hello, you're watching bbc news and i'm shaun ley. first, the headlines. matt hancock quits after revelations of him kissing and embracing a colleague in breach of covert guidelines. he led the government's response to the start. he says he has let people down. the former chancellor was appointed as his successor. rescuers are teaching for survivors, it's a merge... and wales�*s euro 2023 ended when they were beaded 4—0 by denmark.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the evening standard columnist and times radio presenter ayesha hazarika and the conservative commentator tim montgomerie. a warm welcome to both of them. let's take a look at tomorrow's front pages. almost only one story. as you can expect, the news of matt hancock's resignation as health secretary dominates most of tomorrow's front pages. the observer leads with the headline "hancock quits after a day of humiliation." the sun on sunday carries a photo of matt hancock and his aide, gina coladangelo. she's also resigned. mr hancock had been under increasing pressure to quit after the sun published pictures of the two kissing and breaking social distancing rules. the telegraph's front title reports a quote from mr hancock's video statement released on twitter — "those of us who make the rules have got to stick by them." the express says that the former health secretary was "forced

to quit" after a revolt from tory mps demanding his resignation and donors threatening to pull funding. according to the sunday times, mr hancock informed his wife he was leaving her on thursday evening, immediately after he learnt his affair was about to be exposed. in the mail on sunday, chancellor saja javid announced as new secretary. and in other news, wales miss out on a place in the euro 2020 quarterfinals. the telegraph sport carries a photo of wales captain gareth bale looking dejected after denmark scored the third of four goals in amsterdam. so, let's begin. we have to start... it is both of you, almost only one story tonight. ayesha, the mail on sunday first. a photograph of mrs hancock and the news that hancock quit his job and hancock and the news that hancock quit hisjob and his marriage. hancock and the news that hancock quit his job and his marriage. quit his “ob and his marriage. yeah, there's

quit his job and his marriage. yeah, there's lots — quit his job and his marriage. yeah, there's lots of— quit his job and his marriage. yeah, there's lots of details _ quit his job and his marriage. yeah, there's lots of details about - quit his job and his marriage. yeah, there's lots of details about the - there's lots of details about the human side of the story, and i'm sure all your viewers and my heart goes out to martha, who is matt hancock's wife. she's a really lovely woman. i've met her on a number of occasions. i know it's a human tragedy to this. there are two families who are in a very shattered state tonight, and our thoughts are with everybody involved. i hope they are given a bit of privacy. but this scandal was not about and infidelity, is that as that might be, it was about hypocrisy. it was about the fact that somebody who was making the rules was not sticking to the rules at a time when so many were making enormous sacrifices, whether it was not saying goodbye to loved ones, like the queen sitting by herself at prince philip's funeral. i think matt hancock himself realised... you have to take

so much of this is trying to encourage people by winning their hearts and minds over covid, and i think when he felt he lost his moral authority, he did the right thing by resigning. the authority, he did the right thing by resiuanin. ,, . ., resigning. the sunday time hence or illustrates the _ resigning. the sunday time hence or illustrates the fact _ resigning. the sunday time hence or illustrates the fact that _ resigning. the sunday time hence or illustrates the fact that the - resigning. the sunday time hence or illustrates the fact that the paper . illustrates the fact that the paper is looking at other dimensions. we have these questions over the role that his friend, ms. covid angelo, had in the department —— coladangelo. had in the department -- coladangelo.— had in the department -- coladangelo. had in the department -- coladanaelo. _, ., coladangelo. good evening. it doesnt coladangelo. good evening. it doesn't draw _ coladangelo. good evening. it doesn't draw a _ coladangelo. good evening. it doesn't draw a complete - coladangelo. good evening. it doesn't draw a complete line | coladangelo. good evening. it- doesn't draw a complete line under it. doesn't draw a complete line under it there _ doesn't draw a complete line under it there are — doesn't draw a complete line under it. there are a lot of follow—up questions _ it. there are a lot of follow—up questions that quite legitimately journalists will want to pursue. but i think_ journalists will want to pursue. but i think on_ journalists will want to pursue. but i think on a — journalists will want to pursue. but i think on a raw political level, it

