with me are aletha adu, political correspondent at the daily mirror, and the former conservative advisero hussein. tonight's front pages, before we hear from them. the metro leads on the falling number of omicron cases in the uk for the fifth consecutive day. there's been a weekly drop of almost 10% in covid hospital admissions. the i says that the prime minister is planning to announce a "living with covid plan" by march — which could include winding down testing and the scrapping of free lateral flow tests. another of those measures is reported in the telegraph, reducing the covid isolation period from seven to five days — a measure which the chancellor supports. the mail has a warning from senior tory mps to borisjohnson that he must tackle the cost of living crisis, or face a backlash at the polls. the guardian leads on comments from fire safety campaigners, who say the housing secretary michael gove must spend more than the planned £4 billion to tackle the cladding crisis. and the ft reports on nato�*s warning to russia that it's prepared for "a new armed conflict in europe", after

with me are ali miraj, who is a columnist at the article, and aletha adu, who is a political correspondentily mirror. welcome to you both. let's have a look through what's already in. the guardian leads with sue gray's report, which blamed a "failure of leadership" for allowing parties to take place in downing street when the country was under strict lockdown. the same story makes the front page of the times, which reports that borisjohnson is facing a police investigation over at least four lockdown parties. the financial times says the prime minister is rejecting calls to resign, following that report by sue gray. the daily mail suggests the publication ofjust 12 pages has left the country stuck in limbo, and calls for the whole report to be published. and according to the telegraph, borisjohnson is to ask sue gray for a new report — in a bid to appease his backbenchers and save his premiership. right, let's start. i normally go ladies first, but i'm going to go with you, ali. you are a formerly —— former tory candidate. let's look at it broadly before we look at the times. weill. candid

with me are aletha adu, political correspondent at the daily mirror, and the former conservative advisero hussein. tomorrow's front pages. that's begin with the tomorrow's front pages. that's begin with the metro. it leads on the falling number of omicron cases in the uk for the fifth consecutive day. there's been a weekly drop of almost 10% in covid hospital admissions. the times reports the comments from the head of nhs providers, chris hopson, who believes the "front line of the service will hold", as there's growing hopes that we are past the omicron peak. the i says that the prime minister is planning to announce a "living with covid plan" by march, which could include winding down testing and the scrapping of free lateral flow tests. another of those measures is reported in the telegraph — reducing the covid isolation period from seven to five days, a measure which the chancellor supports. we were just saying nadhim zahawi also supports that. the mail has a warning from senior tory mps to borisjohnson — that he must tackle the cost of living crisis or face a backlash at the polls.

tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are aletha adure. last night we had a visit from the aurora borealis with some separate spectacular photos sent in. the greens and reds you can see because i charged particles flying from the sun getting captured in the earth's magnetic field gives off these colours. they are often best picked up by cameras. there is a small chance of seeing that tonight with clear skies initially across scotland but ultimately it is going to be inaccurate actor is much cloudier from the rest and we will see rain and drizzle heading in but before that, in aberdeenshire, temperatures will get down to —5 minus six celsius for later in the night there was temperatures rising and by dawn, you're looking at averages of 10 celsius in plymouth, eight celsius in belfast. the milder air will be pushing its way across the uk through monday and it will be milder thanit through monday and it will be milder than it has been through the whole of the weekend but with that it comes at a cost, a lot of cloud around, perhaps a bright

with me are aletha adu, political correspondent

i'm nowjoined by aletha adu, political reporter at the mirror. where do you see things going?, and looking at ministers coming out with their thoughts, they are, and more and more stories of parties taking place. the latest on friday. and we heard that there was a culture in downing street where they were holding parties and gatherings every single friday during lockdown which isjust outrageous and, listening to the tory chairman oliver dowden, the tory chairman oliver dowden, the tory party are taking the public for fools. we are hearing countless reports and stories and hearing from sources within the westminster circle of what was going on, that they were breaking the rules, although we're not hearing from the prime minister, he is avoiding questions, he is to not tell us, in effect what was going on, and instead we are having to wait for this stuart gray report, and going back to what oliver dowden said this morning, —— c gray report. there seem to be a culture within downing street were drinking was allowed, and it needs to be stopped and more needs to be done but ultimat

tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are aletha aduer conservative adviser mo hussein. novak djokovic�*s appeal against deportation from australia begins in a few hours — with a court hearing. the men's tennis numberi has been held in a hotel in melbourne since he arrived in the country — the australian government says he is not exempt from the requirement for visiting foreigners to be vaccinated. from melbourne, shaimaa khalil reports. a day before challenging his deportation in court, novak djokovic is still held at the immigration detention hotel, and his supporters are still outside, calling on the government to let him out. oh, mate, i haven't slept since he came off the plane. we are all sick to the stomach. it's a very unfortunate situation for australia. it's becoming very embarrassing. the world number one is now in the middle of a political and diplomatic storm that has provoked anger in his home country of serbia. this was djokovic arriving on wednesday. his legal team say he was granted a vaccine exemption from tennis austr

with me are ali miraj, who is a columnist at the article, and aletha adu, who is a political correspondentt the daily mirror. welcome back to you both. a few more have come in since we last spoke. the guardian, which leads with sue gray's report, blamed a "failure of leadership" for allowing parties to take place in downing street when the country was under strict lockdown. the same story makes the front page of the times, which reports that borisjohnson is facing a police investigation over at least four lockdown parties. the financial times says the prime minister is rejecting calls to resign, following that report by sue gray. borisjohnson is pledging to right the wrongs of his premiership, following a bruising day in the commons, so says the express. the daily mail suggests the publication ofjust 12 pages has left the country stuck in limbo, and calls for the whole report to be published. the mirror reports that police officers are reviewing more than 300 images handed over from the cabinet office. and, according to the telegraph, borisjohnson is to ask sue gray for a new report — in a