central bedfordshire council after it ruled that building had to be demolished. a by election will be held in the constituency of rutherglen & hamilton west after a petition to recall the mp margaret ferrier passed the required number of signatures. margaret ferrier has been sitting as an independent since losing the snp whip in 2020 for breaking covid lockdown rules. she took a train between london and glasgow after testing positive for covid. our scotland correspondent steven godden is in rutherglen. steven. yes, it is nearly three years since margaret ferrier broke those covid rules by speaking in parliament when she was waiting for the results of a covid test. when she tested positive, shejumped on a train and came back to scotland, rather than self isolating in london. now, the consequences of that decision have
insights. appreciate it. thank you. now, the british prime minister is apologizing once again for breaking covid lockdown rules at downing street in 2020. boris johnson told the house of commons that it did not occur to him apparently that a gathering he attended would amount to a breach. this is his first time speaking to lawmakers since he was fined by police, whose investigation into the so-called party-gate scandal is still under way. the opposition labor leader is urging the prime minister to step down, and so is at least one senior member of his own ruling conservative party. i regret to say that we have a prime minister who broke the laws that he told the country they had to follow, hasn t been straightforward about it, and is now going to ask the decent men and women on these benches to defend what i think is indefensible. i m very sorry to have to say this, but i no longer think he