by stating he d already given the cabinet office all relevant material. here s our political correspondent ben wright our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster. whether all the documentation as for has been handed over yet. do we know yet? an hour after that deadline we still haven t heard from the government or the inquiry itself as to whether any of the documents ask for have been handed over. so, we are still in a bit of a waiting game to understand whether the deadline was met or not. just to recap, for viewers about this. the covert inquiry is the big inquiry been doing and lots of work behind the scenes. it hasn t held public hearings yet but is has been after official records from the government as part of its work and it does ask for borisjohnson what s up messages and diaries during the course of the pandemic during the course of 2020 and 2022. in order to be able to assess the governments handling of the endemic. the cabinet office has resisted the
submitting the documents to the inquiry, he said the government was considering the next steps but was confident in their position. so not being completely clear one way or another but that detail coming into us at the cabinet office is seeking a judicial review of the order to review release the messages and diaries. that rumbles on and head the court. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. some to some other stories making news in the uk. a coroner has been told, two teenagers who died after an electric bike crash in cardiff last week suffered head injuries. the deaths of kyrees sullivan, and his friend harvey evans, led to a riot, with cars set alight and police attacked. the local coroner says an inquest is required , which will happen after the ongoing police investigation is finished. a new alert system will warn the public when high temperatures could damage their health this summer in england.
it ll be run by the uk health security agency and the met office, aiming to reduce illness and deaths among the most vulnerable. the heat health alert system will operate year round, but the core alerting season will run from june to september. and a rare plant, normally found only in the swamps of south west florida, and in cuba, is beginning to flower in the uk for the first time. this is the florida ghost orchid, there are less than 2000 in existence. you re live with bbc news the news that the cabinet office is seeking a judicial review of the order to release borisjohnson s whatsapp messages barriers and notebooks and in a letter to the covid inquiry. let s head back to
official records from the government as part of its work and it does ask for borisjohnson what s up messages and diaries during the course of the pandemic during the course of 2020 and 2022. in order to be able to assess the governments handling of the endemic. the cabinet office has resisted the amp demand saying it can t have access to everything because it might obtain things that are not materially relevant to the inquiries work. the inquiry said it should be up to them to decide what is relevant and has given the government the deadline of today to comply. there is a threat of legal action if the inquiry the government does not comply. because there can be a prosecution against the government for complaints of the inquiry request because they have statutory fortune. we are waiting to hear the governments next move and we heard earlier from hear the governments next move and we heard earlierfrom the prime minister rishi sunak before the deadline had come speaking about