the volcano erupted again on saturday, triggering a tsunami on the shores of tonga, and the island is completely blanketed with ash. mps return to westminster today as the government continues to face criticism over allegations of parties and drinking at downing street during covid lockdowns. six conservative mps have now called on borisjohnson to resign over the issue, ahead of the conclusions of an investigation by the civil servant, sue gray. our political correspondent chris mason reports. this is leigh in greater manchester. labourfor the best part of a century, until borisjohnson asked for votes in the town. then, the conservatives won. so what do people here make of what s gone on, and whether he should stay on as prime minister? it s all the nurses and the doctors who ve worked hard during the pandemic, who obviously have been let down. they say that the devil
a moment of profound pain. as the people who were trapped, terrified, try to come to terms with what happened, synagogues across the country have increased security in fear of copycat attacks. this was an act of terror. we re not going to tolerate this. we have this capacity to deal with assaults on, particularly the anti semitism that has grown up. and so i ll be talking with i put a call into the rabbi. we missed one another on the way up here. but they should rest assured that we are focused. as soon as it became known that akram was a british citizen who, according to the fbi, entered the united states just two weeks ago, the investigation became global. counter terror police in manchester are assisting the us authorities, and are now questioning two teenagers who were arrested in the city last night. sophie long, bbc news, dallas.
student anna anne lagi, talking to us earlier. there s been a significant increase in the number of fatal collisions on uk roads. a bbc panorama investigation has found that hundreds of speed cameras are switched off, police are doing fewer breathalyser tests, and there are fewer dedicated traffic police officers. richard bilton reports. something is happening on our roads. for the first time in a0 years, there has been a significant rise in the fatality rate, the deaths per mile. uk roads are getting more dangerous. the thing is, it shouldn t be like this. cars are getting safer, roads should be getting safer. but that is not what is going on. panorama has found there has been a sharp reduction in the number of dedicated police traffic officers. we got figures from 3a of the 44 police forces.
thorough. want to know it is going to be thorough, and i reassure my constituents that sue gray is a very senior constituents that sue gray is a very senior civil constituents that sue gray is a very senior civil servant, very well able to conduct senior civil servant, very well able to conduct this investigation and will do to conduct this investigation and will do an to conduct this investigation and will do an absolute thorough job and she can will do an absolute thorough job and she can follow the evidence where ever it she can follow the evidence where ever it takes her, if she finds any form ever it takes her, if she finds any form of ever it takes her, if she finds any form of law ever it takes her, if she finds any form of law breaking, then that will be submitted to the metropolitan police be submitted to the metropolitan police. ., ., be submitted to the metropolitan police. . ., ., police. and while we are waiting for that re ort police. and while we a
mps return to westminster today, with many having spent the weekend reading e mails from constituents or talking to them face to face. six conservative mps have now called on borisjohnson to resign over the issue, ahead of the conclusions of an investigation by the civil servant, sue gray. with me are three conservative voters olvia essem, a law student from doncaster, collette osborne, owner of a hair and beauty salon in nottingham and russ gott, a retired sculptor in crewe. thank you for talking to us. let me go round each of you. olivia, should the prime minister stay or go? i the prime minister stay or go? i think that if the inquiry concludes he broke the rules, he needs to go as soon as possible. but no matter what, i would like to see him gone and replaced by early summer at the latest. :, and replaced by early summer at the latest well. and replaced by early summer at the latest well. i and replaced by early summer at the latest. firaz ? well, i probably have latest. o