largely— i think on a raw political level, it largely does draw a line under it. i think_ largely does draw a line under it. i think we _ largely does draw a line under it. i think we were getting to the place where _ think we were getting to the place where almost no minister seemed to be willing _ where almost no minister seemed to be willing to resign, whatever they did, from — be willing to resign, whatever they did, from this government. and i thihk_ did, from this government. and i think that — did, from this government. and i think that was in danger of really infecting — think that was in danger of really infecting this government's reputation. i think if you are a party— reputation. i think if you are a party that— reputation. i think if you are a party that believes in responsibility of citizens to behave wisely _ responsibility of citizens to behave wisely and not be overregulated by the state. — wisely and not be overregulated by the state, then ministers have to set an_ the state, then ministers have to set an example. it was the hypocrisy, i agree with everything ayesha _ hypocrisy, i agree with everything ayesha said. at least he's no longer in the _ ayesha said. at least he's no longer in the government and the government is somewhat protected from some of these _ is somewhat protected from some of these issues, and the public will be i think— these issues, and the public will be i think relieved and supportive of the fact— i think relieved and supportive of the fact that someone has fallen on their sword — the fact that someone has fallen on their sword and shown some responsibility for making a mistake. ithink— responsibility for making a mistake. ithihk that — responsibility for making a mistake. i think that is what tory mps

wanted~ _ i think that is what tory mps wanted. there's been an ominous siiehce _ wanted. there's been an ominous siiehce over— wanted. there's been an ominous silence over the last 24 hours from conservative mps. very few are willing — conservative mps. very few are willing to — conservative mps. very few are willing to support him, and i think what _ willing to support him, and i think what they— willing to support him, and i think what they feared was something simitar— what they feared was something similar to — what they feared was something similar to the five day drama that followed — similar to the five day drama that followed dominic cummings, when he was accused of reaching the rules last year — was accused of reaching the rules last year. that really hurt conservative mps. their mail bags were _ conservative mps. their mail bags were bulging and conservative mps feared _ were bulging and conservative mps feared that. i think at least the resignation stops the wounding opening — resignation stops the wounding opening and festering.- resignation stops the wounding opening and festering. there is a bur-election _ opening and festering. there is a by-election coming _ opening and festering. there is a by-election coming up _ opening and festering. there is a by-election coming up next - opening and festering. there is a l by-election coming up next week. by—election coming up next week. labour with the sitting mps taking on a male rolejob labour with the sitting mps taking on a male role job to which he labour with the sitting mps taking on a male rolejob to which he is elected. —— mae mayoral. i’m on a male role job to which he is elected. -- mae mayoral. i'm glad ou elected. -- mae mayoral. i'm glad you raised — elected. -- mae mayoral. i'm glad you raised that. _

elected. -- mae mayoral. i'm glad you raised that. the _ elected. -- mae mayoral. i'm glad you raised that. the news - elected. -- mae mayoral. i'm glad you raised that. the news brought| you raised that. the news brought the timers radio today, and an mp didn't have... he said he had been in and it was coming up on the doorstep. that is when something moved. sometimes there are stories which have very much been westminster village stories. the story was getting cut through, as tim montgomerie said, when the barnard castle story got through because it was one rule for one set of people, one rule for the rest of us. people's patient is sitting on that. what was also interesting is the whip �*s office was getting inundated with messages from backbench tory mps who are starting to get those e—mails into their constituency and boxes, and i think tim is right. numberten constituency and boxes, and i think tim is right. number ten could see

the writing on the wall. what i think is really interesting is that the judgment of the prime minister was off on this because remember, yesterday, we were told it was case closed. matt hancock would keep his job. nothing to see here. everybody move on. and what i think that's an interesting glimpse into, i think the sort of prime minister's judgment on this, as it was with dominic cummings, isjust judgment on this, as it was with dominic cummings, is just sort of slightly off. you know when something doesn't pass the public smell test, and is clearly didn't. but i think borisjohnson would have kept it. it has been briefed out that matt hancock resigned of his own volition, which i think is really interesting. the own volition, which i think is really interesting. own volition, which i think is reall interestinu. , , ., really interesting. the observer and its headline. — really interesting. the observer and its headline, had _ really interesting. the observer and its headline, had its _ really interesting. the observer and its headline, had its first _ its headline, had its first paragraph said hancock resigned after conservatives defied boris johnson and demanded he could be

