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America's top infectious disease expert has suggested that scrutiny by Britain's health regulator wasn't done "carefully".

UK officials insist the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination against COVID-19 has met "strict standards" of safety.

On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we are joined by Dr Anthony Fauci to discuss the fight against coronavirus, plus his relationship with President Trump and the incoming Biden administration.

Daily podcast team:
Podcast producer - Annie Joyce
Podcast producer - Nicola Eyers
Podcast producer – Emma Rae Woodhouse
Interviews producer - Oli Foster
Archive - Simon Windsor
Music - Steven Wheeler

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was the first to announce its success in trials – offering “hope on the horizon” in the fight against the virus.

On Wednesday, the UK became the first country in the world to approve its use – with care home residents among the first to receive the vaccine.

Britain’s health regulator, the MHRA, has deemed it safe after studies suggested the jab is 95% effective and works for all age groups.

More than a million people globally have died with COVID-19 this year – so it is hoped the rollout of vaccines in the weeks and months ahead will mark the beginning of the end of the pandemic.

On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we are joined by our correspondents Rowland Manthorpe and Kate McCann as we discuss the milestone and the challenge ahead.

Plus, Annelies Wilder-Smith - professor of emerging infectious diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine – talks to us about the importance of vaccine take-up globally to help bring to an end the pandemic.

Daily podcast team:
Podcast producer - Annie Joyce
Podcast producer - Nicola Eyers
Podcast producer – Emma Rae Woodhouse
Interviews producer - Oli Foster
Interviews producer – Tatiana Alderson
Archive - Simon Windsor
Music - Steven Wheeler

Sir Philip Green is a man of unimaginable wealth, his company, Arcadia has transformed clothes shopping in the UK, he’s made tens-of-thousands of jobs, and now, he’s taken them away.

After nearly two decades, Green’s retail empire has collapsed, but how did he rise to power, how far can he fall and who will he take with him?

In this episode, host Jayne Secker is joined by Ian King, Sky’s business presenter to talk through the rise and fall of the fashion tycoon, how he became the ‘unacceptable face of capitalism’ and what the collapse of Arcadia means for shopping, jobs and pensions.

Four years ago, the United Nations Environment Programme flagged a worldwide increase in zoonotic epidemics - they said it was "an issue of concern".

Zoonotic diseases are transmitted from animals to humans.

There is now evidence of a strong link between environmental destruction and pandemics, but can we act in time to stop another global disease?

To explain how deforestation spreads zoonotic diseases, Dr Rory Gibb, global change ecologist at University College London, joins host Jayne Secker on the Sky News Daily podcast. Executive director of conservation and science at the World Wide Fund for Nature, Mike Barratt, talks through how we can work together to stop it.

Daily podcast team:
Podcast producer - Annie Joyce
Podcast producer - Nicola Eyers
Podcast producer - Emma Rae Woodhouse
Podcast producer - Cat Soave
Interviews producer - Oli Foster
Archive - Simon Windsor
Music - Steven Wheeler

One year ago, Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones were senselessly killed in London as they volunteered at a conference on criminal rehabilitation. 

Their murderer, Usman Khan, was a convicted terrorist who'd been released from prison just a year earlier.

On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast we remember the victims and heroes of the 2019 London Bridge terror attack, and hear from Rosca - an ex-gang member and now rapper - who says Jack Merritt saved him from a life of crime.

Plus Sky's Diana Magnay walks us through what it was like to be reporting on the day that Jack and Saskia's lives were taken and we hear from Nick Aldworth, the former counter-terrorism national co-ordinator, about whether the UK's de-radicalisation programmes are really working.

Daily podcast team:
Podcast producer - Annie Joyce
Podcast producer - Nicola Eyers
Podcast producer - Emma Rae Woodhouse
Podcast producer - Cat Soave
Interviews producer - Oli Foster
Archive - Simon Windsor
Music - Steven Wheeler

Disappointment. Anger. Confusion. Just some of the emotions being felt by business owners and their staff bearing the brunt of coronavirus restrictions in England.

On Thursday, the government confirmed its decision that will see 99% of the population living under the two toughest levels.

Around 32 million people are being placed under Tier 2 restrictions, while a further 23.3 million face Tier 3 rules.

So if it looks, feels and smells like lockdown – is England effectively still in lockdown?

On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we discuss the impact on the hospitality sector and night-time economy with chief executive of UK Hospitality, Kate Nicholls and Alan Miller, honorary trustee at the Night Time Industries Association and co-founder of campaign group Recovery.

Plus, analysis and opinion from our deputy political editor Sam Coates.

Daily podcast team:
Podcast producer - Annie Joyce
Podcast producer - Nicola Eyers
Podcast producer – Emma Rae Woodhouse
Interviews producer - Oli Foster
Archive - Simon Windsor
Music - Steven Wheeler