uk. labour and angela rayner articular uk. labour and angela rayner particular believe _ uk. bour and angela rayner. particular believe they found an issue that has residents with the public and that is so important in politics wherever you are on either side of the pond. finding that subject and the subject of sleaze and how damaging it was forjohn major a generation ago and here this again. it is notjust the latest allegation of for access, and comes on after all of the unfortunate events that have surrounded the operation and boris time, whether it was issues around parties or former political advisers making trips or for a strange reason. those sort of things and you do feel a total tonic plates and british politics are moving. plates and british politics are movinu. plates and british politics are movin.. ., .. ., plates and british politics are movin, ., .. ., ., moving. the accusation from the conservative _ moving. the accusation from the conservative backbenchers - moving. the accusation from the conservative backbenchers is - moving. the accusation from the | conserv

find labour uk doesn't have to agree with labour in wales?"— labour in wales?"?" and the other way around. i don't criticise _ labour in wales?" and the other way around. i don't criticise mark- around. i don't criticise mark drakeford one bit. i think one of the recent labour did well in the last welsh elections is because of mark's leadership in the pandemic. i think i did recognise that these were finely balanced judgment and difficult calls. we never called for restrictions in england for christmas. we listened to what the scientists were saying and we listened to the mood music coming out of government, which was that they were going to do restrictions after christmas. we thought that if they were doing restrictions after christmas they should let people know so they could plan. i hope we can keep it that way. if know so they could plan. i hope we can keep it that way.— can keep it that way. if you do get a shot at being — can keep it that way. if you do get a shot at being health _ can keep it that way. if you do get a shot at being health secretary, | a s

is there a bit of you that says, "actually, labour uk—wide doesn't have to agree with labour in walesi don't criticise mark drakeford one bit and i think one of the reasons labour did well in the last welsh senedd elections is because of mark's leadership in the pandemic. i think i did recognise that these were finely balanced judgement — and difficult judgement calls. we never called for restrictions in england for christmas. we listened to what the scientists were saying and we listened to the mood music coming out of government, which was, "we're going to do restrictions after christmas" and so, at that point, i was saying, "if you're going to do restrictions after christmas, let people know before, so they can plan." now, in the end, we've got into the new year without the need for further restrictions. i hope we can keep it that way. if you do get a shot at being health secretary, you will hope — we will all hope — that by the time that happens, the pandemic is receding, even if it's not going to be over. you'll probably face, if you do become health secretary, massive waiting li

the uk's opposition labour leader sir keir starmer says borisjohnson broke the law and should resign,series of parties at downing street during coronavirus restrictions. live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, and 5pm in dallas, where a man who took four people hostage at a synagogue — and held them for ten hours — has been identified by the fbi as ali—year old british citizen malik faisal akram. the four hostages were freed by police — the hostage taker died at the scene. us presidentjoe biden has called the siege "an act of terror". the family of the hostage taker in the uk have released a statement saying they do not condone any of his actions and they apologise to all the victims involved. sophie long has this report from texas. this is the moment the three final hostages ran for their lives, more than ten hours after their ordeal began. a successful but nonetheless terrifying end to the delicate day—long operation involving negotiators and heavily armed police. negotiators and heavily the man, now identified as malik faisal akram

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we haven't seen a ten—point labour lead since 2019, in a very different political climate, we had the brexit party on 14% and change uk to show how much has changed since then. also the labour vote share was 42% in this latest poll, and we haven't seen that since 2013, so a long time. ultimately what these figures show with this ten—point lead and the large labour vote share, voters are going away from the conservative party in the wake of partygate. these latest scandals have been really bad for the conservatives. if the prime minister is seen to be an electoral asset for the conservative party, it doesn't seem to be the case any more, therefore those in the 1922 committee, those conservative backbenchers that owe borisjohnson theirjob having done so well in the 2019 general election, if he takes them into the next election and they lose their seat, they will not be very happy with him. many unhappy constituents have been contacting their mps of all stripes to say they are unhappy with the way the government ministers and officials, advisers, have been behaving. how is that reflected in the voting intentions of peopl

