At 4.38am, queues stretched from a hotel right up to the check-in desk at Manchester Airport with passengers fearing that they might not make their flights.
playing field, everyone has paid a fine for breaking the rules. but if they are not paying a fine then something is wrong. we are all the same. if you broke the law, pay the fine. if it is offered to be returned fair enough, but it is one rule for them and one rule for us and we are being treated with contempt by this government. thank ou for contempt by this government. thank you for talking contempt by this government. thank you for talking to contempt by this government. thank you for talking to us, contempt by this government. thank you for talking to us, kieron. - contempt by this government. thank you for talking to us, kieron. thank you. in half an hour, we will talk to a government representative, conservative mp simon clarke, also chief secretary to the, the number two to the chancellor, that in about half an hour. we ll have more from downing street later but let s hand you back to martine croxall in the studio. the world number one men s tennis player, novak djokovic
when they were happening? it sounds like there was a culture of lawbreaking parties rather than a single one off event. we ve heard reports of wheelie suitcases of drink clanking through security. surely, some officers were concerned about what they were seeing at the time. you will be aware that there are a number of officers posted in the surrounds of downing street. the ones you see are all armed and they have a job to do. last march, in this warwickshire garden, kieron mcardle and three friends had a small birthday party. the police arrived within the hour and fined him. he wants whitehall party goers to face the same punishment. the stories of these - parties are coming out now. it s a little bit galling when you see that the people that made the rules are breaking the rules and they re not. being held to account. so, what are the potential punishments? well, anyone who attended an illegal
you can see from that report how raw the emotion still are relatives who lost loved ones with covid. let s talk to kieron mcardle from warwickshire. in march of last year, he was fined £100 for having three friends in his garden on his birthday he paid the money as did his mates. hello to you. hello, victoria, thank you for having me on. if hello to you. hello, victoria, thank you for having me on. you for having me on. if only you had said it you for having me on. if only you had said it was you for having me on. if only you had said it was a you for having me on. if only you had said it was a work you for having me on. if only you had said it was a work event. - you for having me on. if only you had said it was a work event. we j had said it was a work event. we could have had said it was a work event. - could have been discussing work options for the next few days. but we accepted what we did was wrong and face the consequences and took the penalty and held our hands u