invasion threat to ukraine we will discuss this further with our guests. hello and a very warm welcome. could this be one party too many? tonight borisjohnson is facing further questions this evening about a surprise birthday party that s alleged to have been held at number 10 during the first lockdown in 2020, despite government rules in place that banned any social gatherings indoors. itv news says the prime minister s wife, carriejohnson, helped organise the surprise get together onjune 19th just after the prime minister returned from this school visit in hertfordshire. # happy birthday to you # happy birthday to you # happy birthday dear prime minister. up to 30 people are said to have attended the party in the cabinet room, including interior designer, lulu lytle who was not a member of number 10 staff but was there in downing street helping renovating boris johnson s flat. the organisers are understood to have laid on a cake and some m&s nibbles, with the gathering la
hospitality sector. we ve responded i think generously today, the grants we ve outlined up to £6,000 are comparable to the grants we provided for hospitality businesses when they were completely closed earlier this year. our other headlines more bodies are found as rescuers reach islands in the phillipines, cut off by last week s typhoon. we ll talk to a film maker who was on one of the worst hit islands when the typhoon hit. hello, and welcome. in the last hour, scotland s first minister, nicola stugeon, has announced new restrictions, due to the surge in omicron cases. the number of people allowed to socialise both, indoors and outdoors, will be limited which means new year s celebrations will have to be scaled back, and sports events will effectively be spectator free for a three week period from 26th of december. we heard nicola sturgeon making that announcement in holyrood in the last half an hour. new restrictions being brought in. let s hear a little bit of that
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coming up in around ten minutes time we will have newswatch but first, here is click. tick, tick. we ve heard the warnings for some time. they ve been getting louder and louder. the question is, has our time to act run out? 2020 was the joint hottest year on record. hurricanes and flash floods have battered the planet. the earth is in crisis. and maybe, just maybe, this time, something will be done. next week, we ll be at the cop26 un climate change conference in glasgow, where pressure is building on those in power to make big changes. and this is the first of three click specials all about sustainability what we can change and how much technology can help. we all know plastic is a problem for our planet. left unchecked, the ocean could contain more plastic than fish by 2050. but much of the harm comes from things that we cannot see so clearly, like the fossil fuels emitting greenhouse gases. they currently emit more than 30 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide each year