiobiotics-shortage-goverment-supply-issues-lives-risk-2014511

Many of us have had the “saving for a rainy day” adage drilled into us since an early age. So why are increasing numbers of people turning their backs on it, when it comes to their pensions?

The latest DWP figures reveal that one in six people aged 40 to 75 haven’t begun saving for retirement yet, while a quarter will be solely relying on the state pension. Lizzie Anderson has been speaking to those that have decided to live life to the full and go pension free.

Produced by Julia Webster. The Executive Producer is Albert Evans with additional production by Phoebe Fleming.

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Read Jane's coverage here: https://inews.co.uk/author/jane-merrick

Here are Alannah's reports from the frontline of the outbreak.

https://inews.co.uk/news/strep-a-mother-girl-symptoms-infection-pharmacy-antibiotics-2017441

https://inews.co.uk/news/antiobiotics-shortage-goverment-supply-issues-lives-risk-2014511

Many of us have had the “saving for a rainy day” adage drilled into us since an early age. So why are increasing numbers of people turning their backs on it, when it comes to their pensions?

Produced by Julia Webster. The Executive Producer is Albert Evans with additional production by Phoebe Fleming.

Music featured is by Michael Kobrin and Lexin Music - licensed via Pixabay.

Check out their music here.

https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-the-introvert-michael-kobrin-10959/

https://pixabay.com/users/lexin_music-28841948/

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Are Leave voters changing their minds on Brexit?

In this week’s episode of The i Podcast, we are taking a deep dive into the divided world of Brexit.

Our exclusive new polling shows that something significant is changing: many of those who voted to leave the EU are now regretting their decision.

To help shed light on what is going on – and what it means for the UK we are joined by North of England reporter Steve Robson who has been pounding the pavements in the towns of Cheshire chatting to voters about how they feel about Britain’s EU exit.

Also joining us from somewhere “deep from the bowels” of Parliament, our Chief Political Commentator Paul Waugh gives us the inside scoop from the much-maligned Westminster bubble and how our politicians are responding to the fallout from Brexit.

Then we are joined by Money and Business reporter Laurie Havelock who has been looking at the growing role of cryptocurrencies in divorce proceedings around the world.

Read Steve's article here: https://inews.co.uk/news/leave-voters-changed-minds-brexit-2002261

Produced by Julia Webster. The Executive Producer is Albert Evans with additional production by Phoebe Fleming.

Music featured is by Michael Kobrin and Lexin Music - licensed via Pixabay.

Check out their music here.

https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-the-introvert-michael-kobrin-10959/

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Why this winter NHS crisis is worse than ever before

The NHS comes under considerable pressure every winter, but is this year the worst yet? In this week’s episode of The i Podcast, we are looking at the mounting challenges the health service faces – as the latest wave of industrial action takes hold.

i Special Projects Editor Rob Hastings has been speaking to paramedics about how they feel working on the frontline of the frontline and the mounting concerns they have about the UK’s ability to deal with surging demand for medical care in the winter months.

He also runs us through the five reasons why this year is so much harder than previous challenges, as the sector emerges battered and bruised after the Covid-19 pandemic.

When then take a look at why women are increasingly leaving their significant others and attending female-only sex parties.

Our People Writer Eleanor Peake has been chatting to the women organising – and attending – these events to find out why escaping the “male gaze” is so important to them.

Read Rob's long read here: https://inews.co.uk/news/health/nhs-paramedic-diary-shifts-hospital-queues-ambulance-delays-2029190

Read Eleanor's trip into the world of sex parties here: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/why-women-are-leaving-their-boyfriends-at-home-to-attend-female-only-sex-parties-2025743

Produced by Julia Webster. The Executive Producer is Albert Evans with additional production by Phoebe Fleming.

Music featured is by Michael Kobrin and Lexin Music - licensed via Pixabay.

Check out their music here.

https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-the-introvert-michael-kobrin-10959/

https://pixabay.com/users/lexin_music-28841948/

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