former england captain michael vaughan is appearing at the hearing into racist behaviour at the cricket club. it follows allegations made by azeem rafiq in august 2020. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has described the leaking of thousands of his whatsapp messages written during the height of the covid pandemic as a massive betrayal and breach of trust . he says the messages were released in a biased account to suit an anti lockdown agenda . but the journalist, isabel oakeshott, who revealed the messages, insists she s acted, in the public interest. the messages suggest mr hancock pushed to close schools during the pandemic, while the education secretary at the time, sir gavin williamson, wanted them to stay open. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more from westminster. the impact of the pandemic on education. we the impact of the pandemic on education- the impact of the pandemic on education.
find it hard to vote for rishi sunak s brexit deal in his first comments since mr sunak unveiled the windsor agreement on monday. a new plan to improve learning for children with special educational needs and disabilities in england is set out by the government. a review into the manchester arena attack has found security service mi5 missed a significant chance to take action that might have prevented the bombing. chairman sirjohn saunders says the reasons for the missed opportunity include a failure by an mi5 officer to act swiftly enough. he s been speaking at the publication of the third and final report into the deaths of the 22 victims of the 2017 attack, carried out by suicide bomber salman abedi. today s report considers how abedi was radicalised and any chances security services missed to stop him. let s hearfrom sirjohn saunders, chairman of the manchester arena inquiry said there was a missed opportunity. what i have been able to set out in the open part of volume
we willjust listen in to these live pictures in manchester. so, that marks one minute, will everyone now please sit? in so, that marks one minute, will everyone now please sit? in this, the final open everyone now please sit? in this, the final open volume everyone now please sit? in this, the final open volume of- everyone now please sit? in this, the final open volume of my - everyone now please sit? in this, i the final open volume of my report, i the three topics. the radicalisation of salman abedi, the planning and preparation for the attack by salman abedi and hashim abedi, and whether it could have been prevented by counterterrorism policing. by hashem abedi. the role of the security service and the significance of the other two topics should not be underestimated. it is important that we understand as much as we can about the radicalisation of salman abedi so that similar signs can be recognised and appropriate action taken. it is also important that we know
in a. well, it was a shock and a surprise announcement in the last few days or so and there was some speculation when she did that potentiallyjohn swinney was one of those named as a potential successor, someone to take over but that was quickly ruled out and now we have news that he has decided that he will leave office when nicola sturgeon does. this coming from natalie higgins and we know interestingly that nicola sturgeon will not choose a successor, will not express a preference but she said she will stay in post until the successor is found and then she will step down and it looks like now that also stepping down alongside her will bejohn swinney. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has described the leaking of thousands of his whatsapp messages written during the height of the covid pandemic, as a massive betrayal and breach of trust . he says they were released in a biased account, to suit an anti lockdown agenda .
forjoining us. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has described the leaking of thousands of his whatsapp messages written during the height of the covid pandemic, as a massive betrayal and breach of trust . he says they were released in a biased account, to suit an anti lockdown agenda . but the journalist, isabel 0akeshott, who revealed the messages, insists she s acted, in the public interest. they suggest mr hancock pushed to close schools during the pandemic, while the education secretary at the time, sir gavin williamson, wanted them to stay open. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more from westminster. the impact of the pandemic on education. we are keeping masks on at all times during the day. pupils and teachers wearing masks, schools closed to limit the spread of covid big decisions under new scrutiny. thejournalist, isabel 0akeshott, a critic of lockdown measures, was given access to matt hancock s whatsapp messages to help him write his book.