uk. labour says there still isn't enough focus on fresh air in classrooms, though.l be essential to make sure that classrooms are properly ventilated, yet all we've seen from the government are 7,000 devices to be rolled out across hundreds of thousands of classrooms across england. itjust isn't good enough. ministers will look at rules about masks in schools again at the end of the month. catherine burns, bbc news. let's turn now to the united states — where new coronavirus cases are currently averaging about 400,000 each day, according to data collected byjohns hopkins university. schools across the us are reopening this week amid a surge in the 0micron variant, but a shortage in at—home rapid tests across the country has made reopening more difficult. the us food and drug administration has now expanded vaccine booster eligibility to allow 12—15—year—olds to receive a third shot of the pfizer—biontech vaccine. i'm joined now by dr paul 0ffit, director of the vaccine education center at the children's hospital of philadelphia and a physician of infectious diseases

the uk labour leader says borisjohnson has presided over "industrial scale partying" in downing streetant inquiry into a series of alleged rule—breaking parties. the tory party chairman oliver dowden admitted there were failings in number 10 but denied it was a resigning matter for the prime minister. here's our political correspondent chris mason. this remains a moment of danger for the prime minister. conservative mps have spent the weekend back in the patches that sent them to westminster, eyes and ears alert to the outrage, or otherwise, of their electorate. places like grimsby, in lincolnshire, labourfor decades, until borisjohnson wooed this town the labour leader, a former director of public prosecutions, has definitely made his mind up. he reckons the prime minister is a lawbreaker and a liar. i think it's pretty obvious what has happened, that industrial scale partying has been going on at downing street, not much of it is really denied, and i think the public have made up their mind, i think the facts speak for themselves, i think the prime minister broke the law, i think he

the uk labour leader says borisjohnson has presided over "industrial scale partying" in downing streetseries of alleged rule—breaking parties. the conservative party chairman oliver dowden admitted there were failings in number 10, but denied it was a resigning matter for the prime minister. here's our political correspondent chris mason. this remains a moment of danger for the prime minister. conservative mps have spent the weekend back in the patches that sent them to westminster, eyes and ears alert to the outrage — or otherwise — of their electorate. places like grimsby, in lincolnshire. labour for decades, until boris johnson wooed this town to turn it tory. he don't get my vote again, definitely not. going conservative as a working family thought it would be in ourfavour, but i think now, the way they've behaved, we need a change to the other side so i will definitely change my vote. everybody makes a mistake, it's not a big deal. ijust think it's cruel to hear about it, i really do. - i think it's disgusting — i especially when you come to a town like grimsby. you know, it's bee

uk. labour says there still isn't enough focus on fresh air in classrooms, though.months that it will be essential to make sure that classrooms are properly ventilated, yet all we've seen from the government are 7000 devices to be rolled out across hundreds of thousands of classrooms across england. itjust isn't good enough. ministers will look at rules about masks in schools again at the end of the month. catherine burns, bbc news. french mps have been debating draught legislation that would require people to be vaccinated against covid—19 in order to enter public spaces such as bars, restaurants and long—distance public transport. known as the "vaccine pass", the bill is aimed at getting france's remaining 5 million unvaccinated people over the age of 12 to accept a dose. for more on the level of vaccine hestitancy in france, i've been speaking to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. one must be slightly cautious to say that they've always been vaccine—sceptic. certainly at the beginning, that was the popular belief, maybe even myth, that they would all turn in