dismissed. is there an awkward side to this for borisjohnson? 0ne dismissed. is there an awkward side to this for borisjohnson? one might expect him to give credit for standing by his ministers, but others are expects the view that his position was untenable. yet the prime minister did not appear to see it in that way. prime minister did not appear to see it in that way-— it in that way. know, this is the ele - hant it in that way. know, this is the elephant in _ it in that way. know, this is the elephant in the _ it in that way. know, this is the elephant in the room. - it in that way. know, this is the elephant in the room. i - it in that way. know, this is the elephant in the room. i think. elephant in the room. i think friends — elephant in the room. i think friends outside of politics knew that man — friends outside of politics knew that man hancock had to go —— matt hancock _ that man hancock had to go —— matt hancock. very senior members of the cabinet _ hancock. very senior members of the cabinet knew he had to go. downing street— cabinet knew he had to go. downing street was— cabinet knew he had to go. downing street was in denial about this. there's— street was in denial about this. there's no— street was in denial about this. there's no doubt about that. look, boris _ there's no doubt about that. look, borisjohnson has a chequered private — borisjohnson has a chequered private life, shall we say. i think his awareness that he hasn't led the most _ his awareness that he hasn't led the most respectable and traditional

terms _ most respectable and traditional terms private life, i think makes them _ terms private life, i think makes them very— terms private life, i think makes them very wary of being censorious of his— them very wary of being censorious of his colleagues. i think what you need _ of his colleagues. i think what you need to— of his colleagues. i think what you need to understand and make this distinction — need to understand and make this distinction is however sad it is for the families of matt hancock and his lover, _ the families of matt hancock and his lover, that _ the families of matt hancock and his lover, that isn't why he has had to resign _ lover, that isn't why he has had to resign he's— lover, that isn't why he has had to resign. he's had to resign because he was _ resign. he's had to resign because he was health secretary and broke rules— he was health secretary and broke rules that — he was health secretary and broke rules that he himself had been co—architect of during the pandemic. boris _ co—architect of during the pandemic. borisjohnson needs to realise that yes, he _ borisjohnson needs to realise that yes, he made himself have a difficult _ yes, he made himself have a difficult private life, but that isn't — difficult private life, but that isn't what the public are interested in. isn't what the public are interested in and _ isn't what the public are interested in and i_ isn't what the public are interested in. and i think if you can begin to make— in. and i think if you can begin to make that — in. and i think if you can begin to make that distinction in his own mind, _ make that distinction in his own mind, and — make that distinction in his own mind, and when he has a decision like this— mind, and when he has a decision like this in— mind, and when he has a decision like this in the future, and there will sadly— like this in the future, and there will sadly be others, he needs to look at _ will sadly be others, he needs to look at the — will sadly be others, he needs to look at the specific issue and not sort of— look at the specific issue and not sort of worried that it will somehow rebound _ sort of worried that it will somehow rebound on — sort of worried that it will somehow rebound on him because of his own personal— rebound on him because of his own

personal history. rebound on him because of his own personal history-— rebound on him because of his own personal history. ayesha, there's an interestinu personal history. ayesha, there's an interesting point _ personal history. ayesha, there's an interesting point raised _ personal history. ayesha, there's an interesting point raised because - interesting point raised because there is a very strong sense that there is a very strong sense that the public is not particularly moved ijy the public is not particularly moved by people's private lives, not censorious about it. when you look at the sun, though, it says hypocrite hancock, but it plays hard on its own story. it publishes again the photograph of the two of them in a clinch. it says it's a small video. —— snog video. it's almost a different story. the video. -- snog video. it's almost a different story-— video. -- snog video. it's almost a different story. the sun, because it cost the huge _ different story. the sun, because it cost the huge scoop, _ different story. the sun, because it cost the huge scoop, it _ different story. the sun, because it cost the huge scoop, it is _ different story. the sun, because it cost the huge scoop, it is putting i cost the huge scoop, it is putting that slant on it. we have to be honest — there's a certain element to this because there is a sexual to it. we've all watched the video in mild horror, etc. but as tim said

and i have said, these people are not getting angry because matt hancock was unfaithful. you might think that's not good behaviour. it is about the hypocrisy. it is the fact that the person making up the rules was not abiding by the rules and the fact that it was all happening in the middle of the afternoon in a pandemic, it was kind ofjaw—dropping. but i think a lot ofjaw—dropping. but i think a lot of the public are thinking, hang on a minute, if we don't hit that deadline of the 19th ofjuly, do we seriously think the public was going to accept matt hancock standing there at the podium in number ten and saying to the citizens of this country, you can't carry on conducting your private lives when you want to do it. his position as a somebody who was going to be believed will not be obtainable any more, and he worked that out. but it

