this is bbc news, i'mjane hill. the headlines at six: more calls for the health secretary matt hancock to resign — after pictures emerge of him kissing an aide in his office — in breach of covid guidelines. his position is untenable and for that reason this sooner he does the honourable thing and announces his resignation, the better. wales have it all to play in amsterdam — they're a goal down to denmark at half time in the knockout stages of the euros.

it's been revealed that concerns were raised three years ago about the structure of the apartment building that collapsed in miami. sirjeffrey donaldson becomes leader designate of the democratic unionist party — with a pledge to tackle the issue of the northern ireland protocol. and, grab a jab — adults across england are being urged to get a covid vaccine this weekend — with walk—in clinics open across the country good afternoon. the health secretary, matt hancock, is facing more calls to resign after pictures emerged of him kissing an aide in his office, in breach of coronavirus guidance about social distancing. matt hancock has said he's sorry for letting people down, and the prime minister considers the matter closed. but two conservative mps have now openly called on him to go. our political correspondent

helen catt reports. yesterday, it was on one front page. today, the image of the health secretary kissing his aide in his departmental office was on many more. matt hancock has apologised for breaking the social—distancing guidance he helped set and promote. but families who have lost loved ones in the pandemic have accused him of undermining government messaging. zahari ngah was 68 when he died in february. he had spent a0 years working in the nhs. it is such a disrespect to these people. 150,000—plus people have died, so there are countless bereaved families around the country who had to socially distance at funerals, were unable to hug their loved ones. we only had five people at my dad's funeral. and matt hancock is having a jolly with this lady, who the taxpayers are paying her wages, as well. it adds insult to incredible injury.

sorry i'm late. the fear among some conservatives is that this could become another barnard castle — a reference to the significant public backlash when the prime minister's former aide, dominic cummings, kept his job after travelling to county durham during lockdown. on matt hancock, most tories are staying silent. but a couple have made public calls for him to resign. social—distancing rule—breaking when you are a leader, certainly the secretary of state, you expect as all mps to lead by example. that has been broken. but, equally, ithink sometimes the standards in public office also, in this case, we need to question them. questions are still being asked about whether mr hancock could have broken the ministerial code of conduct, and about the appointment of gina coladangelo to a role on the board at the department of health. downing street sources reiterated today that the prime minister considers the matter closed. matt has apologised. he's clearly said that he made a mistake. he regrets that, and the prime minister's accepted that,

considers the matter closed. very clearly, there is still a huge task for the country, and matt, as health secretary, us all in cabinet, we need to get on with thatjob. questions continue this weekend about whether these revelations make it possible for matt hancock to do so. helen catt, bbc news. the conservative mp sir christopher chope has just been speaking to the bbc, and says matt hancock was the main topic for discussion at his constituency meeting earlier today. he says local conservatives feel very strongly that he should resign as health secretary. he was in breach of the ministerial code, he was in breach of the lockdown regulations. he is the person that has been passing the laws, signing off the regulations requiring people to comply with restrictions upon their freedom. many of which people don't agree with but they have complied with out of respect for the rule of law, and they are absolutely seething now that, having made sacrifices themselves including not seeing

loved ones and all the rest of it, they find that the person who was in charge of all this feels free to not comply with his own regulations and i think that is the essence of it, really. i think that his position is untenable. and for that reason, the sooner he does the honourable thing and announces his resignation, the better. because otherwise, this is not going to go away. this is going to run and run and it will impact adversely upon all of those of us who are involved in public life, who are trying to set an example. lauren mcevatt is a former

government advisor who worked in the wales office when david cameron was prime minister. she told me that she believes the public is growing impatient. it is an us and them mentality in relation to the rules. people look to the g7 where there was not a great deal of social distancing and now my understanding is that the event was run with max vaccination of attendees and daily testing which is how the government intended for events like that of any future but no communications to put that across to the public and we have had stories about michael gove been buzzed on his way back from the champions league it automatically enrolled in the test programme whereby he can double test per day and not have to isolate. and uefa officials and leading people within the european nations who come were coming here to attend euros matches

and not having to isolate or follow the rules. and this adds to that wider narrative of an us versus them mentality and when you're looking at a country that has not, for example, designated family reunion as an essential reason for travel and a country that has mandatory hotel quarantining for those returning from countries even if they are double vaccinated this begins to smack of hypocrisy and that is something that is a slow burning poison to a government and the longer that he stays in his position the deeper that poison is going to run but i would also say that we are on saturday afternoon now and the sun has had two very big days of stories yesterday with is in today with the video and that makes me wonder what they might have in store for the sunday papers tomorrow. sunday is leading the agenda to the new week and it is entirely possible that something really big is coming out tomorrow that means that means that his position is completely

