the images which showed mr hancock embracing his former aide gina coladangelo were published in the sunth and led to his resignation as health secretary. the information commissioner's office confirmed it is investigating an �*alleged data breach�*. at least 30 people are reported to have been killed and 70 are missing after heavy rain and flooding caused widespread damage in western germany. at least four people died when their houses were swept away in the village of schuld. the region has seen record—high rainfall over the past 2a hours. damien mcguinness reports. these are the worst floods to hit this part of western germany in living memory. translation: our community centre wasjust crushed and is stuck to the bridge over there and a a0 tonne truck must be stuck there as well. a housejust standing over there tilted over entirely. you can imagine this sort of thing happening in asia, but not here. at least a dozen people are thought to have died and more than 70 are still missing. buildings collapsed, whole villages almost destroyed and cars swept away, as streets were turned into r

firmly last weekend on the photograph and then the video of matt hancock and his departmental aid gina coladangelortment of health. initially last friday morning, bbc news refrain from reporting on or even mentioning the pictures which had appeared in that morning's edition of the sun. the decision was criticised by some viewers. 0ne named dave called in with this. i some viewers. one named dave called in with this.— called in with this. i “ust wanted i called in with this. i 'ust wanted to i called in with this. i 'ust wanted to leave i called in with this. i 'ust wanted to leave a h called in with this. i just i wanted to leave a message regarding the bbc�*s lack of coverage on the son's breaking news story today, centred around hancock having an affair, breaking the ministerial code. why is this not being reported on the bbc? is a story develops, though, did receive plenty of coverage on the bbc, including this on saturday evening. the health secretary. — saturday evening. the health secretary, matt _ saturday evening. the health secretary, matt hancock, - secretary, matt hancock, resigns after

lord bethell�*s also been under pressure for sponsoring a parliamentary pass for gina coladangelo, matte rules. i am absolutely rigorous to ensure that government business is conducted through the correct formal channels. my lords, contracts are negotiated by officials, not by ministers. submissions from officials are handled through departmental digital boxes, and that is right. official decisions are communicated through secure governmental infrastructure. my lords, i have read the ministerial code, i've signed the ministerial code and i will seek to uphold it in everything that i do. the guidelines are clear — it is not wrong for ministers to have a personal e—mail address. mps have demanded the government acts urgently to make it compulsory for vets to scan pets�* microchips before they treat animals or put them down. government proposals are due in the autumn and hundreds of thousands of people have signed petitions to tighten up the rules. it's impossible to overstate the importance of the urgent action required on this matter. the pandemic has seen a surge in pet ownership with o

by the lords standards watchdog over a complaint that he sponsored a parliamentary pass for gina coladangelowas matt hancock's aide. both she and mr hancock resigned from their positions last month after they were filmed kissing, in breach of covid rules. now on bbc news: click. this week, it's a mobiles and music special. we're sending a robot in to explore a show floor, write a winning song, play the violin and make a pop video. and is that nick rhodes from duran duran? hey, welcome to click! i hope you're well. for months now, we've been fantasising about places that we can't go to at the moment, stories that we can't cover in person, and the big tech expos that aren't happening in the real world — they've moved online. but not this week! lara, would you care to accompany me to barcelona? absolutely! i've been looking forward to this! now, mobile world congress was one of the first events to be cancelled last year. and this year, despite a few delays, it is actually happening, but we're not heading off to sunny spain. well, not really. but we are gonna be there in spirit, 0k? you ready? a

showed matt hancock in a steamy clinch, liaison, whatever you want to call it, with his aide, gina coladangeloto have been taken from cctv footage filmed in mr hancock's government office. victoria newton, simple question — how did the sun get the story? we were contacted by a whistle—blower who said he had information about mr hancock having an illicit affair with an aide. and the whistle—blower was outraged at his behaviour — there's parts of that i can't tell you why — but the hypocrisy he felt he was seeing, was that this is a man who had been on national tv, stared down the barrel of the tv lens and said, "you must stay at home, protect lives, protect the nhs" — and we'd had 18 months of social distancing rules that he himself was not following. so that was how the whistle—blower got in touch with us. did you have any qualms about the story, and, in particular, using the video? yes, of course. i mean, we believe in responsible journalism, and my first thought when this information came in was, "my goodness, can this be real? can he really be doing that at 3pm in the afternoon?" i literall

confirmed that lord bethell was under investigation over his "use of facilities" in relation to gina coladangelone match in the run—up to tomorrow's game, and they've yet to concede a goal. our sports editor dan roan reports on england's practically perfect tournament so far. shaw, across for sterling! something special has happened with england at these euros. selections have proved a success, strikers have found form... in comes the captain! ..and the defence, well, it's yet to even concede a goal, the squad savouring every moment. the confidence is flying, the beliefs there and i think the most important thing is we're really enjoying this journey. it obviously shows as well on the pitch, with the way we perform and, of course, celebrating. you know, it's just another massive game, one we also need to enjoy. england had theirfinal training session earlier before travelling to london for tomorrow's momentous match. gareth southgate and several of his players suffered the pain of losing a semifinal at the last world cup. but many sense that this time, it'll be different. this is a better team,

firmly last weekend on the photograph and then the video of matt hancock and his departmental aid gina coladangelo coronavirus pandemic from the very beginning. alan currie had some sympathy for mr hancock, writing... ian davidson agreed... others clearly found the revelations about mr hancock a lot more interesting and significant than that, and the following day came another story that would have caused a fewjaws to drop. when hms defender left the ukrainian port of odessa last week, at the start of a journey likely to draw hostile attention from russia, secret documents about its mission were lying in a soggy heap behind a bus stop in kent. the documents show that officials were keenly aware that sailing close to the coast of crimea, which russia annexed in 2014, could cause an incident. those soggy papers, passed to the bbc by a member of the public, also detailed plans for the uk military in afghanistan, arms exports campaigns and briefing notes for a defence meeting with the us, all very sensitive and confidential stuff, which tim edwards felt should never have been broadcast. graham peck ha