COVID: Hopes and tiers for Christmas – is there an exit strategy?

More than seven million people in England will be living under the toughest COVID restrictions by this weekend.<br /><br />What went wrong in Greater Manchester?<br /><br />And as South Yorkshire joins the Tier 3 club, we ask: is there an exit strategy?<br /><br />On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast our deputy political editor Sam Coates is joined by our correspondent Inzamam Rashid and Dr Ria Lina, a virus expert.<br /><br />Plus, Sky’s North of England correspondent Katerina Vittozzi speaks to soft play owner Bev Collier-Nelson in Wigan about the challenges of COVID restrictions.<br /><br />Daily podcast team:<br />Podcast producer - Annie Joyce<br />Podcast producer - Nicola Eyers<br />Podcast producer – Emma Rae Woodhouse<br />Interviews producer - Oli Foster<br />Archive - Simon Windsor<br />Music - Steven Wheeler