untenable. obviously i think that he should go now but it could that by tomorrow there are far more voices for that. tomorrow there are far more voices for that. wales is playing denmark in the first of the knock out games in the european football championship. the winner will go through to the quarterfinals. the match is being played in amesterdam butjust a small number of welsh fans have been able to travel to the match due to restrictions on travel from the uk to the netherlands. our reporter tomos morgan is in cardiff and sadly it's not looking good for wales. a difficult time for fans. a lack of fans in the _ a difficult time for fans. a lack of fans in the stadium. _ a difficult time for fans. a lack of fans in the stadium. vans - a difficult time for fans. a lack of fans in the stadium. vans and - fans in the stadium. vans and started to leave this place too because wales are 2—0 down in holland. not the best performance but they are still clinging onto the

memories of 2016. some of those players in that squad in this team again. some of the best players in that squad. we are the nation is hoping they will pull something out of the bag to continue this journey. i will let you get back to the match if you can bear it. we will talk again later on. we will talk again later on. all adults in england are being invited to "grab a jab" this weekend, as hundreds of walk—in centres are offering covid vaccinations without the need to book. the latest figures from the office for national statistics, show cases across the uk rose by 30

% in the week to the 19th ofjune, mainly due to the delta variant. our health correspondent, catherine burns has more details. in normal times, this weekend would be the glastonbury festival. we'd be seeing huge crowds crammed together in front of the pyramid stage. this year, though, founder michael eavis is looking slightly lonely. in the country, you can actually get a jab. instead of queueing to get into a festival, the lines this weekend are a less muddy part of the government push to get people vaccinated. so more masks, not quite so many wellies. it's being called the grab—a—jab weekend. any adult in england can get their injection without booking. it's happening in stadiums, shopping centres and other venues up and down the country. these people turned up in york earlier. get my vaccine so that i can be protected and, obviously, my family and friends are all protected, as well, and i can live some normality. ijust think it's really important that everyone gets it done so we can

just get out of this whole thing, really. it's getting a bit boring. same, same. it's my second jab now, and, obviously, i want to be - vaccinated like everybody else so that we can try and get - everything back to normal as soon as possible. - and that message — getting a jab to get back to normal — is exactly what the government wants. we have already seen, in the last six months, a tremendous response to this vaccine campaign. of course, we are in a final drive now to get as many people vaccinated byjuly the 19th, particularly our younger people and, of course, those in older age groups who, for whatever reason, haven't come forward. so we know that putting walk—in, easy—to—access vaccine centres close to local communities makes a real difference. as the number of people being vaccinated is rising, so too are cases. more than 90,000 people have tested positive in the past week, and it is being driven largely by the delta variant. even so, it is too late for glastonbury. but the hope is that everyjab in every arm will give us a more normal summer over

the next few months. catherine burns, bbc news. rescue teams searching for survivors of a collapsed apartment block near the us city of miami are struggling to deal with a new threat, a fire which has taken hold in the rubble of the building. the local mayor, daniella levine cava, said emergency workers still hope to find people alive under the giant mound of concrete and metal. it's been revealed that concerns about the building were raised three years ago. a structural survey pointed to a major error in the original design of the tower, which prevented water from draining away. the mayor briefed reporters about the fire beneath the building. we are facing very incredible difficulties with this fire. the fire has been going on for a while. it is a very deep fire. it is

extremely difficult to locate the source of the fire and so they have been working around the clock. these fire rescue teams, these brave men and women under the rubble, to fix this problem so they can get on but it is hampering our search efforts. we see that this moat has spread. it has spread laterally throughout the pile. it is very difficult to isolate the source of the fire and therefore to stop it. we continue to have hope. we are continuing to search. we are looking for people alive in the rubble. that is our priority. and our teams have not stopped. hourafter priority. and our teams have not stopped. hour after hour through the night they have been working. at the same time. we know everyone wants to know what is the cause. what has happened here and, of course, we are going to conduct a full and thorough investigation with all of our local state and federal resources coming on the scene. state and federal resources

