iain watson, thank ve much house of commons.away — but the millennium falcon was actually built much closer to home. the star wars craft was the last ship to be constructed at the royal pembroke dockyard, in south wales, in 1979. a new exhibition tells the story — and aled scourfield went to have a look. was a project so secret it was codenamed the magic roundabout. it was also the worst kept secret in pembroke dock. jeff waterhouse was part of a team that built the organ. i wasn't allowed to say anything. but when i went home, i said to my wife, my two boys then were nine and ii. wife, my two boys then were nine and 11. you are not to say anything outside the house. they went to school the following morning and told all of the school, didn't they? the engineers normally worked for the petrochemical industry. at the spring of 1979, they were building the fastest hunk ofjunk in the galaxy, otherwise known as the millennium falcon. it was later painstakingly moved from the western hanger to elstree studios for the filming of the e

iain watson, bbc news, westminster.wa, who will become the 14th doctor. the news came as the british television world gathered for bafta's tv awards, withjodie comer and sean bean picking up top acting prizes. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba was at the ceremony. a new doctor on the bafta red carpet. ncuti gatwa was announced in the role shortly before today's ceremony and he said he was keen to do justice to the part. this role is an institution and it is so iconic and it means a lot to so many people, including myself, and so it makes everyone feel seen as well. it is something that everyone can enjoy, ifeel very grateful to have had the baton handed over and i am going to try and do my best. sex education, the netflix comedy drama that he is best known for, follows a group of young people exploring areas like sex and sexuality. ncuti gatwa plays the irrepressible eric. he was born in rwanda. his family came to the uk as refugees. he then grew up in scotland and went on to study drama before his big break c

iain watson.taken to hospital after part of a stand collapsed at a trooping the colour event at horse guards parade in central london. in two weeks�* time, the queen is due to attend. shelly phelps reports. members of the army rushing to the scene in video footage filmed by a member of the public close to where part of a stand reportedly collapsed. a number of people can also be seen climbing over the back wall, close to where a section of the structure is understood to have given way. the area was then evacuated one stand at the time, according to witnesses. we were all invited to stand for the national anthem and as we did, there was a commotion behind us and it transpired that the floorboards in the temporary arena had cracked and several people had fallen through, it appeared. the incident took place just before ”am as crowds gathered in horse guards parade to watch rehearsals marking the queen's birthday. stjohn ambulance were first on scene. we treated a total of six patients. four of the pa

iain watson. our top story this evening.the dup, blocks the return of power—sharing at stormont. # up in the space, man. and something strange going on a eurovision. bookmakers predict a good result for the uk. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel... ten years on from the moment he says is the best of his life, sergio aguero meets the statue that commemorates his famous title—winning goal for manchester city. day four of the high court libel trial today, where coleen rooney gave evidence for the first time. she told the court she was "surprised" by "how much interest" her so—called wagatha christie social media post caused in 2019. mrs rooney is being sued for libel by mrs vardy for alleging she leaked personal stories to the sun newspaper, which she denies. colin paterson has been following the case. the rooneys arriving. today it was coleen's turn to face questions. she is the one being sued for libel. her husband, wayne rooney, looked away from her as she gave evidence. in court documents, coleen rooney describe

our political correspondent, iain watson, said oppposition parties are concerned about what this meanscomes to the independence of the report. they are suggesting that the mere fact that the prime minister on the person conducting the inquiry, sue gray, met about a month ago, and well before publication, could suggest perhaps this was not being done as transparently as it should. they asked for an explanation of why that meeting took place. what they are also asking for is that all the evidence of gathering she has accumulated, which is more than 500 photographs, that all of that should be published in the name of transparency. but i can certainly say this afternoon that i have been told in no uncertain terms that not all of that evidence will be made public in due course. what sue gray will do is draw on some of that evidence for her report, for the explanation on the report of events that took place, but we will not see all of the evidence being put into the public domain. it has been interesting that both downing street and those close to sue gray disagree over the circumstances of

