decision by a lot of people are asking questions why the prime minister thought it was ok to hang onto him. hang onto him. what kind of authority hang onto him. what kind of authority do hang onto him. what kind of authority do you hang onto him. what kind of authority do you think- hang onto him. what kind of authority do you think the i hang onto him. what kind of l authority do you think the new health secretary has? it is very interesting that sajid javid has made this come back, sajid javid, a very different than the prime minister, he was a staunch remainder, quite an experience cabinet minister but he inherits a very big entry from matt hancock, only does he have to carry his own dealing with the pandemic split the nhs is having a really tough time, huge waiting list particularly with important treatments like cancer and there s a lot of staff burn out because of the covid crisis, a lot of staff shortages, big problems with aduu shortages, big problems with adult social c
of the fastest in the world. and i look forward to supporting the government and the prime minister from the backbenches. morning, mrjavid. the former chancellor sajid javid now returns to the cabinet as the new health secretary, taking over during a pandemic that is not yet over. thank you very much indeed. in his resignation letter, matt hancock apologised to his family for putting them through all this. a spokesman declined to comment, but tonight it s understood mr hancock has also left his wife. ben wright, bbc news. let s talk to the london evening standard columnist and radio presenter ayesha hazarika. .. lovely hazarika. to lovely hazarika. .. to see lovely hazarika. to see you. boris johnson lovely to see you. boris johnson was a very clear, case closed, private matter, let s move on. what change? i think the chief whip move on. what change? i think
and wales s euro 2020 dreams are over, beaten four nil, by denmark as italy knock out austria, with a 2 1victory. the uk health secretary, matt hancock, has resigned, a day after admitting he d breached social distancing guidelines, by kissing a colleague in his office, in the department of health. calls for him to step down had come from some conservative mps, after the publication of images showing him embracing his aide, gina coladangelo. mr hancock informed the prime minister he was resigning in a letter, saying he d let people down, and then he made a public announcement on social media.
and everybody is screaming about the balloon. it was by itself and i said where are the baskets. i immediately reacted and started running this way. i got to right here, another gentleman and a few others and the thing was on fire. activists attempting to stage a banned gay pride march in the turkish city of istanbul have been forcibly dispersed by police. the march, which forms part of pride month, has not been permitted in turkey since 2015, with the authorities citing security and religious sensitivities . additionally there are now covid restrictions. attempts to stage the rally in recent years have been met with strong police intervention. you are watching bbc news, the main story this hour the uk health secretary, matt hancock resigns, over the publication of pictures showing him kissing a colleague, in breach of covid guidance. let s have more on that story. i ve been talking with our uk politics correspondent rob watson about why mr hancock had to go. i think the big proble
it is so relevant right now. yes, absolutely, and i think, by the way, that the focus will move on quite quickly to those rules. i suspect that matt hancock is going to end up as an extremely tiny footnote in british political history. the real focus will be now on what do they do about the rules? we know that boris johnson is a lockdown sceptic, he would absolutely love to end restrictions on july the 19th. will they? who knows? matt hancock was appointed health secretary in 2018, leading the government s response to the coronavirus pandemic. 0ur health correspondent, cath burns looks back on his political career, and the enormous challenges he faced running the health department. this is what the government wanted us to be talking about this weekend. they are calling it grab a jab , telling every adult