a few days later priti patel had _ of criminal gangs.re on when yvette cooper was made shadow home secretary. sir keir starmer had a second go at reshuffling his shadow cabinet although it looked like he might not have involved his deputy. oh, yes, the reshuffle, how could i forget? look, idon't oh, yes, the reshuffle, how could i forget? look, i don't know the details of any reshuffle. i've been concentrating on the job details of any reshuffle. i've been concentrating on thejob i'm doing. then a coronavirus mutation showed the pandemic was far from over. then a coronavirus mutation showed the pandemic was farfrom over. i the pandemic was far from over. i need to speak to you this evening because i'm afraid we are now facing an emergency in our battle with the new variant, 0micron. and we must urgently reinforce our wall of vaccine protection to keep our friends and loved ones safe. earlier today, the uk's four chief medical officers raised the covid alert level to four, its second—highest level. the level to four, its second-highest le

parts: with priti patel and at same the sniffer dogs in parliament.iffer dogs in parliament. parts of this ten year drug strategy, - sniffer dogs in parliament. parts of this ten year drug strategy, tony, l this ten year drug strategy, tony, we are going to hear much more about it. :, , :, :, it. the government is going to mediate in _ it. the government is going to mediate in a _ it. the government is going to mediate in a series _ it. the government is going to mediate in a series of- it. the government is going to - mediate in a series of announcements this week _ mediate in a series of announcements this week. this is in the newspapers because _ this week. this is in the newspapers because it _ this week. this is in the newspapers because it plays well with focus groups — because it plays well with focus groups it — because it plays well with focus groups. it is clearly going to be very— groups. it is clearly going to be very difficult to implement it in any serious way. what do they mean by middle _ any serious way. what do they mean by middle cl

top tories tell priti patel to overhaul the asylum system. yes. to overhaul the asylum system.ecause andrew mitchell and david davis, both tories, and pauline latham who is a peer are pushing the important, different way of responding to so many refugees and asylum seekers and economic migrants who are trying to find a way of being safe and having a better life. what they are suggesting, and i think it is a more humane way, is instead of doing what priti patel and borisjohnson and all of them want, make it harder, however hard they make it, desperate people will cross the channel, that they should be allowed to go to british embassies in all the countries that they live in and get their papers processed there. it could be very difficult in some countries, afghanistan, that would be impossible, but i think it would be impossible, but i think it would be an important idea because at the moment there is no kind of legitimate and safe way of doing this. ~ ., ., ., , , , this. we are going to pick this up at 11:30pm _ this. we are going to pick this up at 11:30pm. we _ this. we are

the first one quit over their priti patel bullying _ one quit over their priti patel bullying allegations a tragedy, to lose two is _ standard advisers a tragedy, to lose two is callousness, may be. it does seem _ two is callousness, may be. it does seem as _ two is callousness, may be. it does seem as with the downing street party, _ seem as with the downing street party, it's— seem as with the downing street party, it's getting caught in a tied. — party, it's getting caught in a tied. it's _ party, it's getting caught in a lied, it's getting caught and saying there _ lied, it's getting caught and saying there definitely wasn't a party, they— there definitely wasn't a party, they categorically was it, hang on, there _ they categorically was it, hang on, there is— they categorically was it, hang on, there is evidence there is, oh, i didn't— there is evidence there is, oh, i didn't know— there is evidence there is, oh, i didn't know about it. and completely implausible and even if it was true completely incompetent that you as the prime _ completely incompetent that you as the prime minist

a few days later, priti patel had a new opposite number to keep the pressure on, when yvette cooper wasng his shadow cabinet, although it looked like he might not have involved his deputy. oh, yes, the reshuffle, how could i forget? look, i don't know the details of any reshuffle. i've been concentrating on thejob i'm doing at hand. then a coronavirus mutation showed the pandemic was far from over. i need to speak to you this evening because i'm afraid we are now facing an emergency in our battle with the new variant, 0micron, and we must urgently reinforce our wall of vaccine protection to keep our friends and loved ones safe. earlier today, the uk's four chief medical 0fficers raised the covid alert level to four, its second—highest level. a massive programme of booster jabs was rolled out and england was to move to plan b measures, including covid passes for some venues. when that was put to the commons, around 100 tory mps rebelled. the ayes to the right, 369, the noes to the left, 126. all: whoa! gosh! - in scotland, the first minister urged everyone to cut back on socialising. in