isn'tjust more, and he worked that out. but it isn't just as more, and he worked that out. but it isn'tjust as simple as the man that he's resigned, this is on the way. there are interesting questions about propriety and this issue of cronyism as well. people want to know why this woman was brought on the board with taxpayers' money. you're meant to scrutinise and provide oversight. there's also stories that woman's brother won a string of contracts in the nhs. there is another story about matt hancock. he could have been involved in a friend of his getting some of these covid contracts. there is another undercurrent, which isjust another undercurrent, which is just not another undercurrent, which isjust not going to go away, and it will be more fully. 0f not going to go away, and it will be more fully. of course, his successor, sajid javid, interesting comeback but a big entry of work for sajid javid. notjust comeback but a big entry of work for sajid javid. not just a comeback but a big entry of work for sajid javid. notjust a pandemic, the fact that there is rising waiting lists. matt hancock was

meant to be revealing big nhs reforms on monday. there's a big issue with staff shortages, social care. there's a lot going on with the nhs, and the ceo is about to step down as well, so there'll be a lot of people watching this and quite a lot of consternation about what's going to happen to the raw politics of the actual health service. it's very different from the titillation of somebody having an affair. �* , ., the titillation of somebody having an affair. �*, ., ,., the titillation of somebody having an affair. �* , ., ,., ., an affair. let's lend on something a bit more cheerful— an affair. let's lend on something a bit more cheerful to _ an affair. let's lend on something a bit more cheerful to lighten - an affair. let's lend on something a bit more cheerful to lighten the - bit more cheerful to lighten the mood. tim, the sunday times leaving the hancock story, train announcements will terminate here. grant shapps popularity. i announcements will terminate here. grant shapps popularity.— grant shapps popularity. i think i miaht grant shapps popularity. i think i might vote _ grant shapps popularity. i think i might vote for _ grant shapps popularity. i think i might vote for anyone _ grant shapps popularity. i think i might vote for anyone who - grant shapps popularity. i think i - might vote for anyone who introduced this policy _ might vote for anyone who introduced this policy i_ might vote for anyone who introduced this policy. i think i went about three _ this policy. i think i went about three or— this policy. i think i went about three or four months when i didn't travel— three or four months when i didn't travel up _ three or four months when i didn't travel up to— three or four months when i didn't travel up to london on the train at all, travel up to london on the train at all. and _ travel up to london on the train at all. and i— travel up to london on the train at all, and i was very excited when my

train _ all, and i was very excited when my trainjourney— all, and i was very excited when my trainjourney resumed recently all, and i was very excited when my train journey resumed recently as the lockdown eased. my goodness, i was on _ the lockdown eased. my goodness, i was on the _ the lockdown eased. my goodness, i was on the late train home at 20 to midnight _ was on the late train home at 20 to midnight back from london to salisbury, and the announcements, my goodness! _ salisbury, and the announcements, my goodness! i_ salisbury, and the announcements, my goodness! i wanted to snooze and they were — goodness! i wanted to snooze and they were constantly interrupting! it's they were constantly interrupting! it's a _ they were constantly interrupting! it's a real— they were constantly interrupting! it's a real pain of motor bike that we have — it's a real pain of motor bike that we have this chitchat are constantly -- modern — we have this chitchat are constantly —— modern life. people do have smartphones. set an alarm, don't have _ smartphones. set an alarm, don't have all— smartphones. set an alarm, don't have all this — smartphones. set an alarm, don't have all this constant noise going on. ~ . . ., have all this constant noise going on, �* . . ., ., have all this constant noise going on. according to the story on the front of the _ on. according to the story on the front of the sunday _ on. according to the story on the front of the sunday times, - front of the sunday times, passengers are one journey from manchester to london last week, subjected to 17 automated messages. there's a whole world of people who were downloading all these messages, although one chinese railway ccs wondered what does that mean. that drives us all— wondered what does that mean. that drives us all mad _ wondered what does that mean. trust drives us all mad and it doesn't make any sense! an aneurysm every

time i'm on a train. i