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Sydney reopens after 106 days in lockdown

The Australian city emerges from a lockdown lasting more than three months and a look back on 75 years of Alitalia as the Italian flagship airline makes its last flight.

New South Wales' largest city emerges from a lockdown lasting more than three months - we hear about the impact on the economy from Sarah Hunter at BIS Oxford Economics in Sydney. Patrick Edmond of avation consultants Altair Advisory looks back on 75 years of Alitalia as the Italian flagship airline makes its last flight this week. Fabian Bolin of War on Cancer tells us about the organisation's new app which helps track clinical trials available to cancer patients, and independent economist Michael Hughes discusses inflation and rising food prices.

This edition is presented by Russell Padmore and produced by Russell Newlove.

(Image: A person walks in front of the Sydney Opera House Credit:EPA)

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  • Mon 11 Oct 2021 00:06GMT