the uk labour leader says borisjohnson has presided over industrial scale partying in downing streetged rule—breaking parties. the conservative party chairman oliver dowden admitted there were failings in number 10 but denied it was a resigning matter for the prime minister. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. this remains a moment of danger for the prime minister. conservative mps have spent the weekend back in the patches that sent them to westminster. eyes and ears alerted to the outrage or otherwise of their electorate. places like grimsby and lincolnshire, labourfor and lincolnshire, labour for decades, and lincolnshire, labourfor decades, until borisjohnson decades, until boris johnson wooed decades, until borisjohnson wooed this town to turn tory. he won't get my vote again, going conservative, as a working family, we thought it would be in ourfavour. the would be in our favour. the weather — would be in our favour. the weather has _ would be in our favour. iie: weather has behaved, would be in our favour. tie: weather has behaved, it is obvious we need to change

prime minister agreed with me that the great british public don't need to look back at the last uk labourt to soothe this opposition�*s answer to all our problems are. demanding the taxpayer bail them out of their own ineptitude and incompetence! it is not 'ust ineptitude and incompetence! it 3 notjust labour's record ineptitude and incompetence! it 1 notjust labour's record in london notjust labour�*s record in london or wales, every notjust labour�*s record in london orwales, every labour notjust labour�*s record in london or wales, every labour government in history since the second world war has left office with unemployment higher than when they came in and thatis higher than when they came in and that is because only conservatives can be trusted to manoeuvre on the economy and on the peoples priorities and that is why this country not, thanks to the pulses we are pursued has the fastest economic growth in the g7. bud are pursued has the fastest economic growth in the 67-— growth in the g7. and it comes to the deputy _ growth in the g7. and it comes to the deputy leader— growth in th

uk. labour says there still isn't enough focus on fresh air in classrooms, though.o make sure that classrooms are properly ventilated, yet all we've seen from the government are 7,000 devices to be rolled out across hundreds of thousands of classrooms across england. itjust isn't good enough. ministers will look at rules about masks in schools again at the end of the month. catherine burns, bbc news. sudan's political future is in turmoil after prime minister abdalla hamdok announced his resignation — just six weeks after being reinstated as part of a political agreement with the military. in a televised speech on sunday, mr hamdok said the country was at a "dangerous turning point that threatens its whole survival". sudan's forces of freedom and change said mr hamdok�*s resignation was a direct result of the military coup. emmanuel igunza reports. as protesters demand a fully civilian government. as many other times before, security forces disbanded crowds. since the october military coup against prime minister abdalla hamdok. as news filtered in, the prime ministe

the leader of the opposition labour party in the uk has accused prime minister borisjohnson of presidingtreet during lockdowns. sir keir starmer said mrjohnson should resign. novak djokovic has been deported from australia, afterjudges rejected the unvaccinated tennis star's appeal to stay in the country on public health grounds. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. let's head over. we will start with the english premier league. right file said football's lack of patience cost him his job after he was sacked. his departure came... there were angry scenes from travelling fans. everton have lost nine of their last 12 games, sinking from fourth in the table at the start of the season to where they are currently, which is a 16th, six points off the bottom three. the club has set an update on his permanent replacement will be made in due course. in the statement of his own, bonito has said... everton�*s city rivals liverpool are up to second place in the premier league table with a 3—nil win over brentford at anfield — a crucial three points forjurgen klopp�*s side. fabin

uk. meanwhile, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said it was now in the "national interest" for the primeinister to resign. the moral authority matters in relation to enforcing the covid rules but we've got other massive challenges facing this country. massive challenges. we have a prime minister who is absent, he is literally in hiding at the moment, and unable to lead. and so that is why i have concluded that he has got to go. and of course there's a party advantage in him going, but actually it is now in the national interest that he goes. so it is very important now that the tory party does what it needs to do and gets rid of him. claire pearsall is a conservative councillor in the county of kent, who was formerly a home office special adviser. she spoke earlier to my colleague joanna gosling, who started by asking whether she'd had a chance to speak to local residents in her area. i've had a number of conversations this week. the general mood is that people are incredibly angry. they have abided by the rules all the way through and faced some real hardships. but they did it because t

