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ANECDOTAL evidence suggests that Covid sufferers can have a faint but distinctive odour. Sniffer dogs in the UK have been trained to see if Covid can be detected by smell. It appears that these canine tracers can sniff out Covid in 94 per cent of cases. Claire Bates reports for PEOPLE FIXING THE WORLD (BBC WORLD SERVICE, 8.06AM, 3.06PM, 11.06PM) on a useful development in the fight against the disease.

A ROW between neighbours about a hedge turns into a police matter in the comedy show IT’S A FAIR COP (RADIO 4, 6.30PM). Alfie Moore (pictured), who spent more than 20 years in the police force, swears the studio audience in as special constables, then takes them through the ins and outs of the true-life incident. Alfie,

who is now a successful stand-up comedian, brings his wit and experience to the case, providing both laughs and insight into human behaviour.

JOSEPH HAYDN wrote his joyful Trumpet Concerto In E Flat Major in 1796 to demonstrate the range of the recently invented keyed trumpet. The Concerto remains one of the Austrian composer’s most popular works, but the instrument fell from favour in the early 19th century. That work opens tonight’s CLASSIC FM CONCERT (8PM), which is entirely devoted to the music of Haydn.