kate josephs has tonight apologised. novak djokovic faces being detained and deported after his australian visa is cancelled again. a court hearing takes place in a few hours. and's welcome, challenging stereotypes after her solo mission across antarctica. and at 7:30 p:m., i will bejoined by across antarctica. and at 7:30 p:m., i will be joined by foreign correspondents based in london giving an outsiders view of events in the uk. that is all in dateline in the uk. that is all in dateline in half an hour's time. hello and if you have justjoined us, welcome to bbc news. downing street has apologised to buckingham palace, after it emerged two parties were held at number 10 the night before the duke of edinburgh's funeral last april. a spokesman for borisjohnson said it was deeply regrettable the events took place at a time of national mourning. covid rules had meant indoor mixing was banned, but reports suggest there was drinking and dancing at the parties until the early hours. the prime minister didn't attend either par

kate josephs has tonight apologised. court in australia orders novak djokovic to be detained from tomorrow morning after the government cancelled his visa for a second time. remembering ashling murphy — vigils are being held across ireland for the 23—year—old murdered while outjogging. the welsh government is to ease coronavirus restrictions over next two weeks, after a drop in omicron cases. phone rings and coming up, there's another scream in your cinemas. find out what mark kermode thinks about the fifth in the movie franchise, and the week's other big releases, in the film review at 5.45pm. good evening. welcome to the bbc news at 5pm. i am jane hill. downing street has apologised to buckingham palace after revelations that two parties were held at number 10 the night before the duke of edinburgh's funeral. a spokesman for borisjohnson said it was deeply regrettable that the events took place at a time of national mourning. covid rules at the time banned indoor mixing, but reports suggest there was drinking and danci

kate josephs has tonight apologised.

kate josephs has tonight apologised.ovak djokovic faces being detained and deported, after his australian visa, is cancelled again. his next hearing starts in just an hour's time. washington and kyiv accuse russia trying to carry out balls sabotage operation for a pretext of an invasion against ukraine. balls sabotage operation for a pretext of an ukraine. and a heroes welcome, for polar preet. challenging stereotypes, after her solo expedition, across antarctica. good evening. downing street has apologised to buckingham palace, after it emerged two parties were held at no.10, the night before the duke of edinburgh's funeral last april. a spokesman for borisjohnson, said it was deeply regrettable, that the events took place at a time of national mourning. covid rules had meant indoor mixing was banned, but reports suggest there was drinking and dancing at the parties, until the early hours. the prime minister didn't attend either gathering, but the latest disclosures have amplified calls, for him to resign. with the very

these revelations which don't involve borisjohnson, kate joseph was head of the government, the taskhe had a leaving party in the cabinet office in december 2020 when restrictions would have prevented most indoor mixing between different households, and said she's truly sorry and knows, she is aware it would cause anger amongst people and she is the chief executive council and downing street had to apologise to buckingham palace over two leaving which happening downing street the night before the duke of edinburgh's funeral. hugh mentioned there this sue grey report, and mrjohnson�*s colleagues seemed to be saying wait for sue grey's investigation. but a senior civil servant is investigating, making it sound like a quasi judicial process we can't possibly interfere with, but she is not going to make a guilty or innocentjudgement on an elected prime minister, is she? yeah, i think a lot of people found this unsatisfactory that borisjohnson pushing this problem down the roadand tying his fortune to this investigation. but ultimately it will come down to whether or not his party is prep

kate joseph, the cabinet office in december 2020.hief executive of sheffield city council, said the event was for people who were already at work that day and is truly sorry for taking part. we have had a lot of regret this week from cabinet ministers, too. politically, borisjohnson remains in treacherous territory. 0ne conservative mp told me his colleagues were facing a wall of fury from their voters at their constituencies. the latest revelations were toxic and potentially fatal. however, i think the majority of tory mps are remaining quietly loyal at the moment waiting for the report to come out. borisjohnson hopes it could yet dig him out of trouble. 0k, thank you very much. the australian government has agreed to delay the deportation of novak djokovic after cancelling his visa for a second time in the dispute over covid rules. the world number one tennis player, who hasn't been vaccinated, is likely to be detained tomorrow. australia's immigration minister says the latest visa cancellation was made on the grounds of "health an

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but this was elsewhere in the cabinet office, this was kate joseph. — the cabinet office, this was kate _ feel as a result. sheffield has suffered greatly during this pandemic and i apologise unreservedly." in a sense, it is not a surprise — unreservedly." in a sense, it is not a surprise that we are starting to hear— a surprise that we are starting to hear about— a surprise that we are starting to hear about more of these things that are being _ hear about more of these things that are being investigated by sue gray before _ are being investigated by sue gray before she publishes her report. this is— before she publishes her report. this is another one of those events. but as— this is another one of those events. but as you _ this is another one of those events. but as you said, it is yet another that feeds — but as you said, it is yet another that feeds into this drip, drip, drip— that feeds into this drip, drip, drip of— that feeds into this drip, drip, drip of things that are being investigated. and sort of speaks to that wider— investigated. and sort of speaks to that wider culture

her name is kate. joseph. so it is quite an unbelievable silly situation. now that the prime minister faces the number of transgressions of the rules, rules, sat down by the government appears to be growing by the day. but the one that's really drawn a significant amount of attention, of course, is this double leaving. do that took place a downing street on the 16th of april, attended by 30 a staff members. there was dancing, there were drinks, or an official. it's believed was sent down to a local supermarket with a suitcase, believe it or not, to buy more supplies to keep the party going into the early hours. boys, johnson not at that event, but he is accused of creating a culture, downing street and within government that allows these breaches of the rules to take place and apologies have been issued by the person who's leaving to you. that was on that occasion, a downing street official has also issued an apology to buckingham palace and express deep regret for staging this event the day before. of course, the queen was marking the funeral of her husban

leaving party at the cabinet office for the outgoing head of the civil service covid taskforce kate josephshem at what time we can expect sue gray's report, however slimmed down it is. ., , it is. certainly within the next three and _ it is. certainly within the next three and a — it is. certainly within the next three and a half— it is. certainly within the next three and a half hours, i it is. certainly within the next i three and a half hours, because the prime minister is going to be up before mps at half past 3. that has been confirmed in the last few minutes by the speaker of the house of commons. we will get that moment where borisjohnson gives us his interpretation of what is in the report and opposition parties have been saying they need at least an hour to look over it. i think we are looking at early afternoon to see what is in sue gray's report and i would emphasise in the statement from the cabinet office confirming that this process was in motion, it says an update from sue gray. this isn't the full report, this isn't what we were talking about this time last week, because tha

leaving party at the cabinet office for the outgoing head of the civil service covid task force kate josephsy allegra stratton, joking about reports of an event, saying: "this fictional party was a business meeting and it was not socially distanced." she's since resigned. and finally — the daily telegraph broke the news of two staff parties held in downing street the night before the duke of edinburgh's funeral — during which an adviser acted as dj and another was dispatched to the shops with a suitcase to stock up on wine. in recent weeks we've heard her name a lot — but who is the senior civil servant sue gray? bbc northern ireland political correspondent gareth gordon has interviewed her in the past and has this profile of the woman who has been investigating downing street. they used to call sue gray the most powerful civil servant you've never heard of. not any more. and all i ask is that sue gray be allowed to complete her inquiry. the inquiry taking place by sue gray. well, sue gray... sue gray... sue gray, who people in northern ireland, many of them will know well. so, who is she an