the opposition labour party said it demonstrated how the uk government was now "spending its whole timeerlined the need for mrjohnson to resign. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. what politicians want to talk about is not always the same as what the public and their fellow politicians want to know. how many times do you have to jab? "jabs, jabs, jabs," boris johnson's mantra. but this morning, was he sure there would be no other damaging claims about what went on in number 10 before the official report by sue gray? can you guarantee that no more embarrassing allegations about alleged breaches of lockdown within downing street will come out before that report is published? what i can guarantee is that this government is focused 100% on dealing with the big problems that we have. # happy birthday... # there was no guarantee, and there was more to come. borisjohnson�*s playground birthday greetings injune 2020 were not the only ones he received. well, what a wonderful way to spend my birthday! a couple of hours later, the prime minister was here. a source who was present told u

a long time point at the office for budget responsibility told us that one in five people in the uk labourand i just don�*t think that yet another initiative announced by the dwp is going to work. there are other schemes haven�*t worked and i would like to see more evidence that they have learnt the lessons of what has gone on in the past couple of years. you touched on the prime minister and talked about the announcement being to do with trying to save his position and we are obviously waiting for the sue gray report but i wonder if i could get your perspective on that, what you are hoping to see and if you have any insight as to when we will get it? unfortunately, i have no insight at all and we keep expecting in the house of commons for any minister to come and answer questions properly on this point it has been an absolute pantomime over the past couple of weeks. we have had junior ministers sent in without being able to answer a single question and then the prime minister at pmqs claiming that he can�*t answer questions about parties he was or maybe he wasn�*t at. it is quite ridiculo

the opposition labour party said it demonstrated how the uk government was now "spending its whole timeneed for mrjohnson to resign. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. what politicians want to talk about is not always the same as what the public and their fellow politicians want to know. how many times do you have to jab? "jabs, jabs, jabs," boris johnson's mantra. but this morning, was he sure there would be no other damaging claims about what went on in number 10 before the official report by sue gray? can you guarantee that no more embarrassing allegations about alleged breaches of lockdown within downing street will come out before that report is published? what i can guarantee is that this government is focused 100% on dealing with the big problems that we have. # happy birthday. ..# there was no guarantee, and there was more to come. borisjohnson�*s playground birthday greetings injune 2020 were not the only ones he received. well, what a wonderful way to spend my birthday! a couple of hours later, the prime minister was here. a source who was present told us as many as

we haven't seen a ten point labour lead since 2019, in a very different political climate, brexit and change ukhat these figures show with this ten point lead and also a large labour vote share, voters are going away from the conservative party in the wake of partygate. this has been bad for the conservatives. if the prime minister is seen to be an electoral asset for the conservative party, it doesn't seem to be the case any more. those conservative backbenchers that owe borisjohnson their job backbenchers that owe borisjohnson theirjob after the 2019 election, if he takes them to the next election and they lose their seat, they will not be very happy. constituents have been contacting their mps of all stripes to say they are unhappy with the way the government ministers and officials, advisers, have been behaving. how is it reflected in the voting intentions of people who have been conservative supporters in the past? what we have seen is thatjust two thirds of people who voted conservative in 2019 are sticking with the party, some are going to other parties and a large proportion are undecid

labour says the uk prime minister still has serious questions to answer over the refurbishment of hiseet flat. dementia cases are expected to almost triple across the world by 2050. experts say it's due to ageing and growing populations. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. 200 members of the armed forces are being drafted in to help hospitals in london struggling to deal with covid—related staff shortages. the royal college of nursing said the government could no longer deny there was a "staffing crisis" in the nhs. a total of 39,142 nhs staff at hospital trusts in england were absent for covid—19 reasons onjanuary 2nd, up 59% on the previous week. meanwhile, pressure on london hospitals has increased over the past month, with 4,000 patients currently in hospital with covid compared with 1,100 in december. health secretary sajid javid urged people to get their vaccinations to help cut the pressure on the nhs, as he welcomed support from the military. more from our health correspondent, katharine da costa. the nhs is on a warfooting, and it's calling out

