It’s possible the government “overdid it” at the start of the pandemic, said Sir Chris Whitty today.

Camilla and Tim are reentering the lockdown debate, after the former chief medical officer told the Covid Inquiry the government may have overstated the dangers of Covid in its early days. Have lockdown sceptics been vindicated?

And — why has Camilla been unceremoniously dumped from her role interviewing Tory leadership candidates at their party conference next week?

Plus, if your hackles are raised by terms like “taking the elevator”, “onboarding”, and other Americanisms that have crept into our language, you're not alone. The Telegraph’s resident wordsmith Simon Heffer is in the studio to explain why proper good British English is so important.

Read: Americanisms are poisoning our language

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