it s monday 12th june. mps who have been investigating whether borisjohnson misled parliament about covid lockdown parties are meeting today to conclude their inquiry. mrjohnson has already seen a copy of their report and he resigned as an mp on friday describing the common s privileges committee as a kangaroo court. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. this is what the privileges committee has been looking into. borisjohnson attending pandemic parties. at one he broke the law and was fined. did he lie to parliament? will the prime minister tell the house whether there was a party in downing street on the 13th of november? prime minister. mr speaker, no, but i m sure that whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times. for almost exactly a year, the seven mps on the privileges committee, a majority of whom are conservatives, have been investigating his conduct. last week, they sent him notice of the findings. certain t
british socialite ghislaine maxwell has been jailed for 20 years by a new york court for helping jeffrey epstein abuse young girls. also, with petrol and diesel prices near record highs, pressure is growing on retailers and the government to step in. i ll be finding out the impact on people who rely on their vehicle for work. good morning, defeat for serena williams on her wimbledon return. when the covers come off later, we will see emma raducanu and andy murray back in action. good morning, we have rain pushing eastwards that will clear the east in the next couple of hours. behind it, sunshine and showers, some of them heavy and thundery but less windy today than yesterday. i will have the details throughout the programme. it s wednesday, 29th ofjune. our main story. the cancer campaigner, blogger and broadcaster, dame deborahjames, also known as bowel babe, has died aged 40. she had been receiving end of life care for bowel cancer at home. the host of the bbc s you, me and
pelosi s visit to taiwan. man, did that anger china and seeing the self-governing independent democratic island nation as its own territory. and the response beijing launched military drills in the taiwan strait and they will have more drills coming up. but the defiance of american officials against china demonstrating yet again this country s commitment to democracy and the government in they taipei. alexandria hoff. alex: although china announced more drills, china show of force hasn t let up since exercise of force. china launched 25 fighter jets per day for two weeks following nancy pelosi s visit. part of this delegation, democrat senator ed marky joined by house democrat john geramendi and represent don beyer by virginia and delegate from american samoa, they reported landed 7:00 p.m. local time today. taiwan s minister foreign affairs accompanied photos, quote, we thank the light-minded u.s. lawmakers for support. lawmakers have visited taiwan in recent history without
rain in the forecast, the heaviest is going to stay away from those dry areas where we could really do with some rainfall. there are spots of the very best, the wettest weather will be across scotland and northern ireland, and parts of western england and wales. on the radar picture we are seeing are zone of rain that is moving across the highlands, turning right here, but further southwards it is a bit more patchy in nature. the area is quite humid at the moment, so if few missed patches over the high ground. temperatures for the most part in the mid 20s, with top temperatures hitting 28 degrees. will continue a feed of brisk south westerly wind, the recent further pulses of rain coming going, that is going to be a one night, temperatures 16 to 18 celsius. they could be a little bit of mist around some of the hills in the west. it s going to be bringing further rain across the north west of the uk, there will be little rain in the east of england, in the rain is heaviest acr
of my eye that s it! you see what he s like? he s lovely. it s out of this world. we re on cloud nine. you might see us next year! all: to eric and dorothy! cheers, darling. mm. 0h. 0h, lovely. fiona lamdin, bbc news. not all of it! laughter. eric necking the champagne, making the most of that. happy, happy, happy anniversary 75 times over to eric and dorothy rose. hundreds of thousands of nurses in england could go on strike again later this year, in an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions. members of the royal college of nursing are now voting on whether to go forward with another six months of action. it comes after the rcn rejected the government s latest