weekend, there were reports thatjeremy corbyn, the former leader of the labour party, is thinking of establishing his own party here in the uk and moved left? very little. we have seen with every attempt _ and moved left? very little. we have seen with every attempt to _ and moved left? very little. we have seen with every attempt to split - seen with every attempt to split from the labour party, what it has damaged the labour party in specific areas, actually whether it was the sdp, respects, orany other iteration, every time someone has left, it hasn't worked. there is no, especially on the far left, in this country for a far left little party. where would it leave so keir starmer? would it pull the labour party further left or would it give him the space to move the rump of the labour party more to the centre? you mean the majority.— you mean the ma'ority. what's left. it is a you mean the ma'ority. what's left. it is a badly — you mean the ma'ority. what's left. it is a badly used — you mean the majority. what's left. it is a badly used phrase, _ you mean the majority. what's left. it is a badly used phrase, they - it is

and much of thatis is still very high and much of that is driven by the uk in many countries just having fewer people in their labour workers, many older workers labour market now. younger workers stay in education a little longer as we go through the pandemic there is less global mobility and all these things are contributing to this. �* .., things are contributing to this. �* .. ., this. and the trend will can to new. it this. and the trend will can to new- it is _ this. and the trend will can to new. it is assumed _ this. and the trend will can to new. it is assumed that - new. it is assumed that starting salaries will go up and up in the short term at least? ., , ., 4' least? companies need to think hard about _ least? companies need to think hard about this _ least? companies need to think hard about this and _ least? companies need to think hard about this and it _ least? companies need to think hard about this and it is - hard about this and it is interesting. you identified you cannot keep raising stock and salaries by —— without doing something for the rest of your workforce such as settlements, the annual

as well. this— labour party have called for this as well. this is— labour party have called for this as well, this is a result of the ukvernment can cut them and even abolish vat— the government can cut them and even abolish vat on heating bills. and that's— abolish vat on heating bills. and that's the — abolish vat on heating bills. and that's the sort of thing that the government and the prime minister may want— government and the prime minister may want to do and will want to do because _ may want to do and will want to do because he — may want to do and will want to do because he may lose tax revenue. by this find _ because he may lose tax revenue. by this find that an interesting short term _ this find that an interesting short term solution that the government can grasb — term solution that the government can grasp. however, as you rightly say, can grasp. however, as you rightly say. the _ can grasp. however, as you rightly say, the significant cost to consumers is of the so—called green taxes _ consumers is of the so—called green taxes and _ consumers is of the so—called green taxes and this is a direct conflict

the labour leader in the uk sir keir starmer has tested positive for coronavirus and will not be takings questions today. his deputy angela rayner will stand in for him at the question session — which is taking place at 3pm today. we'll have live coverage let's talk more about the potential change in england to drop the need for confirmatory pcr tests after you've had a positive lateral flow. you will still have to isoalte! with me now our head of statistics, robert cuffe. so, lateral flows are so, lateralflows are being so, lateral flows are being seen as good as ecrs?— so, lateral flows are being seen as good as ecrs? they haven't changed but theirjob — good as ecrs? they haven't changed but theirjob has _ good as ecrs? they haven't changed but theirjob has become _ good as ecrs? they haven't changed but theirjob has become much - but theirjob has become much easier, if you test 1000 people at random, lateralflowsjust easier, if you test 1000 people at random, lateral flows just like last summer may give you a false positive out of that, roughly, but last summer when the rates of the