coming on the scene. our correspondent will grant is in miami with the latest. it really is truly harrowing for the families waiting for updates on their missing loved ones. we sell those fires burning for the past day orso those fires burning for the past day or so and it is thick acrid smoke and you can see from cherry pickers that they were plumes of water raining down trying to put them out. you can only imagine that anybody still trapped under the rubble, all of these elements are going to make their chances of survival slimmer and slimmerand their chances of survival slimmer and slimmer and their families their chances of survival slimmer and slimmer and theirfamilies here know that and that is what is so harrowing. if that were not enough, there is also this new information about a survey on the building published three years ago, put together three years ago that found serious flaws with the building design sell. i'll give you some quotes from it. major structural

damage to the concrete platforms beneath the swimming pool deck. abundant cracking of columns, beams and walls in the parking garage. and worst of all the major error in the original design itself. all of that amounts such a bleak picture of the integrity of the building. it is so harrowing as you say and we're looking at those aerial pictures which show the extent of the destruction. in terms of the rescue effort, we are talking about 159 people who are still missing family still waiting for news. despite all of those obstacles, that effort continues round the clock i assume. yes, they've underlined repeatedly that this remains a search and rescue operation and has not moved into an investigation the causes just yet. those things are clearly running concurrently and the mayor of miami dade county has said they're going to do a full audit of many of the buildings and the surrounding area. they will have to

evacuate many that are the same age and do this full audit. it makes a real tense and difficult atmosphere across the community specifically and most of all of course for those family members who are desperate for information and what seems to be lacking at this stage is any information good or bad. overnight no one was pulled from the rubble. no more survivors there. the number of those unaccounted for has not gone up by dancer there left to sit and wait and pray. pam gone up by dancer there left to sit and wait and pray.— and wait and pray. am i right in sa in: and wait and pray. am i right in saying that _ and wait and pray. am i right in saying that these _ and wait and pray. am i right in saying that these blocks - and wait and pray. am i right in saying that these blocks are - and wait and pray. am i right in - saying that these blocks are private apartment blocks? is anything been said by owners or construction firms? any official comment about that? , ., firms? any official comment about that? y ., , ., , , that? they are private. this is some ofthe that? they are private. this is some of the most — that? they are private. this is some of the most expensive _ that? they are private. this is some of the most expensive real- that? they are private. this is some of the most expensive real estate i that? they are private. this is some of the most expensive real estate in florida on some level. most desirable, certainly. seafront property is north miami beach. in terms of the building in question,

the lawyers for the owners said that those repairs that were advised in the survey were due to take place later this year but of course this collapse has now happened. we spoke to the daughter of somebody... apologies. we are pulling away from the situation in miami because we are hearing in the last few moments that matt hancock has resigned as health secretary. that news is just coming through in the last few moments. the very briefest of statements just a few lines emerging in the last few seconds. but as we have been reflecting if the last 2a hours or so, the pressure has been building on the health secretary. ever since the sun newspaper had those images on its front page of matt hancock pictured in his office with his adviser and the pressure

had been really building ever since then. of course, yesterday we had an apology from matt hancock for breaking social distancing guidelines. that is what the apology was for. he admitted the image or some may six and he apologised for breaking social distancing guidelines which were very strict rule still in place at that point. and the prime minister saying that he accepted the apology and that he considered the matter closed. but clearly the pressure has been too much. just in the last few moments we hear that he has indeed resigned as health secretary. we've had two tory mps openly saying they feel he should go. it appears he has now

gone. our political correspondent is with me. just announced the last minute or two. i wonder whether you have a statement or official comms. what are you hearing? we have a statement or official comms. what are you hearing?— what are you hearing? we had the letter to the _ what are you hearing? we had the letter to the prime _ what are you hearing? we had the letter to the prime minister. - what are you hearing? we had the letter to the prime minister. he i what are you hearing? we had the. letter to the prime minister. he has resigned. he was not sacked. as you said, he said the last thing he would want is the private life to detract attention from the single—minded focus leading as out of the pandemic. he reiterates his apology and apologises to his family and loved ones to for putting them through this. he says needs to be with his family at this time. let me see what the prime minister said in response. he says, dear matt, usually above is very proud of what you should achieve. he thanks him for a service we had the exchange of

