at 10pm, clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, a look back at boris johnson s time in downing street in a special programme presented by michael cockerell. six weeks ago, a typhoon fighterjet took off from an raf base in lincolnshire. its co pilot just announced he was about to become britain s ex prime minister. after three happy years in the cockpit, and after performing some pretty difficult if not astonishing feats, i am now going to hand over the controls, seamlessly, to someone else. i don t know who. boris johnson believes in the great man theory of history, and he thinks he is that great man, like his hero, winston churchill. churchill, the guy made the most incredible series of mistakes, his early career was studded with disasters of one kind or another, but he always came back from them, and he always stuck by what he believed. applause whenjohnson became prime minister three years ago, churchill s grandson, sir nicholas soames,
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a&e departments in england are causing serious harm to patients, according to a healthcare safety watchdog. landlords are to be prevented from evicting tenants without giving a reason, under government plans to make the private rental market in england fairer. one of the most significant archeological discoveries in british history sheds new light on the realities of the dark ages. a warm welcome to bbc news. downing street is under pressure to publish a letter from boris johnson s former adviser on the ministerial code, lord geidt, who resigned suddenly last night. on the ministerial code, lord geidt, the on the ministerial code, lord geidt, second ethics minister the second ethics adviser the prime minister has lost in two years. apart from a brief statement saying he was stepping down with regret , no explanation was given for the peer s departure. just two days ago, lord geidt told mps it was reasonable to suggest that borisjohnson had breached the ministerial code whe
want to say that everybody in number 10 took the pandemic with the utmost seriousness. i grieve for his last, we were doing our best to contain a very difficult situation. my we were doing our best to contain a very difficult situation. very difficult situation. my right honourable very difficult situation. my right honourable friend very difficult situation. my right honourable friend will - very difficult situation. my right honourable friend will be - very difficult situation. my right honourable friend will be aware very difficult situation. my right - honourable friend will be aware that i voted against much of the covid legislation because i felt a lot of it was ridiculous and unnecessary. i think an apology should be paid by this entire house to the british people to allow a lot of this nonsense legislation to be in place. whereas i have great comfort and respect that the courts tend to come to the same conclusion for the same offences, it would seem that the legi