minister of wales but leader of the welsh labour party so never afraid of criticising borisjohnson�*s decisions when they differ from his own. he claimed the uk in england and was politically paralysed in decisions over restrictions, making it different of course to scotland, northern ireland and wales. when the restrictions were introduced here on boxing day that meant closing night clubs, limiting numbers on people in pubs, bars and restaurants, playing major sporting fixtures behind closed doors. but since then the covid case rate in wales has risen sharply and by some measures is now above england and scotland. one thing is for certain, those measures are likely to stay for another fortnight with mr drakeford warning that the peakis with mr drakeford warning that the peak is not expected for some 14 days and if they are extended even further there is concern that wales's home rugby internationals in february could potentially be moved over the border to england. harwell over the border to england. hywel griffith, thank — over the border to england. hywel griffith, thank you, _ over the border to england. hywel griffith, thank you, in _ ov

at the time, the uk was in a strict lockdown, where meeting more than one person outside your household was not allowed. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, accused mrjohnson of having �*run out of road' after months of deceit and deception, and said he should consider his resignation. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. a mess — there is no other word. a prime minister belatedly trying to clean up. are you going to apologise? with an admission of possible rule—breaking, an apology from a weakened leader. but will the answers to today's prime minister's questions see boris johnson through? mr speaker, i want to apologise. i know that millions of people across this country have made extraordinary sacrifices over the last 18 months, and i know the rage they feel with me, and with the government i lead, when they think that in downing street itself, the rules are not being properly followed by the people who make the rules. there were things we simply did not get right. and i must take responsibility. claiming, to disbelief in the commons, that technically a "bring your own booze" organised drinks event

politicians, claiming it came from within the uk, when in fact it came from china, all in order to secure influence for the chinese communist party. former labourmore than £a00,000 from her overfive years. in a statement today, he said he had been liasing with mi5 and he stopped receiving funding for parliamentary researchers in 2020, although miss lee's son was working in mr gardiner�*s office until he resigned today. this is really serious. we won't play this down, we are not running scare stories, i am genuinely concerned and shocked that this has been allowed to happen. we need to understand why, we need to do something about it, but also we have to recognise that the chinese government poses a clear and present danger to us and stop messing around. today's alert came after what i'm told is a lengthy and serious investigation by mi5 here, but christine lee is not being prosecuted. this isn't about spying on the traditional sense of stealing secrets, it's about influence and the judgment was that the best way of disrupting her alleged activities was by issuing this very unusual warning. inside british intelligence, concerns about chinese inf

uk. the british prime minister admitted he attended the event in may 2020, but believed it was work—related. laboure accused the government of "being in chaos". jonathan blake reports. once the prime minister �*s closest advisor, now one of his fiercest critics. dominic cummings newly detailed version of events contradict what the prime minister told mps. drinks in the downing street garden when england was under strict lockdown measures on may 20, 2020. and invite sent by the prime minister �*s private secretary, martin reynolds, to around 100 staff told to bring their own booze. last week the prime minister gave his explanation. i believed implicitly that this was a work event but, mr speaker, with hindsight i should have sent everyone back inside. now, writing online, dominic cummings says on the day of the event itself "i said to the pm something like martin has invited the building to a drinks party. you have got to group this madhouse. going on to ride, not only me but other eyewitnesses who discussed this at the time would swear under oath that this is what happened. number10, though, happen

but labour says the plan needs to be rethought, as people struggle with the cost of living. i'm joined now by our uk is confirmation it is going to go ahead. there had been lots of pressure on the government, including from some tory mps who said, please, put it off for at least a year because of the cost of living crisis. hat least a year because of the cost of living crisis-_ living crisis. not 'ust the opposition. h living crisis. not 'ust the opposition, a h living crisis. notjust the opposition, a number. living crisis. notjust the opposition, a number of| living crisis. not just the _ opposition, a number of conservative mps who had been putting pressure on borisjohnson or the chancellor to put up for scrap entirely their rising national insurance. they were concerned with energy bills also due to go up again in april, with inflation meaning everyday items are more expensive as well, it was not the right time to put up taxes. this article today, jointly penned by the prime minister and chancellor puts an end to that speculation. interesting that it perhaps suggests the prime minister is more c