priti patel saiid last week the tactic would help deter smuggling gangs like the ones thought to be behindterview with the bbc one of the survivors from that capsizing has told us he's still haunted by what he saw that night. bbc persian�*s soran qurbani reports from the french port city of calais. this is a man who says he stared death in the face and survived. he is one of the two survivors from wednesday's migrant boat disaster in the english channel. we set out around 10p on the night before and we were already sailing for three hours and a half when water began to get into the boat and in about 30 minutes it started to sink. mohammed and the only other survivor swam for ten hours until they were rescued by french fishermen. we were so cold, the water was so cold. i saw people die in front of my eyes. family and children as young as five years old and pregnant women. according to his account they were in british waters when the inflatable boat capsized, a claim denied by the uk home office. we were in the british waters foot driver of our boat confirmed that to me. he died but he had a

the fda union has lost a legal challenge over prime minister borisjohnson�*s decision to support priti patelse of russia's president putin is due to have talks with india's prime minister narendra modi in delhi later as the two countries meet to talk about defence deals. it's mr putin's first bilateral meeting abroad since the pandemic began and his trip comes despite rising covid numbers in his own country. (read 0n) (pres)0ur correspondent in delhi, rajini vaidyanathan told me more about what's likely to come out of the meeting. military announcements will be the takeaway today, hugely significant, because president putin has not travelled much since the pandemic. here he is for a bilateral with prime minister modi. india gets most of its arms from russia, russia is as largest supplier and one thing that might be talked about a lot today, as well as inking some of these new technical agreements is these new technical agreements is the fact that india has bought these surface to air missiles from russia. it purchased them several years ago, but they are starting to be delivered now, but thi

letting these people in this country, everyone who arrives in the country is getting a free car by priti patel see circulating on social media. or even if people are entitled to hold some of those kind of views, it's the sense that, you know, they're revelling in people's deaths, a tragedy? absolutely, because it's actually not the job of the press to police what views people hold, it is ourjob to present the facts and allow people to make an informed decision. rebecca whittington, i'm going to bring you in here. you're the new online safety editor at reach. does this sound familiar, this, you know, business about, you know, whether to have reader comments on, how people respond, you know, what to do in these sorts of situations? yes, absolutely. i mean, it's not a new problem unfortunately, and it's something that's... obviously, organic growth of digital has meant that there's kind of been lots of trial and error overtime. and i think social media and commenting offers so much opportunity in terms of dialogue with the audience and actually giving some ownership and voice to people who wouldn

an investigation into priti patel�*s behaviour, published in november last year, found she had not alwayshe pandemic began and his trip comes despite rising covid numbers in his own country. 0ur correspondent in delhi, rajini vaidyanathan, told me more about what's likely to come out of the meeting. i think military announcements are going to be the key takeaway from these talks today. hugely significant because president putin has not travelled much since the pandemic but he is here with prime minister narendra modi. india gets most of its arms from russia. russia is its largest arms supplier. 0ne is its largest arms supplier. one thing that might be talked about a lot today as well as technical military agreements is the fact that india has both these as 400 surface to air missiles from russia. it purchased them several years ago but they are starting to be delivered. this caused a lot of consternation in the us. the us threatening sanctions that india buying military equipment from russia although it is unlikely to impose sanctions because india is a key player in this region when it c

last year priti patel said one of your - priti patel said one of your colleagues tobias ellwood, when to them. the reassurances have been given no regulations were broken at whatever the event, if there was an event, whatever happened on that particular night. i was in a covid secure hotel at that time in basildon, having been kicking in doors with essex police on drugs gangs, which is what we are trying to inform your viewers about today, about our strategy on drugs. it will be for others to decide where that goes. for me i am trying to deal with drugs in this country. we will come onto the drugs. you just said if there was an event. you are still saying you do not know if there was? i are still saying you do not know if there was?— there was? i do not know. allegations _ there was? i do not know. allegations have - there was? i do not know. allegations have been - there was? i do not know. i allegations have been made. there was? i do not know. - allegations have been made. i have been reassured no regulations were broken. it is for others to decide if they want to take it further.

