huw, it is very messy _ potentially for mrjohnson?lly for mrjohnson? huw, it is very messy indeed for _ potentially for mrjohnson? huw, it is very messy indeed for three - potentially for mrjohnson? huw, it | is very messy indeed for three main reasons. number one, this is black and white evidence of plans being made for social gatherings, not gossip, not suggestions behind closed doors, it is there in black and white, in messages we have seen about people's response in the e—mail leaked to itv news of the invitation itself. the second reason this is so deeply awkward, it was notjust this is so deeply awkward, it was not just one about this is so deeply awkward, it was notjust one about your�*s most senior officials, it was actually eyewitnesses have told us that boris johnson himself was in attendance for part of the evening. and the third reason why this is so awkward is, in a new year, the conservatives, they downing street administration, they were hoping to move on from that torrid and fibril time before christmas when, day after

yes, huw, it is — pressures the nhs is under. yes, huw, it is thought _ pressures the nhs is under.ne in eight hospital trusts in england have declared critical incidents because of the intense pressure and staff absences, which has fallen slightly in the last 24 hours, but borisjohnson said today slightly in the last 24 hours, but boris johnson said today that the government would be increasing support massively to struggling hospitals in england. it is thought there will be an announcement tomorrow involving reinforcements for the nhs front line tomorrow. in scotland, health minister humza yousaf has said the spread of the variant, the case numbers are in line with their worst case scenario drawn up before, and he said the nhs in scotland would experience its most difficult ever period over the next few weeks. he did add that omicron was less severe and hospital numbers relatively would be lower than before, but he says it is the combination of covid and normal midwinter pressures that is the problem. and the biggest health board in scotland, greater glasgow and clyde, has urged p

clarity as to what occurred with regard to his own role in it and then we will all have a better basis to huw and wales will be frosty and increasingly foggy by the time we get to friday. quite a bit of sunshine and dry weather across england, wales and northern ireland today. western scotland and the north of scotland, more cloud. spots of rain and gusty winds. it is the north that is likely to have the highest temperatures. getting up to 12 degrees in aberdeen. 6 in birmingham. as we head through the evening and overnight, we hang onto this cloud across the north under clear skies further south we will see fog reform and widespread frost with temperatures falling away quite rapidly under the clear skies. temperatures could dip down as low as —1, for example, in norwich. compare that to plus 7 in stornoway. tomorrow, we still have high pressure that has been driving our weather all week. pressure that has been driving our weatherall week. not pressure that has been driving our weather all week. not an ice about insight. the fog that we start with will be slow to clear and we expect the fog t

i think that is a perfectly reasonable comment for huw - defence?inister, whilst i accept he has delivered brexit, which some people are very enthusiastic about, the rest of it has been largely chaotic. 0ne rest of it has been largely chaotic. one of the things people have got to factor in is that his behaviour and reputation are so bad that it's having an adverse impact on our international relations. we are no longer a trusted partner by the key strategic partners we have to work with to try and maintain peace and planet at a time when security is a real issue with russia and at a time when our economic future is in some question when there appears to be a cost of living crisis, and when the disturbances that have been created by brexit are far from resolved. dominic grieve, former attorney general, thank you very much for your thoughts. joining me now is kirsten 0swald, deputy westminster leaderfor the snp. thank you forjoining us, as well, your party's leader at westminster has said that he thinks boris johnson you should be given a chance, firs