uk are back to school today — amid concerns about covid—related staff shortages. �*a new contract with the british people ' — sir keir starmer sets out his vision for a labour governmentl lies ahead for this country but only if we have the courage to create a new britain. a country in which you and yourfamily get the security, the prosperity and the respect that you deserve. a university drop—out who became a silicon valley success story has been convicted of fraud — for lying about the technology that made her a billionaire. and six years after his death — david bowie�*s estate sells his entire catalogue of songs for more than 250 million dollars. lawyers for prince andrew will today try to convince a new yorkjudge to throw out a civil case brought by a woman who accuses him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. the duke has consistently denied the claims. it follows the release of a document that shows the woman, virginia giuffre was paid half—a—million dollars in exchange for agreeing not to sue any �*potential defendent�* connected to the disgraced sex offenderjeffrey epstein. here's our legal correspondent dominic casciani. a woman making the gravest of all

politicians, claiming it came from within the uk, when in fact it came from china, all in order to secure influence for the chinese communist party. former labourher barry gardiner received more than £a00,000 from her over five years. in a statement today, he said he had been liasing with m15 and he stopped receiving funding for parliamentary researchers in 2020, although miss lee's son was working in mr gardiner�*s office until he resigned today. this is really serious. we won't play this down, we are not running scare stories, i am genuinely concerned and shocked that this has been allowed to happen. we need to understand why, we need to do something about it, but also we have to recognise that the chinese government poses a clear and present danger to us and stop messing around. today's alert came after what i'm told is a lengthy and serious investigation by m15 here, but christine lee is not being prosecuted. this isn't about spying on the traditional sense of stealing secrets, it's about influence and the judgment was that the best way of disrupting her alleged activities was by issuing this very unusual warning. inside british intelligenc

politicians, claiming it came from within the uk, when in fact it came from china, all in order to secure influence for the chinese communist party. former labournt today, he said he had been liaising with m15 and he stopped receiving funding for parliamentary researchers in 2020, although miss lee's son was working in mr gardiner�*s office until he resigned today. this is really serious. we don't play this down, i am not running scare stories, i am genuinely concerned and shocked that this has been allowed to happen. we need to understand why, and we need to do something about it, but also we have to recognise that the chinese government poses a clear and present danger to us and stop messing around. today's alert came after what i'm told is a lengthy and serious investigation by m15 here, but christine lee is not being prosecuted. this isn't about spying on the traditional sense of stealing secrets, it's about influence and the judgement was that the best way of disrupting her alleged activities was by issuing this very unusual warning. inside british intelligence, concerns about chinese influence have been growing in recent years. today is a

uk from an afghan charity, following the fall of kabul to the taliban. it comes after emails from officials suggested he'd intervened to help. labourmian grammaticas. they were desperate days. british citizens, afghans who'd worked with the british army, thousands at risk from the taliban who never made it out. but pen farthing did, along with his animals. dogs and cats cared for by his rescue charity were on one of the last planes out. today, borisjohnson again denied he'd had a hand in it. no, abso...and this whole thing is total rhubarb. i was very proud of what our armed services did with 0p pitting, and it was an amazing thing to move 15,000 people out of kabul in the way that we did. but an internal foreign office e—mail written at the time, leaked and released yesterday says... campaigners for for the charity said mrjohnson agreed its staff were under threat. the prime minister understood those arguments, accepted them and did put those people on the evacuation list, working with the home secretary and the foreign secretary to get the wheels of whitehall moving. the evacuation, mrjohnson insists, was a success, it saved live

uk is going up. the number of conservative mps demanding a vote on whether to replace the prime minister, the number of labour after this week's defection and the odds on borisjohnson surviving in office. none of that can be blamed on inflation, at least, which has hit a near 30 year high. more on that later. the perilous state of mrjohnson�*s fortunes was laid bare in two appearances this week. challenged repeatedly in a tv interview about parties in downing street during covid lockdowns, the prime minister said no—one had told him they were against the rules his government had imposed. a day later, despairing of that response, a veteran mp repeated to the prime minister's face the words used to dispatch one of his more hapless predecessors, 80 years ago — "you have sat there too long, for all the good you have done. "in the name of god, go." marc, how are you explaining borisjohnson�*s plight to your readers, the people who look at le point? there is enormous interest, of course, in borisjohnson for french readers, because of his personality, he speaks french, because of brexit and because he has been a ter

