just some breaking news to bring you coming into us here at bbc news right now. this relates to the dispute between the government and the covid—19 inquiry that was looking to the government's handling of the covid response. the cabinet office has now lost its legal challenge to the uk covid inquiry chair with its request. you will know she has been requesting boris johnson, then prime minister, asking for his unredacted whatsapp messages, notebooks and diaries select�*s case might speak straightaway to our political correspondent damian and atticus in westminster for us. correspondent damian and atticus in westminsterfor us. what correspondent damian and atticus in westminster for us. what does this mean? —— damian grammaticas. what does this mean? mean? -- damian grammaticas. what does this mean?— mean? -- damian grammaticas. what does this mean? what this means that she was the covid _ does this mean? what this means that she was the covid inquiry's _ does this mean? what this means that she was the covid inquiry's position - she was the covid inquiry's position has been upheld and it will get full access to all the whatsapp messages,

the notebooks and diaries of boris johnson that it wants and the government's position, downing street's position that it shouldn't have to hand that over because some of it might be private information that might be irrelevant to the inquiry has been rejected by in this ruling so the government has brought this claim forjudicial review saying the inquiry chairwoman was acting irrationally beyond her powers and the judges, these two judges have said no, she absolutely has the power to demand what she wants to see. one small caveat is that part of this issue was revolves around this question, government saying they basically felt there might be private information and messages handed over and that shouldn't have to be passed on. they can go back and talk to the inquiry and chair, lady hallett, about

having a sort of process for handling private information. if she looks at it, deems it's handling private information. if she looks at it, deems its private and doesn't want to use it it shouldn't be then available for anyone else to say, to get handed state back. that's a of thing is what they're talking about what this is clearly in summary a defeat for the government and a clear win for the covid—19 inquiry and one thing worse saying to is this is about boris johnson's whatsapp, is about more than that. it is about the whatsapp messages exchanged between around 20 senior government officials, cabinet ministers, health officials in charge of the pandemic. they had a whatsapp group in which they were exchanging messages so all of that will be, is what the inquiry was looking for, plus 2a notebooks in which borisjohnson had been writing notes during this period. he had handed those to the government

lawyers who were helping him and helping him prepare for this inquiry. they didn't want to pass them on without putting a black felt tip through them to redact bits. they will now have to hand them over unredacted and borisjohnson said he would comply to some could go back to him to pass on. but there is one small wrinkle, in a in the thing passed on. borisjohnson had two firms of whatsapp messages. critical period at the beginning the pandemic there is a problem with that for security reasons he had to stop using it and it was locked and has not been used and there's been a concern about turning that back access the messages and whether that, there are security implications of doing that and whether the phone was hacked or something like that so there are security procedures that have be gone through a phase messages are to be retrieved and those, of course,

are the really key ones.— be retrieved and those, of course, are the really key ones. value have been speaking. _ are the really key ones. value have been speaking, as _ are the really key ones. value have been speaking, as we _ are the really key ones. value have been speaking, as we would - are the really key ones. value have l been speaking, as we would expect, lots of reaction coming into this defeat for the government. lawyers of the bereaved families for justice. they say this is the correct decision to ensure the inquiry maintains itself above the sea and gets to the truth and say without full access to all relevant evidence the integrity of the inquiry would have been further undermined and left toothless by the very government that set it up and it's that line, isn't it, that's important here, the suggestion that government took a highly unusual step to try to prevent the release of these documents? it step to try to prevent the release of these documents?— step to try to prevent the release of these documents? it didn't 'ust take a highly fl of these documents? it didn't 'ust take a highly unusuali of these documents? it didn't 'ust take a highly unusual step, b of these documents? it didn't 'ust take a highly unusual step, ith of these documents? it didn'tjustj take a highly unusual step, it took an unprecedented step. think about it, the government, borisjohnson�*s government when he was prime minister set up this inquiry. it was formed by the government with a remit given by the government, which was to inquire broadly into the

pandemic and the handling of it and it was given by the government the legal footing on which it was given by the government the legalfooting on which it it was given by the government the legal footing on which it could ask for any documents it liked. then what you had was the government deciding to challenge that when the covid—19 inquiry and baroness hallett came forward asking for this stuff. that has never happened before, that the government has challenged inquiry at setup itself and gone to court to try to prevent it getting documents and, yes, you're right, i think that issue about the confidence and inquiry is really crucial here because that is notjust really crucial here because that is not just what the families, the covid—19 bereaved families were saying who were outraged when government tried to step in and say it wasn't going to hand over everything, it's also what the inquiry itself said. in its submissions to the judges inquiry pointed out and said if you allow this to happen, if you allow government to say it can choose what pieces of information to hand over, that will undermine confidence in

inquiry and in fact fatally undermine all possible future inquiry is an example they gave was to say the subject of the inquiry can't decide what information is relevant to hand over. imagine inquiry into someone who potentially had done something criminal, if that person could decide what to hand over the inquiry might be pointless. so they said it was a really important point of principle, too. they mean, really good out that the action from me so quickly. thank you, our political correspondent there damian grammaticas in westminster. let's stay with uk legality because for retired detectives who ran the first investigation into the killing of stephen lawrence, the uk's most notorious racist murder, will not face criminal prosecutions for their actions in the case according to sources that have spoken to the bbc. we can speak to our correspondent daniel simone who broke the story. i'm looking at some of the details here. cps saying they have meticulously reviewed substantial

