heart of china s highly secret in incarceration. includes details of the sheet kill policy. the murder of this toddler. the boyfriend is jailed. west ham defender pleads guilty to kicking and slapping a cat under offences under the animal welfare act. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. speaking for the first time, insiders who attended gatherings in downing street during covid lockdowns have told bbc news that they would arrive at work to find bins overflowing with empty bottles from the night before, and that parties were routine. they say staff sat on each other s laps at a leaving do in november 2020, where the prime minister has now been pictured, and that security guards were laughed at when they tried to stop one party from taking place. borisjohnson is facing fresh questions about his attendance at the leaving party, and the metropolitan police are facing calls to explain why the prime minister wasn t issued with a fine. 0ur political correspondent ben wright has
minister. he wasn t there saying this shouldn t be happening, he| this shouldn t be happening, he wasn t saying can everyone break up and go home because my cable and socially distance? and everyone put masks on? no, he wasn t telling anybody that. he was grabbing a glass for himself. pressure coming on the uk government from a number of fronts more detail has emerged about the lockdown parties in number 10. there s confirmation energy prices will rise sharply later year as the cost of living crisis deepens. and an inquiry by mps has concluded that that the uk s withdrawal from afghanistan last year was a disaster . we re going to look at all three across this first half an hour. let s begin with the parties because, for the first time, insiders who were at some of the events have talked in detail about what they saw. they ve been talking to the bbc s laura kuennsberg and in this clip a staffer described the culture in noio during at the time. they were every week. the event
on the lockdown gatherings could appear tomorrow. also tonight. another £800 rise in annual energy bills is likely that s the warning from the industry regulator. there has been a shooting at an elementary school in texas. we report from ukraine on the comprehensive medical efforts being made as the conflict shows no sign of abating. you get the feeling that they ve settled in for a long hard attritional struggle. and railway workers in the rmt union have voted in favour of strike action across england, scotland and wales involving 13 train companies. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. au revoirjo wilfried tsonga. the french fan favourite bids farewell in his final match at roland garros, as he retires from the sport. good evening. the prime minister is under renewed pressure tonight over gatherings during lockdown following the latest revelations by people who worked in downing street at the time. they describe a culture in which parties were routine desp
hacked stucco though i was looking through these images, and i took a break. looking through these images, and i took a break. i looking through these images, and i took a break. i was looking through these images, and i took a break. i was overwhelmed. | took a break. i was overwhelmed. and in the uk, there once again fresh calls for borisjohnson to resign as new photos emerge of gatherings going on inside downing street during lockdown. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. let s start with some breaking news for you at this hour. a gunman has shot dead at least 14 students and a teacher at a primary school in the us state of texas. the governor greta abbott says the attacker was 18 years old greg abbott, who said there was believed to be killed by officers. the shooting was in the city of you all the. the assailant was thought to have a handgun and possibly a rifle. the president will be briefed regularly. we are getting reports that