Coronavirus testing: NO tests available in London as cases rise; and is JK Rowling's new novel really "transphobic"?

<p>The full scale of the <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/schools-part-time-coronavirus-test-access-a4549321.html " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Covid testing crisis in London</a> has been&nbsp;exposed by&nbsp;an Evening Standard investigation which&nbsp;found appointments were not available to book online. Our reporter Rachael Burford&nbsp;tried to arrange walk-in or drive-in slots in each of the 32 boroughs yesterday but every time received the message: “No test sites found.” Rachael tells the podcast how she also spoke to the mother of a six year old girl with a temperature&nbsp;who was told to go on a three hour round trip to get a test.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Also,&nbsp;Under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith, JK Rowling has published her new novel 'Troubled Blood'&nbsp;and walked straight into another row over alleged “transphobia”. An early review claimed its moral is “never trust a man in a dress”. Miss Rowling has been a high-profile sceptic on transgender rights. But the book’s nearly 1,000 pages long, so&nbsp;is it really all about that? We speak to the Evening Standard's Vicky Frost, whose review, <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/books/troubled-blood-by-robert-galbraith-review-a4549481.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">available on&nbsp;standard.co.uk</a>,&nbsp;describes the book as "slow and clumsy".</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>