minister. he wasn t there saying this shouldn t be happening, he| this shouldn t be happening, he wasn t saying can everyone break up and go home because my cable and socially distance? and everyone put masks on? no, he wasn t telling anybody that. he was grabbing a glass for himself. pressure coming on the uk government from a number of fronts more detail has emerged about the lockdown parties in number 10. there s confirmation energy prices will rise sharply later year as the cost of living crisis deepens. and an inquiry by mps has concluded that that the uk s withdrawal from afghanistan last year was a disaster . we re going to look at all three across this first half an hour. let s begin with the parties because, for the first time, insiders who were at some of the events have talked in detail about what they saw. they ve been talking to the bbc s laura kuennsberg and in this clip a staffer described the culture in noio during at the time. they were every week. the event
on the lockdown gatherings could appear tomorrow. also tonight. another £800 rise in annual energy bills is likely that s the warning from the industry regulator. there has been a shooting at an elementary school in texas. we report from ukraine on the comprehensive medical efforts being made as the conflict shows no sign of abating. you get the feeling that they ve settled in for a long hard attritional struggle. and railway workers in the rmt union have voted in favour of strike action across england, scotland and wales involving 13 train companies. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. au revoirjo wilfried tsonga. the french fan favourite bids farewell in his final match at roland garros, as he retires from the sport. good evening. the prime minister is under renewed pressure tonight over gatherings during lockdown following the latest revelations by people who worked in downing street at the time. they describe a culture in which parties were routine desp