at a single university to one of the biggest internet platforms in the world today. hello, it s laura in the studio. paddy in the studio. and it s chris in belfast. i just think it s absolutely fabulous to see you on this in a way, you two created the newscast. there were others involved. there were katya and adam are dearfriends, yes. does it all come back to you? because brexit was one of the big dividing lines in the whole of northern ireland. that s why you re there, chris. yeah, true. yeah, no, absolutely. and actually, the last couple of days covering this story here and then in london before it did take me back, in fact, at one point i was talking to katya on the television and it really took me back to the brexit days of trying to, particularly as far as the northern ireland element of the story is concerned, untangle which is what all of this has been about the complexities of northern ireland politics and the complexities of brexit. throw those two together
appointed a new cabinet, but sir keir starmer has said he must step down immediately or labour will try to bring a no confidence vote in parliament. he needs to go completely none of this nonsense about clinging on for a few months. he s inflicted lies, fraud and chaos in the country. we ll have all the latest reaction from here in westminster as well as from our correspondents and voters around the uk. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson has resigned as conservative leader. despite him saying only last night that he would stay in office, more cabinet level and minister resignations piled on the pressure, and around 9am this morning, the bbc learned that he would step down. but he would not step down as prime minister, he would stay on in office until autumn when a successor is chosen. within the last half hour, the prime minister made a statement outside downing street. let s hear what he said. in the last few days, i ve tried to persuade my co
of labour. so whoever eventually takes over from borisjohnson, of labour. so whoever eventually takes overfrom borisjohnson, the question will be will they have the same appeal? can they appeal to traditionally labour welsh voters? that will be the next question taxing welsh conservative minds. many thanks, hywel griffith in cardiff and chris in belfast and james in belfast. thank you all of you. well, of course, attention will now turn to the question of who will succeed boris johnson eventually as prime minister. let s talk a bit about the process. that process of selecting a new conservative leader effectively starts now, and the timetable will be decided by the leadership of the 1922 committee the committee backbench conservative mps. the rules as they stand today is that any candidate needs the support of eight conservative mps to take part.
northern ireland, the numbers of omicron here are far behind what you are seeing in london at the moment. but nevertheless the welsh government does expect by boxing day omicron numbers could be in the thousands. at any moment they have not reached 1000. they are predicting that will rise quickly and are putting the measures in force so that after christmas there are measures to mitigate that so that they can relieve the pressure is just as the other devolved governments. pressures on the nhs. they are trying to put these measures in place to ease the pressure on the nhs, so more people can get vaccinated and hopefully there will be fewer admissions to hospital with people who have covid. chris in belfast, chris page and tomos morgan.
from live sporting events in wales, from live sporting events in wales, from the 27th, night clubs will have to close, and there is already now a legal requirement in wales to work from home if you can, which now comes with the threat of a £60 fine for people who don t comply. maw; for people who don t comply. many thanks, hywel. for people who don t comply. many thanks, hywel, let s for people who don t comply. many thanks, hywel, let s go for people who don t comply. many thanks, hywel, let s go to - for people who don t comply. many thanks, hywel, let s go to talk to chris in belfast. how do things look in northern ireland? in northern ireland? yes, huw, ministers in northern ireland? yes, huw, ministers in in northern ireland? yes, huw, ministers in the devolved - in northern ireland? yes, huw, - ministers in the devolved government are meeting tomorrow to decide which restrictions are meeting tomorrow to decide which restrictions to reimpose. heavenly, businesses res