amounts of evidence and this has chosen not to pursue criminal charges. just remind us of the background to this case. this case is 30 years — background to this case. this case is 30 years old _ background to this case. this case is 30 years old now, _ background to this case. this case is 30 years old now, 30 _ background to this case. this case is 30 years old now, 30 years - background to this case. this case is 30 years old now, 30 years this | is 30 years old now, 30 years this year. stephen lawrence was an 18—year—old student who was travelling home with his friend waiting for a bus in south london and was set upon by a gang of young white men and stabbed to death. the case became so notorious because of the way the police handled the early investigation. it meant that it was widely accepted and understood to have been a disastrous first police investigation. it meant that no—one was brought to justice and it ultimately led to a big public inquiry here in the uk in the late 19905 inquiry here in the uk in the late 1990s which said that the met police was institutionally racist and had failed the family of stephen lawrence. the decision today by the crown prosecution service follows an

investigation by the police watchdog that ultimately referred these four senior detectives, all now retired, to the crown prosecution service to decide whether they should be charged with something called misconduct in public office and basically the allegation was that their failings basically the allegation was that theirfailings in basically the allegation was that their failings in the case was so grave and severe that it could have amounted to a criminal offence. and prosecutors have been considering this file of evidence for nearly three years and today it has been announced by the crown prosecution service, they have announced it now after we broke the story, that these offices will not be charged. yes. after we broke the story, that these offices will not be charged.- offices will not be charged. yes, so the cps also _ offices will not be charged. yes, so the cps also saying _ offices will not be charged. yes, so the cps also saying that _ offices will not be charged. yes, so the cps also saying that it - offices will not be charged. yes, so the cps also saying that it has - offices will not be charged. yes, so the cps also saying that it has met| the cps also saying that it has met with or will meet with close family members to explain our decision in detail but the crucial point here as well, they say this news will be deeply disappointing to stephen lawrence's family. have we had any reaction from them just yet? we reaction from them 'ust yet? we haven't reaction from them 'ust yet? we haven-t had h reaction from them just yet? - haven't had any reaction yet. this news really only broke this loop

shine. interested parties including the family of stephen were only informed of this decision late morning today. —— this news only broke this lunchtime. i think we'll get reaction later on today from different people. this is still relatively new. i think family and people have been involved in the case for many years will probably not be surprised by the decision. it doesn't mean that they will be disappointed. but i don't think they will be surprised. there have been three different investigations, inquiries and inquest into this case. no police officer has ever faced criminal charges in relation to the first investigation. an investigation which yesterday was described by the head of the met police is being marred by egregious errors, some of which means evidence was lost, chances were lost forever. daniel, really briefly followers if you will, this murder was april 1993

and the police say they have changed their methods since but there are many met damning lessons which should be learned from this. there are in the met _ should be learned from this. there are in the met was _ should be learned from this. there are in the met was so _ should be learned from this. there are in the met was so heavily - are in the met was so heavily criticised by the public inquiry by the late 1990s and there were further investigations which also failed. two of stephen's killers and police always said there were six attackers there last night. two of them were eventually convicted and jailed in 2012 but we know that there are therefore a number of outstanding suspects who have never face justice with the bbc investigation we identified one of the suspects last week who is dead but there are still outstanding suspects in the police are currently not investigating the case. —— and the police are currently not investigating the case. the police are currently not investiuaatin the case. investigating the case. damien, good to have ou investigating the case. damien, good to have you with _ investigating the case. damien, good to have you with us. _ investigating the case. damien, good to have you with us. daniel— investigating the case. damien, good to have you with us. daniel the - to have you with us. daniel the stephen lawrence trial. coming up in the news that a girl has died and many others injured after that crash in south london and we will the

latest. —— we will have the latest. hello there. the first week ofjuly, temperatures have been a little bit below average for most of us. however, that's about to change. it is set to get a lot hotter. before we get there, though, today is a day of sunny spells for many of us. a fair amount of cloud at times. satellite picture shows the thickest cloud to the northwest of the uk and these weather fronts will be bringing some heavy outbreaks of rain. the low pressure associated with that rain starts to spin westwards as we go through into friday, and that allows southerly winds to drag up some much hotter airfrom france. and so temperatures in the hottest areas by tomorrow will surge upwards, reaching highs of 29 degrees in the hottest parts. now, this afternoon, it's fairly quiet weather—wise. temperatures near average, some sunny spells for most of england, wales, eastern scotland, showers few and far between. but we've got heavy rain in northern ireland and for western counties of northern ireland. could see some localised surface water flooding building in with some heavier bursts here and that heavier

rain will edge into western scotland late afternoon or early evening time. now, that heavy burst of rain will then push its way northwards across scotland. the rain then becomes a little bit lighter and patchier for scotland and northern ireland later in the night. maybe with some mist patches developing around coastal hills should be dry for most of england and wales for tomorrow. well, we start off with that chance of rain for northern ireland and scotland, although probably turning drier and brighter as the day goes by. it's across england and wales that we'll have the best of the day's sunshine and these southerly winds will be dragging in some much hotter air. temperatures could hit 29 degrees celsius. so getting into the mid eighties in fahrenheit towards southeast england, probably about 26 for eastern wales and into the low 20s for the central belt of scotland. for saturday, it stays on the warm side, but this area of low pressure will bring the threat of showers and thunderstorms. initially, we'll see a band of rain working into the west, but then a plume of moisture that gets pulled in from europe and that will probably take over as been the driving force of seeing heavy thundery showers. the showers are always going to be

a bit hit and miss in nature, but some of them could be quite torrential. we're looking at highs into the upper 20s, the hottest weather across eastern areas. now, for sunday. it's still quite warm, but it's another day of sunny spells and heavy showers. potentially some of those showers could merge together to give some really long spells of rain. could be really torrential as well. but there's some uncertainty about exactly where those heavier downpours are likely to be on sunday afternoon.

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