well, our political correspondent iain watson is in downing street now. o'clock and effectively what sue gray, the senior civil servant conducting the inquiry was doing was contacting those she intended to name in her report or criticise and give them in effect a right of reply with a five o'clock deadline for them to respond. but the significance is this, if anyone saw what she was saying about them, didn't like it and decided to mount a court challenge, the report would be delayed yet again. we have waited five and a half months for it. the latest information i have is that that has not happened, no one has taken out an injunction, so therefore we are probably likely to see this report in the next few days unless there is any last—minute challenge to what she is saying. what does this mean for the prime minister? well, if we see it in the next few days we will get unprecedented detail of what went on behind that black door in downing street during lockdown and those details may yet prove to be damaging for borisjohnson. iain details may yet prove to be

our political correspondent iain watson can tell us more.ink the civil service back to the size it was in 2016, before brexit and pre—pandemic. this is something the most senior civil servant in the land has described as i quote challenging and ambitious. translated from the language the diplomatic language of whitehall, i think he's trying to say it will be pretty difficult. the department has been given a month to come up with ideas so we cannot say where any cuts would fall. but the aim is to get the numbers down from 475,000 to 384,000. the government says it is committed to levelling up so it will know that many civil servants are not whitehall mandarins. in fact half get paid £29,000 a year or less and eight out of ten, 80% are based outside london, for example injob centres or probation officers or processing passports. tonight the unions are saying the strikes are a possibility but what boris johnson wants to do is slimmed down the size of the state and try and make savings, but all this is expected to last three years. that doesn't

than 250 people made the journey — the first arrivals for 11 days. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonus more. the number of dead channel crossings have _ tell us more. the number of dead channel crossings have been - channel crossings have been increasing this year quite significantly but there had been this 11 de la will be for the weekend, leading to speculation the government's new policy of sending some asylum seekers to row and i was having some effect but then the weather improved and the crossings resumed. some suggested the new policy was driving up demand with people trying to get it before it is implemented. it will take some time to implement, not least because it's facing legal challenges. nonetheless, even though it will take some time to implement, its backdated, so anyone who has arrived since january the 1st unlawfully is at risk. the truth is even the home secretary did not expect an instant halt to the crossings just because the new policy was announced. it's designed to last for five years so it take quite some time to assess what impact, if any, it will have on peo

our political correspondent iain watson is with me. accounts of who requested this meeting. that's right, reeta. downing street are emphasising this was not at the prime minister's instigation, but equally a spokesperson for sue gray is making it clear she didn't suggest it initially either. they are blaming it on the number ten official. whatever the arrangements for the meeting and the invitations, labour are saying why did it take place at all? she was meant to be carrying out her work independently of number ten. so effectively they are saying to restore confidence what she should do now is get all the welter of evidence she has come a 500 or so photographs, more than 200 documents, put it all in the public domain. that is not going to happen but it is possible i'm told tonight that we might see some of these photographs if effectively they back up the story she is trying to tell. if she is worried about a lack of social distancing at some of these gatherings, she will make sure a picture of a crowded room to underline this. they h

our political correspondent iain watson reports.report into gatherings at the heart of government is being finalised this weekend, and it's expected to be published within days. the senior civil servant sue gray has contacted all those she is intending to name or criticise, and they have until 5:00pm today to respond. but if some of them challenge her account of what went on here, the report could be delayed further, and labour are questioning why borisjohnson met sue gray a month ago if she was supposed to be working independently of downing street. number ten say the prime minister hasn't seen the contents of the report or tried to influence it. but labour is calling for all the evidence, including more than 500 photos or cctv images of gatherings, events and parties which went on here during lockdown, to be made public. that won't happen, but it is possible some photos will be published if sue gray thinks they are relevant. for example, if she wants to make a point about social distancing, or lack of it, then we may well see imag

