rishi sunak were involved, although both have already been fined for other gatherings. here s our political editor chris mason. it s long been suspected. today, further confirmation covid lawbreaking was happening, involving loads of people, for months on end, right at the heart of the government led by boris johnson. the police offered few words, but they did have a big number more than 100 fines and they re not finished yet. mrj in the house! yes! the prime minister s been in staffordshire, happy to pose for pictures, less keen to talk about covid partying. look, as soon as i have any more to say on this subject, i will make sure that you, sam, are amongst the very first to know. but what we re doing here in stoke is making sure that we focus on the thing that i think matters most to the people of this country right now, and that is getting
against a gift one is seen as an attack against all, but with her membership, nato and the presence in the east membership, nato and the presence in the east will be hugely bolstered, including the east will be hugely bolstered, including in the baltic sea, arriving including in the baltic sea, arriving on russia s doorstep and thals arriving on russia s doorstep and that s why arriving on russia s doorstep and that s why it worn today of unspecified retaliatory measures it says if unspecified retaliatory measures it says if finland and swedenjoined nato, says if finland and swedenjoined nato, that will not make europe more secure russia has made it clear it opposes nato expansion, and the kremlin has said it will take reciprocal steps after finland s announcement. here s our security correspondent frank gardner reporting from narva, on the estonia russia border. this is the nato russian border. 0ver this is the nato russian border. over on this is the nato russian bor
we are in a state whereby we cannot rely on these services, and it s very frightening. so that trust has gone. and to be landed in that situation was really horrible. the south western ambulance service said because of sustained pressure, patients are having to wait longer. penny then endured an eight hour wait in a&e. the hospital trust in plymouth apologised to her and said on the day there was a high level of staff absence because of covid. there are stresses across the system ambulances waiting to hand over patients, crowded a&e units, and with gps under great pressure, more people are coming forward, some with conditions that got worse during the pandemic. and that adds to the strain on hospitals. 23 ambulances with patients. scenes like these outside major hospitals can happen in the depths of winter, but this is late spring. paramedics say it s
on the condition of the nhs. we are in a state whereby we cannot rely on these services, and it s very frightening. so that trust has gone, and to be landed in that situation was really horrible. the south western ambulance service said because of sustained pressure, patients are having to wait longer. penny then endured an eight hour wait in a&e. the hospital trust in plymouth apologised and said on the day there was a high level of staff absence because of covid. there are stresses across the system ambulances waiting to handover to handover patients, crowded a&e units, and with gps more people are coming forward, some with conditions that got worse during the pandemic, and that adds to the strain on hospitals. 23 ambulances with patients. scenes like these can happen in the depths of winter,
the uk economy shrank in march as households began to feel the impact of rising prices and cut back on spending. the office for national statistics says although the economy grew by 0.8% in the first three months of the year, growth stalled in february and the risk of recession has risen. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has the latest. in cheshire, the small town of middlewich squeezed middlewich right now. costs here are only going one way. at the local cafe, new menus arrive, reprinted with rising prices, reflecting rising costs. like the economy generally, they had been recovering strongly out of the depths of covid, but now the clouds of inflation loom. it is part of a growing economy, but at the moment, it feels like absolutely everything is going up. like, there s no relief. and a big amount, rapidly. i m sure before, you never really