letters and he is clearly reflected over the last 2a hours about where the situation leaves him. clearly, personally. this feels as though this is a decision taken very much in the context of this family because all through the day to day number ten has repeated its view that this matter was closed and he should remain health secretary. matt hancock has said nothing at all since the story first broke but now in reflection has decided that he needs to go. in reflection has decided that he needs to ge— in reflection has decided that he needs to go. in reflection has decided that he needs to no. , ., ., ., ., .,, needs to go. this was a man who was one of the key — needs to go. this was a man who was one of the key people _ needs to go. this was a man who was one of the key people making - needs to go. this was a man who was one of the key people making the - one of the key people making the rules, telling people up and down this country for more than a year to behave in a certain way to try to prevent the spread of coronavirus and then it transpired he had broken those rules which is the element he apologised for yesterday. yes. those rules which is the element he apologised for yesterday.— apologised for yesterday. yes. and had he stayed _ apologised for yesterday. yes. and had he stayed in _ apologised for yesterday. yes. and had he stayed in office _ apologised for yesterday. yes. and had he stayed in office for- apologised for yesterday. yes. and had he stayed in office for the - had he stayed in office for the first few days and weeks after

returning to the commons at the dispatch box and in front of podiums in downing street he would have been asked and depressed about what happened in his relationship with this woman and the history of it and crucially whether his advice to people then had any credibility because he, as he said himself. break the guideline on social distancing when he kissed his assistant in his office. it would have distracted from government messaging that is one reason why his continuation in office became impossible. a question of authority notjust breaking the rules. the commentators we have spoken to have been calling for him to go saying it is a question of authority. where is the moral authority. next week, isn't it, we get an announcement as to whether we are looking atjuly

the 19th of something different and he would have been front and centre. and it would have hampered his ability to deliver that message. i was quite surprised that he toughed it out in the way that he did. and the backing of number ten had been so firm. because this had come on the back of a lot of pressure on matt hancock in recent weeks. there are the brickbats from dominic cummings. borisjohnson's former cummings. boris johnson's former senior aid. cummings. borisjohnson's former senior aid. there were text messages showing that borisjohnson called him totally hopeless but matt hancock ploughed on. he continued to receive the backing of downing street. then this came out of the blue and it felt like this could have been the thing that really tipped it for him. and might of full stem out but he looked like he wanted to carry on and matt hancock is an ambitious invert of a young

cabinet minister. he is a survivor as well. he is perhaps the only person from the cameron and osborne years to have made it through the successive prime ministers who have followed. the eu referendum. he has been health secretary during an extraordinary once—in—a—lifetime pandemic and is very proud and has enjoyed his role at the forefront of all of that. he will be desperately, i think, unhappy to have left israel. but as he says, it really hinges on consequences for his private life and that seemed to be probably why he is decided this needs to be the moment that he goes. that is the essence of the letter if you are justjoining that is the essence of the letter if you arejustjoining us. and with our political correspondent. the news that matt hancock has now gone following those revelations we have been talking about of the last 36 hours. he is standing down as health secretary. we had two conservative mps publicly in the last 2a hours

that he should go. mps publicly in the last 24 hours that he should go.— mps publicly in the last 24 hours that he should go. which isn't many. there is not — that he should go. which isn't many. there is not a _ that he should go. which isn't many. there is not a cacophony _ that he should go. which isn't many. there is not a cacophony of- that he should go. which isn't many. there is not a cacophony of tory - there is not a cacophony of tory backbenchers over the last 24—hour saying this is terrible behaviour niche never breached these guidelines and he has to go. social media and the airwaves had been two or three who have spoken out from the backbenches. but there was no cacophony for him to quit nor was there any noise and support which i thought was revealing. he had no sense of the tory party parliament rallying around him. he wasjust doing it alone. the backing of number ten but there was a sort of ominous silence, i thought, around him, during the course of today. which i thought was peculiar. what which i thought was peculiar. what we are picking _ which i thought was peculiar. what we are picking up _ which i thought was peculiar. what we are picking up on _ which i thought was peculiar. what we are picking up on in _ which i thought was peculiar. what we are picking up on in terms of backbenchers and privately and people think back to dominic cummings in last year. are they making comparisons and to which was

the worst crime. to making comparisons and to which was the worst crime.— the worst crime. to be honest the 've the worst crime. to be honest they've been _ the worst crime. to be honest they've been keeping - the worst crime. to be honest they've been keeping their. the worst crime. to be honest - they've been keeping their council. tory mps had been, even in private and off the record, remaining pretty quiet about what they feel about this and perhaps that was a concerted effort from number ten to draw oxygen out of this and not provide any voices and just try to let the situation peter out. i thought that was probably where we were heading with this. depending of course on what would be in the papers tomorrow. the county on saturday evening. sunday morning papers around the corner, what do they have. today's excruciating for matt hancock. the front pages. and the government. a number ten seems set to try to ride out the storm. that has not happened. and boris johnson has to do something now she did not want to do which is to have a reshuffle of some sort. it may be very limited but now he needs, in

