It was dubbed yesterday as ‘Freedom Day’ in England as all the remaining Covid-19 restrictions ended.  However, with around 40,000 Covid cases being recorded a day there and half a million people currently in self-isolation in England, is now the correct time to completely open up society? Our reporter Barry Whyte joined us from London.

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