our political correspondent, iain watson, said opposition downing street says the prime minister— downingually as spokesman for sucre is saying she didn't initiate either. they're blaming it on a number term official. however, the arrangements, the meeting of invitations labour is saying why did it take place at all? she's been carrying her work—out independently of number ten. so effectively they are saying to restore confidence which he should do now is get all the wealth of evidence that she has come a 500 photographs are so, more than 200 documents put it all in the public domain. i could tell you that socket happen but it is possible i'm told tonight that we might see some of these photographs if they effectively back of the story she try to tell. she's worried about a lack of social distancing as some of these gatherings she'll make her a picture of a crowded room to underline this. there's been no new calls to the prime minister to go. i think when we get the full detail of the gatherings inside downing street it is to prove damaging. here in the uk, two people have been taken to h

more on that in a moment but first our political correspondent iain watson.n�*s political fate lie in the hands of a senior civil servant? within days, sue gray's report into the lockdown gatherings in downing street is likely to be published. she met borisjohnson last month, though downing street insists there was no attempt to influence the contents of her report. labour are calling for all the evidence gathered by sue gray, including more than 500 photos and images of the events here at the heart of government, to be made public. and today ministers insisted they were so hands—off that sue gray would be free to publish all the evidence she wished. sue gray makes that decision, sue gray has complete control over this. i haven't seen the report. she will publish that report when she... reporter: but you would welcome. . . ? i absolutely welcome it, it is the right thing to do. i understand that some of the evidence sue gray has won't be made public, but she'll use it to criticise some of her senior civil colleagues. those she intends to name were given until

it's emerged the pair met several weeks ago. 0ur political correspondent iain watson said oppositionce of the report. they are suggesting the mere fact that the prime minister and the person conducting the enquiry, sue gray, met about one month ago and well before publication could suggest perhaps this was not been done as transparently as it should so they have asked for an explanation why that took place but what they are also asking for is that all of the evidence of gatherings that she has accumulated, which includes more than 500 photographs, but all of that should be published again in the name of transparency but i can certainly say this afternoon that i have been told in no uncertain terms not all of that evidence will be made public in due course. what sue gray will do is draw on some of those evidence for her report, for the explanation of the report of the events which took place but which will not see all of the evidence being put into the public domain. but it has been interesting but both downing street and those close to sue gray disagree over the circumstances of the

insisting it would not have influenced the outcome of the inquiry. 0ur political correspondent iain watsondays, sue gray's report into the lockdown gatherings in downing street is likely to be published. she met borisjohnson last month, though downing street insists there was no attempt to influence the contents of her report. labour are calling for all the evidence gathered by sue gray, including more than 500 photos and images of the events here at the heart of government, to be made public. and today ministers insisted they were so hands—off that sue gray would be free to publish all the evidence she wished. sue gray makes that decision, sue gray has complete control over this. i haven't seen the report. she will publish that report when she. reporter: but you would welcome. ..? i absolutely welcome it, it is the right thing to do. i understand that some of the evidence sue gray has won't be made public, but she'll use it to criticise some of her senior civil colleagues. those she intends to name were given until five o'clock today to respond. her report could still be delayed if any of

(pres) let's talk to our political correspondent iain watson.tice, and the same goes for the most senior civil servant in the country, the cabinet secretary, simon case, we were told we would be informed if he received a fine, doesn't look as though he has yet. . however, although again, there is no official commitment to tell us about carriejohnson, i understand that she is not among the 100 people to have been issued, at least 100 fines issued by the metropolitan police either. and one former official i was speaking to was expressing concern that perhaps there was a morejunior concern that perhaps there was a more junior officials concern that perhaps there was a morejunior officials in concern that perhaps there was a more junior officials in the firing listen line. one source said they believe the latest batch is related at least in part to a christmas party at which the prime minister did not attend in december 2020, it was that christmas party that started off the whole partygate affair. the daily mirror reported that at the time. there wa

let's go over to westminster where our political correspondent iain watson.dy got? she reached her conclusion — already got? she reached her conclusion and _ already got? she reached her conclusion and the _ already got? she reached her conclusion and the main - already got? she reached her. conclusion and the main report already got? she reached her - conclusion and the main report was put on hold because of the police investigation but at that time she spoke about failures of leadership in some parts of downing street and the heart of government. she spoke about whether proper standards had been observed, she said that some of the events should not have taken place or should not be allowed to develop as they did. what we are likely to see when the sue gray report comes out, we expect early next week, is some of the details behind those conclusions and the devil could be in the detailfor the prime minister. why it is likely the civil service will be very much in the firing line, some of the senior permanent staff that the prime minister would have been badly