very good and it's an election year for macron, - the telescope is on borisjohnson and you have priti patelear - that she wants to change the law even though we have had a courtj ruling saying that people are allowed to come - even if they arrive in dinghies, they are allowed to come, - arrival is not a crime, - entry if they apply for asylum they have the right. to apply for asylum. you know, if coronavirus, - the response to the coronavirus is the most difficult and painful thing for governments, britainl and europe, migration is one the most toxic issues. - and even those who try to take - a moral high ground against hungary and poland, actually we saw| with the push back in greece against it that a lot of them are saying could you please do our work for us, - that we don't want to take. it's a tough, tough issue and a very toxic, public issue as well - even though the needs are massive. and the economy could use, the studies are there, - the economy could use an injection of talented, educated, _ hard—working migrants if they meet the qualifications to be here. - now let's end this edit

the home secretary, priti patel, will today publish a ten—year strategy for tackling drug misuse in englanddeal further with criminal gangs, and also warning that recreational users could lose their passports or driving licences. 2,000 county lines gangs will be dismantled, according to a pledge by ministers. officials say there will be the largest ever single investment in treating and rehabilitating addicts, particularly in some of the most deprived areas that have the highest rates of drug—related crime. the prime minister said the government will look at taking away the passports and driving licences of "lifestyle" drug users. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has the details. drug misuse is one of the most hard to fix issues faced by government. close to a million people are thought to use cocaine in england and wales each year. in england alone, a quarter of a million people are long—term users of heroin and 180,000 use crack cocaine. many people use both. the new drug strategy will try to get the estimated 300,000 addicts in england and wales into better treatment, in

priti patel said last week the tactic would help to deter smuggling gangs. the bbc about the tragedy. bbc persian's soran qurbani reports from the french port city of calais. this is a man who says he stared death in the face and survived. mohammad omar is one of the two survivors from wednesday's migrant boat disaster in the english channel. translation: we set out around 10pm the night before, and we were already sailing for three hours and half when water began to get into the boat. and in about 30 minutes, it started to sink. mohamed and the only other survivor from wednesday's disaster, an iraqi, swam for up to ten hours until they were rescued by a french fisherman. translation: it was so cold, the water so cold, _ i saw people die in front of my eyes. families, children as young as five years old and a pregnant woman. according to mohammed's account, they were in british waters when their inflatable boat capsized, a claim that's denied by the uk home office. translation: we were in the british waters. . the driver of our boat confirmed that to me. he

there is no question that dominic raab was talking to him and there is no question at priti patel knewdress today-— address today. that is important. when ou address today. that is important. when you say _ address today. that is important. when you say the _ address today. that is important. when you say the prime - address today. that is important. when you say the prime minister| address today. that is important. i when you say the prime minister did intervene, what evidence do you have? what did he actually do? the prime have? what did he actually do? ti2 prime minister had to take decisions on who could go on their evacuation list and only he could go through the big logjam in whitehall. there were tens of thousands of e—mails not even being opened in the foreign office. and these withering names all over the place. civil servants weren�*t even opening the accounts. there was no system to deal with this tragedy. the benefit we had, we had the better in virtue behind us, hundreds of that supporting us, massive public support and pen farthing, a brave man speaking out. the prime min

a few days later, priti patel had a new opposite number to keep the pressure on, when yvette cooper wasmic was far from over. i need to speak to you this evening because i'm afraid we are now facing an emergency in our battle with the new variant, 0micron. and we must urgently reinforce our wall of vaccine protection to keep our friends and loved ones safe. earlier today, the uk's four chief medical officers raised the covid alert level to four, its second—highest level. a massive programme of booster jabs was rolled out, and england was to move to plan b measures. including covid passes for some venues. when that was put to the commons, around 100 tory mps rebelled. the ayes to the right, 369, the noes to the left, 126. all: ooh! in scotland, the first minister urged everyone to cut back on socialising. in the run—up to and in the aftermath of christmas, i'm asking, i am appealing to everyone to cut down as far as possible our contacts with people in other households. my key request to all of you today is, as far as you can, please minimise your indoor social interactions with other ho

states and that whatever decision comes out of that should then be referred to the home secretary, priti pateln the fight for now, , ,, determined to carry on the fight for now. _ ,, determined to carry on the fight for now. _ ~ ., now. so, possibly some kind of heafina now. so, possibly some kind of hearing from — now. so, possibly some kind of hearing from the _ now. so, possibly some kind of hearing from the supreme - now. so, possibly some kind of. hearing from the supreme court. now. so, possibly some kind of- hearing from the supreme court. do we know the nature of the assurances that will be given by the americans? we do. they've been around for a while now. thejudges today we do. they've been around for a while now. the judges today said that thejudge back injanuary should that the judge back in january should have that thejudge back injanuary should have given that the judge back in january should have given the that thejudge back injanuary should have given the americans an opportunity to give these assurances but that did not happen for technical reasons. anyway, the assurances are t