deadin manslaughter after a baby was found dead in woodland in sussex yesterday. yet more revelations emerge from the former health secretary s leaked whatsapp messages, as matt hancock accuses the journalist behind it of a massive betrayal and breach of trust. and as children are encouraged to read on world book day, the bbc is encouraging them to write as well. the 500 word story and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. we ll give you the latest on the hearing into cricket s racism scandal, while in the tennis, djokovic delivers in dubai, the world number one cruises into the semi finals in straight sets good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing has found that the security service, m15, missed a significant opportunity in the months running up to the bombing at an ariana grande concert that might have prevented the attack. the head of m15 has said he is profoundly sorry. the families of the 22 people who died i
upgrade left some viewers without access to regional news programmes? and do we need to be shown what a packet of sausages looks like? first, politicaljournalists have been busy this week, following up a string of revelations in the daily telegraph. here s bbc political editor, chris mason on wednesday s news at ten. matt hancock s phone is revealing an insight into the private conversations in government as covid swept the country. and the then health secretary was centre stage. turning to what s happening here in the uk. after the pandemic, mr hancock worked with this journalist isabel 0akeshott to write a book about it and gave her his text messages. she has now given them to the daily telegraph. that was despite ms 0akeshott having signed an agreement not to reveal the messages because she said they are in the public interest. a spokesperson for mr hancock
restrictions were in place. the daily telegraph has printed whatsapp conversations from june 2021, in which mr hancock discusses with his advisers whether he s broken his own covid rules. they were leaked by the journalist isabel 0akeshott, who d helped mr hancock write his book. 0ur political correspondent, ione wells, has more. the photograph that ended matt hancock s career as health secretary, and his marriage. mr hancock kissing his aide gina. and insight into the chaotic scramble in the hours that followed its appearance on the front page of the sun newspaper, the telegraph newspaper have published more of matt hancock s text messages, link to them by the journalist isabel 0akeshott, who was given them to help write his book. in one message is advisor at the time asks him to think very hard about whether he could have broken any rules. mr
has printed whatsapp conversations from june 2021, in which mr hancock discusses with his advisers whether he s broken his own covid rules. 0ur political correspondent, ione wells, has more. the photograph that ended matt hancock s career as health secretary, and his marriage. mr hancock kissing his aide gina. now, insight into the chaotic scramble in the hours that followed its appearance on the front page of the sun newspaper, the telegraph newspaper have published more of matt hancock s text messages, link to them by the journalist isabel 0akeshott, who was given them to help write his book. in one message his advisor at the time damon poole asks him to think very hard about whether he could have broken any rules. mr hancock, the health secretary at the time, asks for clarification about what exactly the covid guidance was at the time the photograph was taken. he says he cannot think of rules
the telegraph newspaper was given the messages by isabel 0akeshott. she says publishing them is in the national interest, claiming the lockdowns and quarantines were catastrophic. she was handed the messages by matt hancock when she helped him write a book about his experience of the pandemic. mr hancock says the messages are being published piecemeal as part of a biased campaign to discredit government policies. and last night, a former colleague came to his defence. there s three st james bibles worth of messages from one man who was working 18 hours a day, seven days a week. he will have made mistakes, as well as other things. what i think you would get if you were fair and you weren t selectively splashing in a newspaper, you would get the impression of people who were working absolutely flat out and determinedly to save lives. ms 0akeshott has said the telegraph has more revelations to come. mr hancock has said the right place to investigate how the pandemic