let's go over to westminster where our political correspondent iain watson is. one that we have asked many times before and we are still waiting on, how much longer must we wait until the sue gray report is actually published? that re ort b report is actually published? that report by the _ report is actually published? twat report by the senior civil servant must be gathering dust, five and a half months on, she did produce this towards the end of january and then the police investigation intervened. as i understand it, she is going to talk to the senior officials that she wishes to name in that report. if any of them have objections to what she is saying, that could further delay the report but certainly the hope is that she will be able to do that over the weekend and finally the report will make an appearance very early next week. borisjohnson will then make a statement to parliament and he will then be questioned on his role in so—called partygate. earlier today, thejustice so—called partygate. earlier today, the justice secretary so—called partygate. earli

simon jack, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at westminster.nment has ruled out a windfall tax, but what more support could be made available to help people struggling with their energy bills? a, people struggling with their energy bills? �* �* �* people struggling with their energy bills? �* “ ., bills? a bbc interview said today, rebecca, the _ bills? a bbc interview said today, rebecca, the prime _ bills? a bbc interview said today, rebecca, the prime minister - bills? a bbc interview said today, rebecca, the prime minister is i rebecca, the prime minister is stressing with the government has already done, this £9 billion in the form of effectively loans to help ease the pain of increased fuel bills, the discount on the council tax for many people in england and in addition to that, of their help worth a total of £22 billion. he said he was making no new announcements today, so what we did get where some soft words, some encouraging words, the same ingenuity would to be used, as was the case during the covid crisis and furlough, but i don't

we're joined now by our poltical correspondent iain watson. good morning, iain.ill waiting, as you are well aware, for sue grey's report and now i suppose the questions are, how much detail will be in that.— will be in that. absolutely right. it's nearly _ will be in that. absolutely right. it's nearly six _ will be in that. absolutely right. it's nearly six months _ will be in that. absolutely right. it's nearly six months since - will be in that. absolutely right. it's nearly six months since this| it's nearly six months since this report was first commissioned. the cabinet secretary at the time simon case was supposed to be conducting it until it was found out that one of the dodgy event apparently happened under his nose so sue grey took over. there is going to be a lot of detail, my understanding is that mostly it is a civil service you are going to be in the firing line, in hersights, you are going to be in the firing line, in her sights, for apparently offering bad advice to the prime minister. they should have been there to keep him in line. they had been

let's get more on this policy with our political correspondent, iain watson.act? is this policy and terms of when it may start having an impact?— start having an impact? is not quite clear exactly _ start having an impact? is not quite clear exactly when _ start having an impact? is not quite clear exactly when it _ start having an impact? is not quite clear exactly when it will _ start having an impact? is not quite clear exactly when it will have i start having an impact? is not quite clear exactly when it will have an i clear exactly when it will have an impact. the policy lasts forfive years. certainly, conservative mps believe it's far too soon to see whether this has an effect. at this stage, no one has been set to have their asylum planed process, it's not clear when that will happen. anyone who's been in the country illegally, as the uk have it, would be at risk of being sent to rwanda. it's very difficult to know whether this will have a deterrent effect. the member of the french national in findlay —— assembly has told the bbc that he believes the go

our political correspondent iain watson reports.g—awaited report into gatherings at the heart of government is being finalised this weekend and it is expected to be published within days. the senior civil servant sue gray has contacted although she is intending to name or criticise, and they have until 5pm today to respond. but if some of them challenge her account of what went on here, the report could be delayed further. and labour are questioning why boris johnson met sue gray a month ago if she was supposed to be working independently of downing street. number ten say the prime minister hasn't seen the contents of the report or tried to influence it, but labour is calling for all the evidence, including more than 500 photos of cctv images of gatherings, events and parties which went on there during lockdown, to remain public. —— to be made public. that won't happen, but it is possible some photos will be published if sue gray thinks they are relevant. for example, if she wants to make a point about social distancing or lack of i