the middle of a pandemic, a new health secretary. pretty extraordinary.— health secretary. pretty extraordinary. health secretary. pretty extraordina. , ~ ., extraordinary. yes. and you mention the prime minister. _ extraordinary. yes. and you mention the prime minister. on _ extraordinary. yes. and you mention the prime minister. on the _ extraordinary. yes. and you mention the prime minister. on the thought i the prime minister. on the thought that some of raised as to why there are some voices even in private same borisjohnson should have sacked him it was so clear he had broken the rules. was never on the table? he was rules. was never on the table? he: was never going to sack matt hancock for the personal indiscretion. that was never likely. there wasn't going to happen. and i think borisjohnson has got for not wanting to sack people. you think back to pretty patel who was criticised for the way she treated staff within her department and whether she had broken the ministerial code or not and borisjohnson stood by her. dominic cummings as the example. his chief aide back in the summer of last year broke rules when he went to barnard castle. there was uproar from some tory mps but he didn't

quit. he then, in contrast to now, and quite strong backing from members of the cabinet who tweeted their support for him. borisjohnson their support for him. boris johnson does their support for him. borisjohnson does not want to sack people. it does not want to sack people. it does not want to sack people. it does not really like disruption within his top team and they were prepared to try to stick this out. in terms of legacy, we call it that, the vaccination programme has been an enormous success and he will want to be remembered for that and that is why some people will and have supported him. he is why some people will and have sunported him-— supported him. he was health secretary during _ supported him. he was health secretary during a _ secretary during a once—in—a—lifetime pandemic. an extraordinary thing he could never have expected when he was appointed in 2018 by theresa may and he was grilled in front of a select committee to three weeks ago following on from dominic cummings appearance at the same select

committee two weeks before reputation addressed by mr cummings and he put up a strong defence from seven said he was proud of what he has done. many will be critical of critical of course of how the government and of this. they will be critical of the way that pp contracts were awarded and what happened in care homes we know there is great pain around that. in many held him responsible for government failure. he will look at the vaccination programme as something he is very proud of. he has had an eventful time as health secretary. indeed. thank you very much for now. our political correspondent ben wright. i can see your phone is flashing and people are sending you reaction as we talk so i'm going to let you talk to all those people and perhaps some who have been more reticent over the last 24 hours will now have a chat with you and we are joined here on bbc news by tim

montgomery the political blogger and activist, well known as the founder of the conservative home website among many other things. tim, fascinating to talk to you again because i think it is probably exactly 24—hour since you and i were discussing very matter so your thoughts now that matt hancock has indeed decided to resign as health secretary. indeed decided to resign as health secreta . . . . indeed decided to resign as health secreta . , ., , ., , secretary. yes, a big development and 24 hours _ secretary. yes, a big development and 24 hours ago _ secretary. yes, a big development and 24 hours ago i _ secretary. yes, a big development and 24 hours ago i was _ secretary. yes, a big development and 24 hours ago i was reluctantly| and 24 hours ago i was reluctantly calling for him to do what he has done perhaps 24 hours too late. later than i would have preferred. but you really cannot have health secretary devising bills for a pandemic in him not following them himself. it has been said so many times in the last 24 hours and and i am not saying anything you have not heard before but that is exactly how people are feeling and if we're serious about the fight covid we

have to have public confidence in the rules and the people who are setting those rules so matt hancock has done the right thing. my overall rule is he has been an effective secretary of state for health and has made mistakes as everyone has on covid but many people are alive today because of the vaccine roll—out he led and i hope that he will return to government after a decent time interval. me will return to government after a decent time interval.— will return to government after a decent time interval. we have been reflectin: decent time interval. we have been reflecting here _ decent time interval. we have been reflecting here in _ decent time interval. we have been reflecting here in the _ decent time interval. we have been reflecting here in the last _ decent time interval. we have been reflecting here in the last 20 - reflecting here in the last 20 minutes or so about the fact that two conservative mps have come out publicly in the last 24 hours and said they felt he should go. but thatis said they felt he should go. but that is a very small proportion of all conservative mps and there was a broadly radio silence on this topic. i am interested what your take is on why that was the case. you can read the radio silence two ways, there were very, very few tory

mps publicly saying that they