but nuts get to that story you re telling you about, the deadline passing for the government to hand over messages to the covid inquiry. our political correspondent ben wrightjoins me now from westminster. thank you for waiting there patiently while we just covered that breaking news. just give us a sense of what you hearing there in westminster, that p.m. deadline has come and gone, the government now choosing to take on the covid inquiry that 4pm deadline. opposition saying there is a cover up going on, and maybe some of the bereaved families feeling this evening, they see the government contesting the inquiry s demand for all of this unredacted, unedited material connected to borisjohnson, his whatsapp messages, his diary, his whatsapp messages, his diary, his notebooks. that is something the cabinet office totally refute. what they say is this is a matter of principle and that in their view, this would breach the privacy of many of the people whose communications would be releas
first line of defence. we will speak to ben in a moment. gps in england have been told they can defer some of the services they provide in order to allow doctors to deliver covid boosterjabs instead. routine health checks for those over 75 and some minor procedures will be put on hold until at least april. campaigners for the elderly say the move by nhs england discriminates against them. ben wrightjoins me now. a twin emphasis on testing travellers and boosterjabs? travellers and booster “abs? yes, vaccines remain h travellers and booster “abs? yes, vaccines remain the travellers and boosterjabs? ye: vaccines remain the bedrock of travellers and boosterjabs? 123 vaccines remain the bedrock of the government s covid strategy and the arrival of the new variant has given arrival of the new variant has given a boost to the booster programme, but there remains a huge amount we don t know about maicon. government scientists are trying to work out its effect on everybody and what we ha