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restaurants and bars, ministers across the uk are being asked to look at just how bad things could get and to work out what they need to get going through this time. labourement shows the government is leaving contingency planning to the very last moment. most recent restrictions in england, set out in the government's plan b earlier in december, are expected to be reviewed this week. now on bbc news, the travel show. child crying i'm amberand my husband is frank. we live outside of birmingham, alabama. we have four beautiful boys — frankie who is 17, stephen who is ia, and then we have a set of boy twins who are four years old, and they are non—verbal autistic — their names are alex and will. we are the ellis family. my husband and i have known each other since grade school. we were friends the whole time. we dated in high school and married in college and this is our 20th wedding anniversary. because we have some issues with the boys, we have not been on a trip in a really long time. they're not very effective at communication, so it takes a lot of intuition to figure out what they need. we have a lot of meltdowns. 0h, did he throw it? child cries 0h,

here in the uk, there's no let up in the pressure on the prime minister over parties held in downing street of edinburgh's funeral. so today the labourhim out. of course there's a party advantage in him going, but actually it's now in the national interest that he goes, so it's very important now that the tory party does what it needs to do and gets rid of him. usually when opposition mps call for a prime minister to go, the troops rally round, but tonight the former government minister — tim loughton — tweeted... the chairman of the commons defence committee, tobias ellwood, told the bbc, borisjohnson should lead, or step aside. chanting. outside downing street, demonstrators against a forthcoming police bill were making their views of the prime minister known. far more subtly, some of his own mps have also been doing so. what may be worrying the prime minister is that some of his former supporters now want him to go. one mp, elected in 2019, told me he owed his seat to borisjohnson but now, he says, "this feels terminal, and he should go quickly." and another mp i spoke to several days ago, who told me then that he thought borisjoh

labour has called on borisjohnson to "come clean" about what had happened. at the time of the party in may 2020 across the ukfor work, exercise or essential supplies. you could only meet one person from another household outside — and that had to be socially distanced. schools were closed for most, hairdressers and non—essential shops were all still closed. weddings were banned and only close family members could attend funerals. (ani here's our deputy political editor, members could attend funerals. here's our deputy political editor, vicki young, with the latest. plenty of questions. the prime minister was _ plenty of questions. the prime minister was at _ plenty of questions. the prime minister was at the _ plenty of questions. the prime minister was at the party, - plenty of questions. the prime l minister was at the party, should plenty of questions. the prime - minister was at the party, should he come clean? but minister was at the party, should he come clean?— minister was at the party, should he come clean? but not many answers. boris johnson — come clean? but not many answers. boris johnson wasn't

restaurants and bars, ministers across the uk are being asked to look atjust how bad things could get and to work out what they need to keep going through this time. labourment is leaving contingency planning to the very last moment. the most recent restrictions in england, set out in the government's plan b earlier in december, are expected to be reviewed this week. katie prescott, bbc news. well, due to the holiday period, the government's latest coronavirus figures aren't complete, but there were 137, 583 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period in england and wales alone. 73 deaths were recorded, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test in england and wales. and our political correspondent damiam grammaticas is here. the government is still saying nothing in the data to warrant further restrictions in england at the moment but there's an important review this week? that is right, these measures in england, were brought in in the middle of december. there was a battle in parliament, barely 100 conservative mps, some talking about the last chance saloon, and we had mask wearing, work from home and covid passes. in other p