More than seven million people in England will be living under the toughest COVID restrictions by this weekend.

What went wrong in Greater Manchester?

And as South Yorkshire joins the Tier 3 club, we ask: is there an exit strategy?

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.

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.

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