embarrassment for australia. shaimaa khalil, bbc news. alexander downer, is former australian foreign minister to the liberal party, the same party as the current australian government. he was high commissioner to the uk until 2018, and he spoke to my colleague jane hill about djokovic s situation. well, it is a bit of a mess because the federal government in the form of the health minister wrote to tennis australia on the 29th of november to say that the fact that somebody who is unvaccinated has covid does not give them an exemption from quarantining for two weeks when they arrive in australia. so tennis australia knew this from the end of november but still he has
through the letterbox dated the 29th of november which was the letter i should have had and should have responded back by the 3rd of december so if i hadn t had that phone call from a nice lady in the cabinet office i would have probably missed out on the mbe. we can speak now to ricky mcaulay, operations director at royal mail. hearing the very real and very human implications are notjust about christmas cards arriving late, somebody nearly missed an mbe and hospital appointments, it s real important letters arrive when they re supposed to. let important letters arrive when they re supposed to.- important letters arrive when they re supposed to. let me ust start by apologising i they re supposed to. let me ust start by apologising to i they re supposed to. let me ust start by apologising to alli they re supposed to. let me just start by apologising to all those| start by apologising to all those customers that are in the areas where we are seeing some delay. it has been a very chal
yes. amid all of what can you tell us? good evening, yes, amid all of the usual what can you tell us? good evening, yes, amid all of the usual glitz - yes, amid all of the usual glitz and glamour that accompanies a world cup draw, the headline news in dhofar is that we could have a tantalising prospect of an all british affair at the world cup later this year because in group b, england have been drawn alongside the winner of a play off between either wales or scotland and ukraine. that match, because of russia s invasion of ukraine, has been pushed back until later this year, no earlier than june but if scotland prevail, it will mean that either they or wales will mean that either they or wales will play england on the 29th of november. let me show you the rest of the group as well because alongside england and the winner of that play off, is iran, who england have never played in a world cup finals and who have never actually emerged from the group stage in the event, and the usa,
to allow lulu little to get with it. can i ask her to get in touch with you for approvals? a response on the 29th of novemberfrom you for approvals? a response on the 29th of november from lord brownlow. he says, of course, get lulu to call me, we will get it sorted asap. he goes on to say any further message, i should have said, as the trust is not set up yet, it will be in january, he refers to a charitable trust that was being looked at being set up to pay for work in downing street, says as it has not been set “p street, says as it has not been set up yet, approval is a doddle as it is only me and i know where the pound sign will come from. as soon as lulu calls, we can crack on. these messages have been published this afternoon. they were not available to lord geidt during his initial investigation, but it emerged that they existed later in the year when the electoral commission looked at the conservative party s role in this arrangement. and so lord geidt then went back and loo
fingers crossed, we can achieve it. jeremy, ellie and walsall asks, like lots of our reviewers, i am getting problems having a home visit for a booster for my housebound father, how do housebound people received a booster? i how do housebound people received a booster? . . . how do housebound people received a booster? ., ., ., ., ., ., , booster? i am afraid i am not really the best person booster? i am afraid i am not really the best person to booster? i am afraid i am not really the best person to ask booster? i am afraid i am not really the best person to ask because i booster? i am afraid i am not reallyj the best person to ask because that is about delivery and have to be organised by gp district nurses services where the person lives, i cannot give better advice than that, the gp is the point of contract. jonathan, james says i recently had covid on the 29th of november, do i still have to wait? i covid on the 29th of november, do i still have to wait? still have to wait?