trial against coleen rooney. a portion of students in england really receiving first class degrees has doubled in a decade. the very first picture of the enormous black hole at the centre of our galaxy. also, before 9pm, we are off to the south coast of england, spotting dolphins. hello and welcome to the programme. police have issued more than 50 fines after parties in downing street and other government buildings breached coronavirus rules at the height of lockdown. the new fines are on top of 50 already issued, including to the prime minister and the chancellor. it s thought at least some of the latest fines relate to a christmas party which borisjohnson did not attend. the metropolitan police says their inquiries are continuing. labour say it s evidence of industrial scale partying at number 10. here s our political editor chris mason. it s long been suspected. today, further confirmation. covid lawbreaking was happening, involving loads of people, for months on end, ri
for champions league qualification. good evening. police have issued at least 50 more fines, after parties in downing street and other government buildings breached coronavirus rules at the height of lockdown. it s thought at least some of the latest fines relate to a christmas party which borisjohnson did not attend. more than 100 fines have now been issued in total, including to the prime minister and the chancellor. the metropolitan police says their inquiries are continuing. labour says it s evidence of industrial scale partying at number ten. here s our political editor, chris mason. it s long been suspected. today, further confirmation. covid lawbreaking was happening, involving loads of people, for months on end, right at the heart of the government led by boris johnson. the police offered few words, but they did have a big number more than 100 fines. and they re not finished yet. the prime minister s been in staffordshire happy to pose for pictures, less keen to
to operate within the law, including the laws around peaceful protest. the home secretary should be working with the police and instead, you get this extraordinary attack on them, and an attack on them for being somehow impartial because they are not the operational wing of the home secretary. under the british constitution, the british tradition of policing, the home secretary and parliament sets the law and then it is the job of the police to actually implement it, to enforce it and to make sure the law is respected. but when you have complicated community issues, really, the home secretary should be working with the police to make it easier for them to do theirjob, not to make it harder in this way. i have never seen anything like this. so important that the home secretary is working with the police and supporting them in the difficult independent operational decisions that they have to make rather than trying to second guess them, trying to undermine the decisions that th